^Pelkey II, Stanley C.؛ Bushard, Anthony (11 ديسمبر 2014). Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age. Oxford University Press. ص. 149. ISBN:978-0-19-993615-1. The electric guitar is prominent in this genre, evoking the danger and "electricity" of the spy lifestyle, as in the "Peter Gunn Theme" and especially the "James Bond Theme." Composed by Monty Norman and arranged by Barry, the Bond theme features reverb and staccato picking by Vic Flick, whose riff appears in every Bond film and came to define the lifestyle ethos of the spy. The riff most likely had an influence on the one played by Chuck Day in Johnny Rivers's "Secret Agent Man," the theme for "Secret Agent's" broadcast in the mid-1960s.
^Meyer, Guy (20 ديسمبر 2003). "Chuck Day Talk re: Johnny Rivers Band Mamas and Papas". YouTube (Interview). 19 Broadway Niteclub, Fairfax, California. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2019-12-15. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2015-02-03. Section starts at 02:22. 'So I just came up with that lick. That's all. That's the whole story. I invented the guitar intro; that's all.'{{استشهاد بمقابلة}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: مكان (link)
