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"A View to a Kill" is a single recorded by Duran Duran, released in May 1985. The song was made for the James Bond movie by the same name. It was written by Duran Duran and John Barry, and recorded at Maison Rouge Studio and CTS Studio in London, with a 60-piece orchestra. On July 13, 1985, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, as of 2006 the only Bond theme to do so. On May 25, it also made it to number two in the UK Singles Chart, also a record for Bond themes.

The b-side was an instrumental titled "A View To A Kill (That Fatal Kiss)".

The song was the last track that the original five members of Duran Duran recorded together until their reunion sixteen years later, in 2001. It was played at their final 1985 performance together, at Live Aid in Philadelphia.

The song was accompanied by a tongue-in-cheek "spy" video that had the band scampering all over the Eiffel Tower. The lead singer ended the video by introducing himself as "Bon. Simon Le Bon."

• Duran Duran singles
• 1985 singles
• Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
• James Bond music