Another Way to Die

Another Way to Die

Infobox Single |
Name = Another Way to Die


Artist = Jack White & Alicia Keys
Album =
Released = 19 September 2008
Format = Digital download, 7" vinyl
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Third Man Records/J Records
Writer = Jack White
Producer = Jack White
Chronology = Jack White singles
Last single = "Go It Alone" (2005)
This single = "Another Way to Die" (2008)
Next single =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Alicia Keys singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Superwoman" (2008)
This single = "Another Way to Die" (2008)
Next single =
Extra chronology 2
Artist = James Bond theme
Type = singles
Last single = "You Know My Name"
(2006)
This single = "Another Way to Die"
(2008)
Next single =
Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = 7" vinyl cover

"Another Way to Die", performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White, is the theme song to the 2008 James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace."cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003832786|title="Alicia Keys, Jack White Team For Bond Theme"|work=Billboard|author=Donahue, Ann|date=2008-07-29] Written and produced by White, who also plays guitar and drums on the track, the song is the first duet in the Bond film series. [cite news | title = Quantum of Solace - News - Alicia Keys, Jack White Team For "Quantum of Solace" Theme Song (Press Release) | publisher = Columbia Pictures | date = 2008-07-29 | url = http://www.007.com/download/ThemeSong_QOS_PressRelease.pdf | accessdate=2008-08-02]

The single will be released by White's label Third Man Records as a limited edition of 6000 [http://www.normanrecords.com/records/102349] 7" Vinyl in the US on September 30, 2008 and on October 6, 2008 in the UK. [http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/]

An instrumental version of the song was used in a Coca-Cola commercial, as Coke Zero will become Coke Zero Zero Seven in order to promote the movie.cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/sep/11/advertising.jamesbond|title="Coca-Cola launches ad featuring Jack White's Quantum of Solace music"|work=Guardian|author=Sweney, Mark|date=2008-09-11]

Roughly the first 2 minutes of the song were first played on September 13 on the radio show "Siglo 21" on Radio 3 in Spain.cite news|url=http://www.archivo007.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1221489555&archive=&start_from=&ucat=9&cid=9|title="Another Way to Die" preview on "Siglo 21" (Spanish)|date=2008-09-13|accessdate=2008-09-19]

The song was premiered on September 18 on Jo Whiley's show on BBC Radio 1. "Newsbeat" described the reaction from listeners who e-mailed their opinions as mixed.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7622000/7622911.stm|title=James Bond theme gets first play|work=Newsbeat|publisher = BBC|date=2008-09-18|accessdate=2008-09-18]

It debuted on the UK singles chart at number 26 [See [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml#twentyone] ] .

On October 3, the video of the song was premiered on Channel 4.

Track listing

# "Another Way to Die" (4:23)
# "Another Way to Die" (Instrumental Version) (4:23)

Chart positions

Music video

The music video for the song was released on [http://video.yahoo.com Yahoo! Videos] on 29th September 2008. It has since made its way onto YouTube and other video sharing sites. It features White on both guitar and drums and Keys on her signature piano, with video effects and CGI in the background featuring wavy lines and use of dawn and dusk. A shot of Daniel Craig as 007 appears in the very last frame, which appeared in the theatrical trailer for the film.

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