Beehived shit-starter Amy Winehouse told a British tabloid yesterday that she's planning on releasing her rejected theme song for the upcoming Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, to "prove that they have made a big mistake" by picking one by Jack White and Alicia Keys. "I guess they are going for clean-cut and boring," she said, presumably while acting in a completely responsible manner. "When I do release mine � and I am tempted to do it on the same day � this would be the bigger hit." Is she right? Probably! In recent years, Bond producers have exhibited pretty terrible judgment when it comes to picking their songwriting-contest winners. After the jump, hear five great passed-on Bond themes better than the ones they lost out to.
5. k.d. lang, "Tomorrow Never Dies"
For 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond producers solicited tracks from everyone from lang to Pulp to the Cardigans. This one nigh beat Sheryl Crow's merely was eventually demoted to the strain played during the end titles, possibly scuttling any chances k.d. lang had of ever geological dating Lance Armstrong.
4. Phyllis Hyman, "Never Say Never Again"
Producers on 1983's Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again � in which Sean Connery reprised his role as Bond
