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There are few accolades in modern pop music as seismic as being asked to record the theme tune for a James Bond movie. It is right up there with meeting Sir Paul Macca, an invite over to Sir Elton John's for a Sunday roast or attending a sleepover and midnight feast at Michael Jackson's place. In recent months, as filming on "Quantum Of Solace", the second Daniel Craig spy outing, has continued, a veritable harem of sparkling, leggy stunners have reportedly been in the frame.

Let's face it, the Broccoli family can't possibly get it as wrong as they did last time, when Chris Cornell, lead singer in Audioslave and Soundgarden, was insanely drafted in to offer the utterly unmemorable "You Know My Name". Which most people didn't, ironically enough. This time around, all the early money has been on Amy Winehouse, who was surely born for such an iconic role, particularly with Mark Ronson providing a super-stylish, David Arnold cinematic sonic backdrop.

"I've done loads of Bond songs", said Amy recently, presumably from her hospital bed. "It's there, ready and done, and it's up to them if they want it or not." The thing is, they don't seem to want it or her. The franchise retains a wholesome ideal, one that probably doesn't even exist in Britain anymore, and look intent on enlisting a girl who isn't a skag-ridden exploded bomb. Happily, there are many candidates to consider, with Leona Lewis amongst them, what with her global reach and failure to do anything thus far other than look pretty, behave and shift units.

But there was an intriguing turn of events yesterday, when Welsh songbird Duffy entered the equation. "A lady never exposes her secrets", was her cute, cryptic response to BBC questioning. For those fearing some kind of Ruth Madoc-style, yellow coat catastrophe, Famethrowa is comforted by the swooning bewonderment of her debut single "Rockferry". However, the LA Times has a different view and a different contender - Beyonce. "Music industry insiders say the former Destiny's Child singer has become firm favourite after first choice Amy fell off the rails", they report.

So, who do you think is going to win the Bond bun-fight?

Today's Famethrowa's

New: "Can't Go Back" Primal Scream
Old: "Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)" Steely Dan