James Bond Spectre theme song: Who are the runners and riders?

Bond director Sam Mendes recently confirmed that the theme song for the 24th Bond movie, Spectre, is complete.

He said in a BBC interview that "fans won't have to wait long", before they get to hear the tune and more importantly find out who's been picked to sing it.

Spectre, in which Daniel Craig will make his fourth appearance as the MI6 agent, will come out on 26 October in the UK.

So who could be the artist singing?

Sam Smith

Sam Smith says he's not heard if he's doing the song, but he's still favourite to do it

He was definitely, for the longest of times (and still is), the favourite to belt out a Bond theme song.

But with his recent vocal cord operation he may have missed out on the gig.

And, in a recent interview, he said he hadn't heard anything about the song and said he "would know by now", but he also pointed the finger in the direction of another singer.

Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has dropped some major Bond clues recently

Yep, Sam Smith said in that same interview that he'd heard Ellie was up for singing the song.

But there are other reasons.

She may have dropped one huge major hint when she randomly tweeted "Live or Let Die" earlier this month.

And then that same day she posted an Instagram of herself recording in a studio, saying "we got really excited so much so that I couldn't sing".

Put two and two together...

Adele

This may have been Adele's reaction to doing a second Bond theme song

She did such a fabulous job on Skyfall, even winning an Oscar for the track, that there are rumours it could be her comeback track.

She's spent a lot of time enjoying life, and seeing other artists perform, like Bette Midler.

Adele, it would be an epic surprise.

Lana Del Rey

With her old skool sound, surely she should have been up there in terms of picking a Bond theme tune singer?

She recently tweeted her new track Honeymoon, which sounds like it could be a bit of a Bond track.

So why not take her old skool-sounding vocals and layer them all over an epic Bond song?

Kanye West

The controversy of him doing a Bond song would blow the controversy of him headlining Glastonbury right out of the water

Because why not?

OK. So there was the controversial Glastonbury headline slot, that may have not got the welcome Kanye thought it probably should have.

But for all we know, all the time Kanye's been spending in the UK with grime artists could spell a new direction for a Bond song. Dreams can come true.

Taylor Swift

Who's owning the music industry right now? Taylor Swift of course

She is ruling the music world and could have her pick at doing anything right now.

Plus she keeps bringing out all her celeb friends on stage with her during her 1989 world tour to increase her "squad goals", so who knows who she could call on to collaborate with on a Bond song?

And if the Bond team wants to get to a younger and wider global audience (not that it needs much help as Skyfall took a billion at the box office), then why not get Tay Tay all over a Spectre theme?

Shirley Bassey

Shirley has already sung three Bond themes, so one more won't hurt

She was the queen of Bond theme songs, belting out a grand total of three: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.

For nostalgia, and also because she can hold a grand note, why not get Shirley on board?

Plus Sam Mendes has said this is definitely his last time directing a Bond, so it may be a fitting farewell for him.

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