Background and Composition
The song was co-written and co-produced by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzaï in the key of C minor with string arrangements written by Michel Colombier. The single was released worldwide on October 22, 2002 as the lead single from American Life, Madonna's ninth album.
The song was chosen to be featured as the theme song for the James Bond movie Die Another Day. It was featured in its soundtrack. The song was later released on Madonna's ninth studio album American Life (2003). Then in 2009, the single version was featured on her third greatest hits album Celebration (2009). Die Another Day was the most successful Bond theme-song since the 1980s. "Die Another Day", the single, marked Madonna's 20th anniversary in the music business; Madonna's first single, "Everybody", had been released in October 1982.
No part of Die Another Day's melody was employed by David Arnold in the development of the motion picture score. Instead, the instrumentals of the song's Dirty Vegas Mix can be heard during one scene of the film. Some of the remixes of the song feature bonus spoken word vocals by Madonna. She performed "Die Another Day" as part of her 2004 Re-Invention Tour and used it as a video interlude in the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008). A live performance of the song is included on Madonna's live CD I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2006). According to The Official Charts Company, the song has sold 175,000 copies there.
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