<P> The prospect, however, fell apart and Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen, later becoming a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom . The song was composed by Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Walter Afanasieff, based on the "horn line" from Goldfinger, which required royalty payments to the original writers . At five - minutes twelve seconds it is the longest Bond theme . The music video of "Licence to Kill" was directed by Daniel Kleinman, who later took over the reins of title designer from Maurice Binder for the 1995 Bond film, GoldenEye . </P> <P> All the instrumental tracks are amalgams of various sequences and musical cues from the film rather than straight score excerpts . The end credits of the film feature the song "If You Asked Me To" sung by Patti LaBelle . Though the song was a top ten R&B charter and a minor pop hit for LaBelle, in 1992, the song was covered by and became a much bigger hit for singer Céline Dion . The track "Wedding Party", used during the wedding of Felix Leiter to Della Churchill, makes reference to the track "Jump Up" from the first Bond film, Dr. No . </P> <Ol> <Li> "Licence to Kill"--Gladys Knight </Li> <Li> "Wedding Party"--Ivory </Li> <Li> "Dirty Love"--Tim Feehan </Li> <Li> "Pam" </Li> <Li> "If You Asked Me To"--Patti LaBelle </Li> <Li> "James & Felix on Their Way to Church" </Li> <Li> "His Funny Valentine" </Li> <Li> "Sanchez Is in the Bahamas / Shark Fishing" </Li> <Li> "Ninja" </Li> <Li> "Licence Revoked" </Li> </Ol> <Li> "Licence to Kill"--Gladys Knight </Li>

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