Subtitle Live And Let Die -

: Written by Paul McCartney and performed by Wings , the lyrics emphasize doing a "job well" and giving "the other fellow hell" when the world makes you give in [5.5, 5.16]. McCartney later clarified in his Life in Lyrics podcast that for him, the title meant "letting go" of problems rather than literally killing [5.6].

: The full text of the novel describes James Bond’s assignment to track down Mr. Big , a SMERSH operative using pirate treasure to fund Soviet operations [5.1, 5.9]. subtitle Live and Let Die

The phrase is most famously the title of the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming (1954) and the eighth film in the series (1973). It is a cynical subversion of the common idiom "live and let live" [14, 16]. : Written by Paul McCartney and performed by