Adele will premiere her latest recording Skyfall, the official theme song to the upcoming 007 adventure of the same name, globally via her official site on Friday October 5th at 0:07 London time, 1:07 CAT.

The track will be available to purchase as a download immediately after this premiere.

Following months of speculation, the pregnant 24-year-old posted a picture of the song credits on her Twitter feed.



The track is also available for pre-order at iTunes starting on Tuesday 2 October .

October 5th marks the 50th anniversary  of the release of Dr. No, and thus the James Bond film franchise, and will be celebrated as Global James Bond Day.

After reading the script for the film, Adele enlisted Paul Epworth to co-write and produce the theme song to Skyfall. 

Adele admits, “I was a little hesitant at first to be involved with the theme song for Skyfall. There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.  But I fell in love with the script and Paul had some great ideas for the track and it ended up being a bit of a no brainer to do it in the end. It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I've never done which made it exciting. When we recorded the strings, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. I’ll be back combing my hair when I'm 60 telling people I was a Bond girl back in the day I'm sure!” 

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, Skyfall features the lush accompaniment of a 77-piece orchestra.
 
Skyfall is the first recording by Adele since releasing her massively successful sophomore album 21 in early 2011. To date 21 has sold over 24 million albums worldwide and garnered Adele 6 Grammy Awards, 2 BRIT Awards and 2 Ivor Novello Awards.  21 is the biggest selling album of both 2011 and 2012.

Adele first hinted she was involved when she spoke to British talk show host Jonathan Ross in September 2011.

"I'm going back in the studio in November, fingers crossed," the singer confessed at the time.

"Well this is actually a theme, what I've got to do for, um… Wow. That's really giving something away isn't it?".



Skyfall is the 23rd Bond movie and is due for release later this year with Daniel Craig  back as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.  In Skyfall Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. 

As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.