When Blondie amazingly covered James Bond theme 'Goldfinger'

10 February 2026, 13:56 | Updated: 10 February 2026, 14:02

The closest we'll ever get to a Blondie Bond theme?

We've sometimes wondered what a Blondie James Bond theme would sound like.

They were originally active and releasing music around the time of The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only, and again post-reunion for every 007 film since The World Is Not Enough

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And towards the end of their first run, Blondie released one of the finest movie themes of that or any era – 'Call Me', produced by electronic music legend Giorgio Moroder for the soundtrack of American Gigolo.

But the stars never quite aligned for Debbie Harry and the group to do their own James Bond theme.

The best we've got is the band's cover of 1964's classic 'Goldfinger', written by John Barry with a helping hand on the lyrics from Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Blondie Goldfinger Live

Blondie fans with a few bootlegs on their shelves will be well aware that the group performed the track a number of times on the road in 1977 and 1978, while they were promoting their second Plastic Letters album.

There were renditions everywhere from California to Detroit to Scotland to Sheffield to Osaka. They played it during a homecoming show at The Palladium at New York, too,

But the Plastic Letters tour wasn't the first time that Blondie had given Shirley Bassey's best Bond theme a runout.

1975 Blondie Performing "Goldfinger" At The CBGB | Premium Footage

The earliest version of Blondie's 'Goldfinger' that we've found dates back to 1975, when the then still punky band were a regular fixture at New York landmark CBGB.

Aongside future Blondie classics ('Rip Her to Shreds', 'In The Flesh') and other covers ('Heat Wave', "Femme Fatale',' Bye Bye Baby', 'Mr Big Stuff'), they played a stonking version of 'Goldfinger'.

We've only got full video of around a minute, but it's enough to show off the sheer pop punk power Blondie had at the time, and make you think about how well they'd have been able to pull off their own 007 theme, too, had they been given the chance