But producers initially targeted a far less conventional singer for the title theme: metal icon Alice Cooper, best known for the 1972 hit 'School's Out.' Cooper claims that his 'The Man with the Golden Gun' was actually the frontrunner for the opening credits - but when he delivered it a day too late, the producers had already signed with Lulu. 'To Sir With Love' singer Lulu's 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is - like the film that inspired it - one of the blander and more forgettable songs in the Bond canon. 'The Man with the Golden Gun,' Alice Cooper Wilson eventually retitled the song 'Pet Sounds,' slotting it in as the title track of what turned out to be the Beach Boys' most acclaimed album. 'Run James Run' isn't technically a rejected 007 theme, because Beach Boy Brian Wilson never submitted it for consideration - but once you know what inspired Wilson to write the instrumental track, it's easy to recognize its Bond-ian roots. Rogers' take on 'You Only Live Twice' is closer in style to Sinatra's version, though its lyrical interpretation of the 'You Only Live Twice' theme is, like the film itself, a bit more literal. This version even incorporates a riff from the traditional 'James Bond Theme.' Chandler's crack at a 007 theme eschews the delicacy of Nancy Sinatra's 'You Only Live Twice' in favor of Bassey-esque bombast.

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