The Goldeneye Theme

With the announcement that Tina Turner had been selected to perform the title song for an upcoming James Bond production, U2 lead singer and guitarist Bono and the Edge wrote "Goldeneye."  British composer Nellee Hooper produced and mixed the theme song.

 

Although the 1995 film Goldeneye ushered in a new actor to play 007 in an era where the Cold War was no longer a threat, audiences were quite receptive to the change.  As much as the film was enjoyed, so was Turner's single, which after the movie was released "Goldeneye" was included on Turner's following album, Wildest Dreams.

"Goldeneye" was a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom and made its way inside the top five in several European countries, including Austria, Finland, Poland, and Switzerland.  In the United States it was only able to peak at 22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.

Paul David Hewson, better known to the world as Bono, was born May 10, 1960.  While mostly known for being the vocal frontman for the Irish band U2, Bono is also a venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist.

Writing nearly all the lyrics for U2's songs, Bono's lyrics are often rich in social, political, and religious themes.  Along with his work as a member of U2, Bono has also worked with Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Luciano Pavarotti, B. B. King, Green Day, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennett, Jay-Z, and Rihanna.

Bono's philanthropy includes a great amount of activism in Africa, with the founding of DATA, EDUN, the ONE Campaign, and Product Red.  The National Journal named Bono the most politically effective celebrity of all time.

Television and film appearances include The Simpsons, Entourage, and Across the Universe.

In 2002, Bono was named one of the Top 100 Britons in a general public poll, despite being Irish.  The UK's Queen Elizabeth II granted him a knighthood, he has been made a Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters, and in 2005 he shared the Time Person of the Year with Bill and Melinda Gates.  In a Rolling Stone list of the top singers of all time published in 2008, Bono was listed at 32nd.

Bono married Alison Stewart and the couple have four children.
 

David Howell Evans, who, like Bono, uses a stage name that has taken on a life outside of his musical act, is best known as the Edge.  Edge , born August 8, 1961, is the band's guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist.  Edge has included several genre styles in his music, including African roots, industrial, and alternative rock.  His work with artists outside of U2 include Johnny Cash, B. B. King, Jay-Z, and Rihanna.  In 2011, Rolling Stone named Edge the 38th best guitarist of all time.

Among the band's many philanthropic endeavours, Edge also co-founded Music Rising, a charity to support musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Edge has been married twice, having met his second wife, Morleigh Steinberg, when she worked as a belly dancer on the band's Zoo TV Tour.  They have two children together.
 

In 1976, Bono and Edge, along with Edge's brother Dik Evans and Adam Clayton, answered a school bulletin to form a rock band with Larry Mullen Jr.  Dik eventually left the group and with only four in the band they named themselves U2.

U2 has released 13 studio albums and are one of the best selling bands of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.  The group has won 22 Grammy Awards, which is more than any other band, and the 2003 Golden Globe for Best Original Song, "The Hands That Built America," from Gangs of New York.  U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, their first year of eligibility.  Other accolades include 11 Q Awards, seven BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, three NME Awards, two Juno Awards, and one American Music Award.

 

Rolling Stone and VH1 put U2 at number 22 and 19, respectively, on its lists of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and in 2004 Q listed them as the fourth biggest band based on album sales, time spent on the UK charts, and largest audience for a headlining show.  In 2010, eight of U2's songs appeared on Rolling Stone's updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and five of the bands albums made the magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2012.

Bono and Edge have also written the music and lyrics for Broadway's Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark and the Royal Shakespeare Company's London Stage adaptation of A Clockwork Orange as well as being co-owners of the Clarence Hotel, a refurbished 49-bedroom five-star hotel in Dublin.

Anna Mae Bullock was born November 26, 1939, but she is best known by her stage name of Tina Turner. Along with singing and dancing, Turner is also an actress and author.

Turner's career began in the mid 1950s as a featured singer in Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, known as Little Ann. It wasn't until 1960 that she took to the stage as Tina Turner, as part of Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The group had a sting of hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, including "A Fool in Love," "River Deep - Mountain High," "Proud Mary," and "Nutbush City Limits."

Ike and Tina were wed in Tijuana in 1962, however, Ike claims the marriage was never legal. According to Turner in her autobiography I, Tina, she claimed several instances of severe domestic abuse that led to the split and subsequent divorce from Ike in 1978. During her time with Ike, Turner built a cocaine habit and attempted suicide once by taking 50 Valiums prior to a show.

She rebuilt her career with new hits, among them "Let's Stay Together" and "What's Love Got to Do with It," and live performances.

Crowned the Queen of Rock and Roll, Turner has won eight Grammy Awards and sold the most concert tickets of any solo artist ever. Her record sales have totaled more than 100 million worldwide, Rolling Stone named her the 63rd greatest artist of all time and in 1991 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Three of Turner's singles are in the Grammy Hall of Fame. She has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Her filmography includes a role in the rock musical Tommy, a starring role in the Mel Gibson blockbuster Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and cameos in Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero and Ally McBeal.

Turner has two sons, one with Kings of Rhythm saxophonist Raymond Hill and the other with Ike Turner. Following a 27-year romantic relationship, Turner married German music executive Erwin Bach in 2013.

Nellee Hooper, born in 1963, is a producer, remixer, and composer whose work began in the late 1980s as a DJ and member of a band that would become Massive Attack.  His film work as a soundtrack composer began with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, which won him a BAFTA.

Hooper has produced six Grammy-award winning albums and, along with U2, has collaborated with Madonna, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, Sinead O'Connor, and Bjork.  He has received Q Magazine's Best Producer Award and twice been Music Week Producer of the Year.