You Know My Name

For other uses, see You Know My Name (disambiguation).
"You Know My Name"
A man stands in front of an out-of-focus sports car. The background is a gradient that goes from red to green. Besides the man is written "Chris Cornell", with "You Know My Name" below it. In the down right corner is the text "As featured in the motion picture CasinO ROyale", with a gun-like "7" below Royale's "O".
Single by Chris Cornell
from the album Carry On
B-side"Black Hole Sun" (Acoustic)
ReleasedNovember 13, 2006
Recorded2006
StudioAIR, London
Genre
Length4:02
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Arnold
Chris Cornell singles chronology
"Preaching the End of the World"
(1999) 		"You Know My Name"
(2006) 		"No Such Thing"
(2007)
James Bond theme singles chronology
"Die Another Day"
(2002) 		"You Know My Name"
(2006) 		"Another Way to Die"
(2008)

"You Know My Name" is the theme song of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, performed by American musician Chris Cornell, who wrote and produced it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The track was leaked onto the Internet on September 20, 2006, and later released as an official single on November 13, 2006 through Interscope Records. It was not included in the Casino Royale soundtrack, but appeared on Cornell's second solo album, Carry On.

The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond Theme" reflecting the agent's inexperience in Casino Royale, as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond.

It was a hit throughout Europe, reaching the top 10 in eight countries, including No. 7 on the UK singles chart.[3] It sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK,[3] and has sold 323,000 digital copies and garnered 3.5 million streams in the U.S. as of 2017.[4] Reviews of the song were positive; it won the Satellite Award and the World Soundtrack Award, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

  1. ^ Ehrlich, David (November 2, 2015). "James Bond Movie Theme Songs, Ranked Worst to Best". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 27, 2024. ...this alt-rock dumpster fire really can't be blamed on Chris Cornell.
  2. ^ Slant Staff (October 4, 2021). "Every James Bond Theme Song Ranked". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 27, 2024. ...these enticing flashes of glamor neatly tie the otherwise hard rock song back to the Bond-theme tradition.
  3. ^ a b "Chris Cornell wrote and performed the James Bond theme song for Daniel Craig's first 007 outing in Casino Royale". Daily Mirror. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Chris Cornell, Soundgarden Frontman, Dies at Age 52". Variety. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2016.