Skip navigation

Work on Winehouse’s 007 theme abandoned

Producer says troubled singer is ‘not ready to record any music’

  Interviews, performances  
  
  Shocking Jackson video released
July 16: US Weekly has released shocking new video of Michael Jackson’s 1984 Pepsi commercial accident. Some speculate the pain killers and plastic surgery for his recovery may have led to the addictions that plagued his life. NBC’s Jeff Rosen reports.

updated 2:33 p.m. ET May 8, 2008

LONDON - Producer Mark Ronson says he and Amy Winehouse have abandoned recording the theme to the latest James Bond film because the singer is not ready to work.

Ronson says the singer is “not ready to record any music.” He produced much of Winehouse’s Grammy-winning “Back to Black.” He made the comments in an interview with Sky News on Friday.

Ronson says the two started work on the track for the upcoming Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” but it would take “some miracle of science” to finish it.

Story continues below ↓
advertisement | your ad here

Winehouse’s troubles with drugs, the police and her rocky romance with her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil have kept the singer in the spotlight.

Police gave her a formal warning last week after she scuffled with two men during a raucous night out.

© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sponsored links

Resource guide