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You Know My Name Chris Cornell Lyrics

2006 unmarried by Chris Cornell

"You Know My Name"
A man stands in front of an out-of-focus sports car. The background is a gradient that goes from red to green. Besides the man is written "Chris Cornell", with "You Know My Name" below it. In the down right corner is the text "As featured in the motion picture CasinO ROyale", with a gun-like "7" below Royale's "O".
Single by Chris Cornell
from the album Carry On
B-side "Black Hole Sun" (Acoustic)
Released Nov 13, 2006
Recorded 2006
Studio AIR, London
Genre Alternative rock
Length four:02
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Arnold
Producer(s)
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Arnold
Chris Cornell singles chronology
"Preaching the End of the World"
(1999) 		"You Know My Name"
(2006) 		"No Such Thing"
(2007)
James Bail theme singles chronology
"Dice Some other Day"
(2002) 		"Yous Know My Proper name"
(2006) 		"Another Mode to Dice"
(2008)

"You lot Know My Name" is the theme vocal of the 2006 James Bond flick Casino Royale, performed by American musician Chris Cornell, who wrote and produced information technology jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond theme" reflecting the amanuensis's inexperience in Casino Royale, besides as an introduction to Daniel Craig'south grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond.

The track was leaked onto the Internet on September 20, 2006, and later on released every bit an official single on November xiii, 2006 through Interscope Records. Information technology charted in many countries, notably peaking at No. 7 on the Britain singles chart.[one] It sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK,[1] and has sold 323,000 digital copies and garnered 3.5 million streams in the U.S. as of 2017.[2] Reviews of the song were positive; it won the Satellite Award and the Globe Soundtrack Laurels, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. It was not included in the Casino Royale soundtrack, just appeared on Cornell's 2d solo anthology, Carry On.

Limerick and recording [edit]

Lia Vollack, Sony Pictures's President of Music, called Chris Cornell inviting him to make a vocal for the new Bond movie, which would "reflect the dramatic new direction of James Bond", with a "strong male person singer".[three] Cornell thought it was a strange offer, considering that he was American, and assumed he would perform a secondary vocal instead of the main theme.[iv] Cornell declared he liked the Bond movies, particularly the ones with Sean Connery,[3] but that he "wasn't really a large fan of the last several movies". But Daniel Craig's casting every bit James Bond intrigued him, and he decided to take. He so went to Prague to visit the film's shooting location, and was impressed with its emotional content when he was shown a rough cut.[five] In Prague he besides met the film'southward composer, David Arnold, who suggested writing a vocal "that echoed the motion picture score".[three]

The composers started their writing separately, Cornell in his apartment in Paris, and Arnold in his firm in London.[6] [vii] Cornell said, "It is difficult, I retrieve, to write lyrics for a grapheme, so really I just kind of wandered around for about a month non thinking almost information technology too much, until I sort of formulated some idea of a way that I could arroyo it, where I'k kind of relating to what's in the grapheme in the movie. And because this item Bond is very edgy, just besides has a lot of emotional depth, it'due south a lot easier."[eight] Later the 2 musicians met to share their ideas, and according to Arnold "it was almost similar we wrote two parts of the aforementioned vocal."[six] Cornell wrote lyrics, to which Arnold added some lines and later music.[3] Some of Arnold'south ideas included the song's championship, the heavy introduction, and "having the same genetic material as the Bond theme, simply in a different order and in a different shape".[6]

After a demo of the song was approved by the pic's producers,[7] both musicians recorded the full version in AIR Studios London.[3] Cornell and Arnold recorded the guitar and bass parts themselves and hired a session musician for the drums. They were finished by the time Casino Royale wrapped its primary photography on July 21, 2006, and Arnold played it at the wrap party. Afterwards he mixed in the orchestral parts.[6]

Speaking to the film music fan site Maintitles, Arnold said he wanted "You Know My Name" to exist a substitute for the James Bond theme, to correspond Bond's immaturity. The song's motif is heard throughout the film, and the classic theme plays just during the end credits to signal the cease of his character arc.[9] Arnold felt the song should necktie closer to the score, and have the "DNA of the James Bond music".[7] The musical system tried to create "the right blend of stone assailment and sophisticated instrumentation",[x] with Cornell describing it every bit "more than up-tempo and a trivial more than aggressive than any other Bond theme has been, perhaps since Paul McCartney's 'Live and Let Die'."[11]

"I (wanted) an orchestra. I didn't want to exercise a vocal for a James Bond pic and not have it sound somewhat similar a James Bail song."

Chris Cornell[12]

Cornell stated that the biggest two influences on "Yous Know My Proper name" were Tom Jones, who performed the theme for Thunderball, and Paul McCartney, who composed and performed the theme for Live and Let Die. "I decided that I was going to sing it like Tom Jones, in that crooning style. I wanted people to hear my vocalisation," Cornell said. "And 'Live and Let Dice' is a fantastic song. Paul McCartney wouldn't have written it if not for that movie. I [also] wanted to write a song in its own universe. I knew I'd never take it again — a big orchestra — so I wanted to have fun with it."[13] Cornell did not put the film's title in the lyrics, because he "couldn't imagine information technology fitting into a vocal lyric that would come up out of my mouth".[14] And he jokingly stated "Casino Royale didn't brand a skillful rock title, simply I would write a song named Octopussy but for fun".[fifteen]

Before producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli appear on July 26, 2006, that Cornell was performing the theme for Casino Royale,[16] diverse names were reported in the media, including some reports that other performers claimed they were working on the vocal. Some names mentioned were Tina Turner, who previously sang "GoldenEye" for the 1995 Bond film of the aforementioned name,[17] and Tony Christie.[18]

