The World Is Not Enough (song)

"The World Is Not Enough"
Against a gray background lies a cutout of flames in the shape of a woman holding a gun. In front of the figure is the text "Garbage - The World Is Not Enough - From the MGM motion picture The World Is Not Enough". The Motto was found on the Bond Family Crest.
Single by Garbage
from the album The World Is Not Enough
B-side"Ice Bandits"
ReleasedOctober 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)
RecordedJune–August 1999
Studio
Genre
Length3:57
LabelRadioactive
Composer(s)David Arnold
Lyricist(s)Don Black
Producer(s)
  • Garbage
  • David Arnold
Garbage singles chronology
"You Look So Fine"
(1999) 		"The World Is Not Enough"
(1999) 		"Androgyny"
(2001)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"Tomorrow Never Dies"
(1997) 		"The World Is Not Enough"
(1999) 		"Die Another Day"
(2002)
Alternate cover
The digital single cover depicts a burning letter "G" against a gray background. The band name is displayed in white and all uppercase, while the song title is in black and all lowercase.
2022 digital single cover
Music video
"The World Is Not Enough" on YouTube
Audio sample

"The World Is Not Enough" is the theme song for the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, performed by American rock band Garbage. The song was written by composer David Arnold (who also scored the film) and lyricist Don Black, previously responsible for four other Bond songs, and was produced by Garbage and Arnold. "The World Is Not Enough" was composed in the style of the series' title songs, in contrast with the post-modern production and genre-hopping of Garbage's first two albums. The group recorded most of "The World Is Not Enough" while touring Europe in support of their album Version 2.0, telephoning Arnold as he recorded the orchestral backing in London before travelling to England. Garbage later finished recording and mixing the song at Armoury Studios in Canada. The lyrics reflect the film's plot (told from the viewpoint of antagonist Elektra King), with themes of world domination and seduction.

The song and its accompanying soundtrack were released internationally by Radioactive Records when the film premiered worldwide at the end of November 1999. "The World Is Not Enough" was praised by reviewers; it reached the top 40 of ten singles charts and the top 10 of four. It was included on the James Bond compilation The Best of Bond... James Bond and Garbage's greatest hits album, Absolute Garbage.