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((Infobox song
| name       = All Time High
| cover      = All Time High Rita Coolidge.jpg
| alt        =
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| artist     = [[Rita Coolidge]]
| album      = [[Octopussy (soundtrack)|Octopussy]]
| B-side     = "All Time High" ((small|(Extended Instrumental Version)))
| released   = June 1983<ref>((cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rita+Coolidge&titel=All+Time+High|title=Rita Coolidge singles))</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
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* [[Smooth jazz]]<ref>((cite magazine|first= David|last= Ehrlich|date= November 2, 2015|title= James Bond Movie Theme Songs, Ranked Worst to Best|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/james-bond-movie-theme-songs-ranked-worst-to-best-154927/|access-date= January 27, 2024|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|quote= Rita Coolidge's smooth jazz ditty just sort of sits there...))</ref><ref name= "Spin JB">((cite magazine|first= Cam|last= Lindsay|date= October 8, 2021|title= Every James Bond Theme Song, Ranked|url=https://www.spin.com/2021/10/every-james-bond-theme-song-ranked/|access-date= January 27, 2024|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|quote=  ...but Rita Coolidge was awarded the honor. With Phil Ramone producing, Barry and Rice wrote it as some straight-up, smooth jazz-pop...))</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name= "Spin JB"/>
| length     = 3:02
| label      = ((hlist|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[EMI]]))
| composer = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| lyricist = [[Tim Rice]]
| producer   = ((hlist|[[Stephen Short (record producer)|Stephen Short]]|[[Phil Ramone]]))
| chronology = [[James Bond music|James Bond theme]]
| prev_title = [[For Your Eyes Only (song)|For Your Eyes Only]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[A View to a Kill (song)|A View to a Kill]]
| next_year  = 1985
))

"'''All Time High'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Rita Coolidge]] that serves as the [[theme music|theme song]] to the [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond film]] ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983). Written by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] and [[Tim Rice]] and produced by [[Stephen Short (record producer)|Stephen Short]] and [[Phil Ramone]], the song was released through [[A&M Records]] in 1983.

==Background==
"All Time High" marked the return of regular James Bond theme composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] after his absence from the ''[[For Your Eyes Only (soundtrack)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' soundtrack for tax problems. He wanted to work again with [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]], but his commitments to the musical ''[[Merlin (musical)|Merlin]]'' forced Barry to seek another lyricist.  [[Tim Rice]] quickly accepted the invitation.<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/> Barry's friend [[Phil Ramone]] produced the song, while recording and mixing of the track is credited to [[Stephen Short (record producer)|Stephen Short]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://pingpongmusic.com |title=Ping Pong Music |publisher=Pingpongmusic.com |date=2010-09-14 |access-date=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230225510/http://pingpongmusic.com/ |archive-date=2010-12-30 ))</ref> The soundtrack for ''Octopussy'' was recorded over five days in early April 1983.

The movie's peculiar title negated the possibility of its theme song being based on its title, although Rice would later state: "I think it would have been more interesting if we had tried to write a song called 'Octopussy'". Instead Barry suggested that Rice submit six potential song titles, and it was from these that "All Time High" was selected. Rice was provided with a copy of the script for ''Octopussy'' and also viewed the shooting of some scenes from the movie at [[Pinewood Studios]], Rice visiting Pinewood in mid-December 1982. The completed lyrics for "All Time High" would include the line "We're two of a kind" which in the movie is spoken by Octopussy (played by [[Maud Adams]]) to James Bond ([[Roger Moore]]), and the title evidently refers to the key aerial sequences featured in the movie.<ref name="The Music of James Bond">((cite book
| first=Jon
| last=Burlingame
| year=2012
| title=The Music of James Bond
| publisher=Oxford University Press
| location= New York
| pages=156–163
| isbn=978-019-986330-3))</ref>

Prior to Rita Coolidge being assigned the ''Octopussy'' theme, [[Mari Wilson]] was a contender, a British singer whose retro-image evoked the mid-'60s when the Bond series originated; but Wilson's lack of a US-profile led to a negative decision.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.lgf.org.uk/news/749/495/Just-what-we-always-wanted/?referrer=ukgaynews.org.uk |title=The Lesbian & Gay Foundation » News |publisher=Lgf.org.uk |access-date=2010-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022048/http://www.lgf.org.uk/news/749/495/Just-what-we-always-wanted/?referrer=ukgaynews.org.uk |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead ))</ref> In January 1983, the producer of ''Octopussy'': [[Albert R. Broccoli|Cubby Broccoli]], stated that he hoped to have current hitmaker [[Laura Branigan]] sing the movie's theme song, an artist choice which both Barry and Rice have stated would have pleased them. However, on March 29, 1983 Rita Coolidge was revealed as the singer, a seemingly surprising choice in that Coolidge's career peak had occurred some six years previously.<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/>