The lyrics try to illustrate Bond's psyche in Casino Royale, described by Cornell as a conflicted and tough spy with more than emotional depth, non the "superconfident, seemingly invincible, winking kinda ladies' human superspy" of the previous incarnations.[x] Cornell tried to focus on the existential dilemmas and possible sacrifices of undercover agents: "There's an isolation in that; the stakes are very high. I've washed a lot of living in my 42 years, and it wasn't difficult for me to relate to that."[12] The song was also an introduction to the character, even though he has been in many previous movies—hence the title "You Know My Name"—dealing with Bond's deportment such as his first assassination, "introducing himself to what may exist the rest of his life and how he will live it and what information technology volition mean."[nineteen]

Release [edit]

Iii versions of "You Know My Name" were produced. The "Main Version" took the chief spot of the single release. A "Pop Mix" was used in the music video, featured on the Acquit On anthology, and appeared on German singles equally the second rails. "Film Versions" were more orchestral and used in the Casino Royale's opening and closing credits.[6] [seven]

The song was leaked on the internet on September xx, 2006.[xx] The beginning version, the grittier one which was leaked and non used in the movie, was fabricated available for download on iTunes Store on November 13, 2006. It debuted on the U.k. Single Download Chart at #20 on November 22, 2006. It was released as a stand-alone single on December fourteen, 2006,[21] with a new acoustic version of the Soundgarden vocal "Black Hole Sun" on the B-side.[22] The German, Dutch and Australian versions of the single have a second version of "You Know My Proper noun" (called the Pop Mix) as a B-side.[23] This version was used for the music video, and is on Chris Cornell's solo album Carry On. The orchestral version in the moving picture's opening titles has not been commercially released.

The vocal is the outset Bond theme not to be included on its picture show's soundtrack album. Cornell declared that it happened considering he wanted the song to be "his",[14] and since he wrote "You lot Know My Proper noun" in midst of recording the solo anthology Acquit On, he felt the song belonged to the album.[3] In 2008, it was included in the compilation The Best of Bond... James Bail.[24]

The song's music video was directed by Michael Haussman, who tried to compare "the lives of a professional spy and a stone star".[25] It premiered on MTV's Making the Video on October 31, 2006.[26]

Covers [edit]

  • Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall covered the song in 2008 for the compilation CD Livenä Vieraissa.[27]
  • A cappella group the Amalgamates from Tufts University perform an all vocal version of the song on their album Prime number.[28]

Reception [edit]

Disquisitional response [edit]

"You Know My Name" received disquisitional acclaim, with critics feeling it fit well in the picture show. Film reviewer James Berardinelli considered the vocal to "audio eerily like something past John Barry";[29] DVD Verdict's review praised the song, describing information technology every bit "working remarkably well in the flick's context, lyrically and sonically",[30] and Cinefantastique chosen it "the best Bond theme song in years, [that] captures the full-blooded glory of classics like 'Goldfinger'".[31] Entertainment Weekly listed "Y'all Know My Name" on a listing of University Accolade snubs for Best Original Song, describing it as "a musically suave, lyrically ominous stone tune that is perfect for Casino Royale's night reboot of the spy franchise".[32] Amid music critics, Billboard described it every bit "the all-time Bond theme since 'A View to a Kill'", praising the minimal product;[33] on its review of Carry On, the magazine considered "Y'all Know My Name" to be the all-time track of the album, describing it as "some of Cornell'due south well-nigh uncomplicated and accessible music to date";[34] the BBC'southward unnamed reviewer considered that Cornell's voice "weighs down" the song;[35]

Commercial [edit]

"Yous Know My Proper name" was released in the winter of 2006 and became the most successful song from Chris Cornell on the stone charts, and arguably Cornell's near recognizable and popular one. It peaked at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 64 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart.[36] [37] In Europe, "You lot Know My Proper name" charted in several markets and peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart.[38]

Accolades [edit]

Chris Cornell won both the Satellite Honor and the World Soundtrack Award for "You lot Know My Proper noun" in 2007,[39] [40] and garnered a Grammy Award nomination for All-time Vocal Written For Motility Film, Idiot box Or Other Visual Media the post-obit year.[41] The vocal also received a first-round nomination in the All-time Original Song category for the 2006 Academy Awards, but did non authorize for the final list of nominees.[42]

Track listing [edit]

ane

  1. "You Know My Proper noun" iv:02
  2. "Black Hole Sun" (Audio-visual) 4:38

2

  1. "You Know My Name" four:02
  2. "You Know My Name" (Pop Mix)
  3. "Y'all Know My Name" (Video)

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (2006–07) Peak
position
Austrian Unmarried Chart 28
Danish Single Chart two
Dutch Single Chart x
Euro Digital Tracks[43] 2
European Hot 100 Singles[44] 16
Finnish Single Nautical chart 3
French Unmarried Nautical chart 51
High german Singles Chart 15
Greek Singles Chart[45] 9
Irish Singles Chart[46] 11
Italian Singles Chart 4
Norwegian Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 21
Swiss Singles Chart 10
Britain Downloads Chart[47] 4
U.k. Singles Chart[38] [48] 7
The states Billboard Hot 100[49] 79
US Billboard Pop 100[37] 64

Twelvemonth-finish charts [edit]

Year Chart Rank
2007 German Singles Chart[fifty] #87

See also [edit]

  • Outline of James Bond

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External links [edit]

  • "You Know My Name" Lyrics

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Know_My_Name