The Living Daylights

“The Living Daylights” is the song performed by a-ha for the James Bond film of the same name. It was co-written by guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Bond composer John Barry. This is the only Bond film where the title song has not been performed by a British or an American.
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“The Living Daylights” by a-ha. Official music video.

a-ha and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song. Barry's film mix is heard on the soundtrack and all three of a-ha's best-of compilations. The a-ha preferred mix can be heard on their 1988 album Stay on These Roads. However, in 2006 a-ha's Paul Waaktaar-Savoy complimented Barry's contributions "I loved the stuff he added to the track, I mean it gave it this really cool string arrangement. That's when, for me, it started to sound like a Bond thing."

Demo version.

a-ha - The Living Daylights. Live.

In a departure from conventions of previous Bond films, the film uses different songs over the opening and end credits. The song heard over the end credits, "If There Was A Man" (top), was one of two songs performed for the film by Chrissie Hynde, of the Pretenders. The other song, "Where Has Everybody Gone" (below), is heard as source music in the film. The Pretenders were originally considered to perform the film's title song. However, the producers had been pleased with the commercial success of Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill", and felt that a-ha would be more likely to make an impact in the charts.

Pet Shop Boys - “This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave”. Adapted from a demo theme for The Living Daylights; appears on their 1990 album “Behaviour”.