"[12] Due to a clear separation of areas of responsibility, the cooperation between band and composer turned out to be largely harmonious.
The band was in charge of the actual songwriting while Barry created the final arrangement, including the orchestral parts.
[18] The song's music video was filmed in the Eiffel Tower and was directed by the duo of Godley & Creme.
The video opens with the iconic gun barrel sequence and is centered around the scene from the film where Max Zorin's henchwoman May Day kills private detective Achille Aubergine in front of James Bond at the Tower.
It then cuts to the band walking by the Tower on a secret mission: Simon Le Bon, disguised as a tourist, wearing a gray trenchcoat and carrying a Walkman; John Taylor, a long-haired tourist dressed in black; Nick Rhodes, a photographer working with a top model (Gail Elliott); Andy Taylor, a blind accordionist who plays the Bond theme on the accordion; and Roger Taylor, a supervisor inside a van.
The band's actions coincide with events shown from the movie, while Bond pursues May Day through the Tower, culminating in her escape via parachute.
The video ends with a beautiful young girl approaching Le Bon to question him, "Excuse me... aren't you?
However, her moving Le Bon's arm to talk to him causes him to accidentally activate a detonator concealed inside his Walkman, blowing up the Eiffel Tower.
DJ's Factory, a Eurodance project of German producer Bülent Aris and British keyboarder Adrian Askew, released a dancefloor-oriented version of the song in summer 1985, reaching No.
Måns Zelmerlöw performed a live version of the song at the beginning of the Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round of Melodifestivalen 2010 in Örebro, Sweden.