We Have All the Time in the World
"We Have All the Time in the World" is a James Bond theme song performed by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David. It is a secondary musical theme in the 1969 Bond film On Her Majesty's [Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service], the title theme being the instrumental "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", also composed by Barry and featured on the accompanying soundtrack album. The song title is taken from Bond's final words in both the novel and the film, spoken after the death of his wife, Tracy Bond. Barry chose Armstrong to perform the song because he felt Armstrong could "deliver the title line with irony". Armstrong was too ill to play the trumpet for the song, and it was therefore played by another musician.
The song was released as a single in both the US and the UK to coincide with the release of the film in December 1969, but did not chart in either market. The recording became a hit in the UK 25 years later, in 1994, as a result of a Guinness beer commercial, after My [Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine] chose to cover it for charity for the 1993 compilation Peace Together. Armstrong's version was then re-released on vinyl and CD and reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 4 on the Irish Singles Chart. In 2005, a BBC survey found it to be the third most popular love song played at weddings.
In addition to My Bloody Valentine, "We Have All the Time in the World" has been covered by various other artists including the Specials, Michael Ball, Elbow and Alfie Boe.
The instrumental version of the theme appears twice in the 2021 Bond film No Time to Die, and the lyrical version plays at the beginning of the film's closing credits.