Coolidge recalls that [[Barbara Broccoli]], daughter of Cubby Broccoli and herself the assistant director of ''Octopussy'', was a fan of Coolidge and made a point of playing Coolidge records around her father until "one day [he said], "Who is that? That's the voice I want for the movie." Rice still had to complete his contribution as the singer arrived in the studio, with Coolidge stating that "we were waiting for the lyrics as the instrumental track had already been done."<ref name="demon1">((cite web|url=http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/Interview_Coolidge.htm |title=Rita Coolidge |publisher=Spencerleigh.demon.co.uk |access-date=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222222209/http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/Interview_Coolidge.htm |archive-date=2007-02-22 ))</ref> The chorus of "All Time High" features a lyric similar to that of Coolidge's #2 hit "[[(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher|(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher]]" whose lyric "When you wrap your loving arms around me I can stand up and face the world again" is echoed by the "All Time High" lyric "We'll take on the world and win".

"All Time High" was the second theme song from a James Bond movie for which a [[music video|video]] was made, the video consisting of footage of Coolidge – shot in soft focus – singing in an apparent Indian palace (in fact the [[Royal Pavilion]] at [[Brighton]]) intercut with scenes from the movie.<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/>

==Impact==
"All Time High" was used as [[catch phrase]] in the promotion for its parent movie with posters advertising ''Octopussy'' as "James Bond's all time high." Generally unmentioned in reviews for ''Octopussy'', "All Time High" was cited by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as "inane...its silly Tim Rice lyrics sung with deadly lethargy by Rita Coolidge."<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/>

In the US "All Time High" reached #36 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in August 1983. [[Adult contemporary]] radio was much more receptive, with "All Time High" spending four weeks at #1 as ranked by [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine]]. Coolidge had previously topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 1977 with "[[We're All Alone]]".

In the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], "All Time High" rose no higher than #75 and remains the lowest-charting James Bond theme; "[[The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]" by [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] had failed to reach the then fifty-rung chart in 1974 and "[[Moonraker (soundtrack)|Moonraker]]" by [[Shirley Bassey]] fell short of the Top 75 in 1979. However, the track became a major hit in several European countries: Austria – #14; Finland – #11; Germany – #13; the Netherlands – #8; Sweden – #8; and Switzerland – #7: Coolidge had previously only charted in one of these six countries, that being the Netherlands (with "[[We're All Alone#Rita Coolidge version|We're All Alone]]" – #15/1977) which was also the only one of the six countries where she'd chart again ("I Stand in Wonder", #56/1999). Additionally "All Time High" afforded Coolidge chart placements in Australia – #80; Canada – #38, New Zealand – #26, and South Africa – #8. The track was also ranked at #48 in the annual hit parade tally for 1983 in Brazil.

In January 1984, "All Time High" was put forward for consideration for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for Best Song in two full-page ads run in the entertainment trade papers; these ads also touted the full score of ''Octopussy''. However, ''Octopussy'' failed to accrue any Academy Award nominations.<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/>

==Legacy==
According to the ''Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits'' by Wesley Hyatt, Coolidge considered "All Time High" to be an unfinished work and customarily would include the song in concert via her backing musicians playing it as an overture rather than singing it as part of her program. However, Coolidge did state in 2006: "It is a wonderful song and I am very proud to be a part of that family [of James Bond theme singers]."<ref name="demon1"/>

"All Time High" was not originally featured on ''Never Let You Go'', the Rita Coolidge album released in October 1983 although it does occur on some pressings. Since 1998, "All Time High" has been included on several Coolidge anthology releases including a 2001 retrospective on Spectrum Records entitled ''All Time High''.

In 2012 Tim Rice described "All Time High" as "not one of the most exciting Bond songs&nbsp;... just a nice, dreamy ballad."<ref name="The Music of James Bond"/>

==Covers==
"All Time High" has been remade by [[Anita Meyer]] for her 1987 release ''Premiere'', by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] in 1997 for [[David Arnold]]'s ''[[Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project]]'' album.

[[Shirley Bassey]], for her 2002 release ''Bassey Sings Bond'', recorded a dance version in 2006 by [[Kelly Llorenna]]. The song was referenced and then performed by [[Mark Wahlberg]] and [[Norah Jones]] in the film ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]''.

==See also==
* [[Outline of James Bond]]
* [[List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1983]]

==References==
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[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Songs from James Bond films]]
[[Category:Rita Coolidge songs]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:Octopussy]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Tim Rice]]
[[Category:Songs with music by John Barry (composer)]]
[[Category:A&M Records singles]]
[[Category:EMI Records singles]]
[[Category:1983 songs]]
[[Category:1980s ballads]]

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