The World Is Not Enough (song)

The World Is Not Enough (song)

"The World Is Not Enough" is a 1999 orchestral rock song performed by alternative rock group Garbage, and was the theme single of the James Bond film of the same name. The song and accompanying soundtrack were released internationally by Radioactive Records as the feature film premiered in theaters around the world at the end of November of that year. Garbage recorded the theme song while touring Europe in support of their platinum certified album Version 2.0.

"The World Is Not Enough" was written by composer David Arnold, who also did the score for the film, and lyricist Don Black, who had worked in four Bond songs before. The single was written in the traditional style of the series' title themes contrasting with the post-modern production technique and genre-hopping sound that Garbage had established on their first two albums. The lyrics contain the line "There's no point in living if you can't feel alive", an important plot point in the film. "The song reflects the film. It tells the story, which of course is all about world domination, but is a lot more personal and intense," stated Black, "It's quite ballady and dramatic, but feels contemporary."

Upon its single release, "The World Is Not Enough" was widely acclaimed by reviewers, and reached the top tens of Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian and Finnish single charts, and also reached the top forties in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. A decade later the song was remastered and included on series compilation The Best of Bond... James Bond and on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.