In 1994, the label of hit Swedish band Ace Of Base with a 50-million copy selling debut album turned down James Bond

Alternative Music - GoldenEye 28th JANUARI 2010

It had been five years since James Bond was last seen in cinemas with Licence to Kill in 1989, and the world was anticipating 007's return when Pierce Brosnan was named the new 007 in June 1994. Would the franchise get back to its glory days after its long hiatus? The answer to that question from record label Arista Records was a resounding 'no', which lead to a change for the "GoldenEye" theme song.

Ace Of Base, a pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden, recorded a demo for "GoldenEye" in 1994, a year after their debut album (which went on to sell more than 50 million copies worldwide). The group, comprised Ulf Ekberg and siblings Jonas Berggren and Jenny Berggren, were considered 'too big' for Bond by their American label, Arista Records.

The company were reportedly worried about 007's return flopping in the USA: the movie would fail to attract a large audience, in turn damaging the group's standing.

The opposite happened: not only was it a critical and commercial success, but it rebooted the career of Tina Turner.

ACE OF BASE Album: DA CAPO Titel: JUVENILE
ACE OF BASE THE JUVENILE (GOLDENEYE)

ACE OF BASE Album: DA CAPO Titel: JUVENILE

Da Capo by Ace of Base

Above: Cover art from the song's eventual release.

"The Juvenile" is a song by Jonas "Joker" Berggren of Ace of Base.

It was recorded as the second single from their album Da Capo in Germany released December 9, 2002. It was originally written in 1995, as the proposed theme song to the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. Unfortunately, Arista Records pulled the band out of the project. The song was then re-written as The Juvenile and still released as a single.

The chorus of the song is very similar to the original version, just with a different line "the juvenile" instead of "the goldeneye"

Artist:	Ace Of Base	Titel:	Da Capo
Label:	Edel	Bolag:	PGM
Mediatyp:	Album	Releasedatum:	2002-10-02
Leveranstid:	1-3 arbetsdagar	Katalognummer:	PGM-EMR -143622

1 Unspeakable
2 Beautiful Morning
3 Remember The Worlds
4 Da Capo
5 What's The Name Of The Game
6 Ordinary Day
7 Wonderful Life
8 Show Me Love
9 World Down Under
10 Change With The Light
11 Hey Darling
12 Juvenile

For the three-minute demo, Ulf and Jonas penned the lyrics, with Jeanette Söderholm providing the vocals. Söderholm, a Swedish singer of Jamaican origin, was the group's regular backing vocalist. The track was produced by John Ballard, StoneStream and the group members.

The band later re-worked their lost track and renamed it "The Juvenile", using the title as a straight replacement for "The GoldenEye". It was released as a single on December 9th 2002 (reaching #78 in the German singles chart) and as the last track on their 2002 album "Da Capo".

Ultimately, Bono and The Edge would pen the track performed by Tina Turner and became one of the highest-charting hit singles of her career, reaching #10 in the UK.

Above: The original "GoldenEye" demo track by Ace Of Base dubbed over the music video from "The Juvenile". The audio loses sync due to the demo's shorter length.

Lyrics

"GoldenEye" (Demo) Chorus
The GoldenEye
Is a place where the night is so cold
The GoldenEye
Has the key to the end (always believe)
The GoldenEye
Is a place where the night is so cold
The road will take us to the end
I used to like you as a friend

"The Juvenile" Chorus
The juvenile
In a time where the night is so cold
The juvenile
Has the key to the end (always believe in)
The juvenile in the end
That is why we are here
The road will take us to the end
Tomorrow's foe is now a friend