Shirley Bassey is a vocal powerhouse. At 68, she covered Pink’s ‘Get This Party Started’ in a voice that does not betray her age. If this seems sedate in comparison to the original, it was part of an ad campaign for Marks and Spencer.

She is the only singer to have sung more than one Bond theme, ‘Goldfinger,’

‘Diamonds Are Forever’ and ‘Moonraker.’

I read somewhere that the Propellerheads wrote this song with Bassey in mind. She turned them down and suggested they try Tina Turner. They said that it wouldn’t be what they had wanted, and she relented.

The video is made to look like the BBC’s music series, Jazz 625.

This song was used in Jaguar adverts for awhile. I guess it was to let the buying public know that Jags would look just like Fords from that point on.