The track used for the movie sounds pretty silly on first hearing, but it has some nice guitar in it and some of the requisite double entendres ("Who will he bang?" used here to sound clean but is obviously intended to be dirty given the nature of the title character).

Many years before Will Smith we have a song that summarizes one of the characters in a movie. At least Roger Moore isn't singing about how he is so bad and really kicks Scaramanga's ass.

Track: The Man With The Golden Gun
Written By: Don Black
Performed By: Lulu
Album: The Best of Bond... James Bond 007 (1999)

He has a powerful weapon
He charges a million a shot
An assassin that's second to none
The man with the golden gun

Lurking in some darkened doorway
Or crouched on a rooftop somewhere
In the next room, or this very one
The man with the golden gun

Love is required whenever he's hired
It comes just before the kill
No one can catch him, no hitman can match him
For his million dollar skill

One golden shot means another poor victim
Has come to a glittering end
For a price he'll erase anyone
The Man With The Golden Gun

His eye may be on you or me...
Who will he bang?
We shall see...

Love is required whenever he's hired
It comes just before the kill
No one can catch him no hitman can match him
For his million dollar skill

One golden shot means another poor victim
Has come to a glittering end
If you want to get rid of someone
The Man With The Golden Gun...

Will get it done
He'll shoot anyone
With his golden gun


Here's the theme song that was almost used for the movie - by Alice Cooper no less.

Lulu ended up doing the song because the EON productions people didn't like this one. It's debatable which one has aged better, but it should be noted that this isn't the only time people have had a Bond theme turned down - Alice Cooper are joined by Blondie (For Your Eyes Only) and Pulp (Tomorrow Never Dies, with 'Lies' instead of 'Dies' when they released the song - as the original title of the move used "Lies").

There's supposedly a version with Liza Minelli doing vocals too.

Track: The Man With The Golden Gun
Artist: Alice Cooper
Album: Muscle of Love (1973)

The man with the golden gun
He's waiting somewhere out there for you
But you'll never see him
He'll be looking for you

Demand for the golden gun
It's high priced, precise and true
But you'll never see him
He'll be looking for you

The man with the golden gun in his pocket
The man with the golden gun in his case
The man with the golden gun in your face

But you'll never see him
He'll be looking for you
You better beleive
He'll be looking for you

He's the man with the golden gun in his pocket
The man with the golden gun in his case
The man with the golden gun in his pocket
The man with the golden gun in your face

But you'll never see him
He'll be looking for you
You better beleive
He'll be looking for you

The man with the golden gun in his pocket
The man with the golden gun in his case
The man with the golden gun in his pocket
The man with the golden gun in your face

The man with the golden gun in his pocket
the man with the golden gun in his case
The man who gave you the the golden....
gun


Doesn't the title of the movie look funny when it's just a line in a song with no capital letters?

For more info on "almost-rans" in Bond movies check out:
http://www.007forever.com/actors_and_action_001/almost_acted_and_sung/