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}}The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented.The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced.{{TOC limit|limit=3}}

Eligibility

{{As of|2019}}, the Academy’s rules stipulate that “an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the motion picture. There must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credits.“WEB,www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/92aa_rules.pdf, 92nd Academy Awards of Merit, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 20, February 12, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20190424163237/https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/92aa_rules.pdf, April 24, 2019, live, The original requirement was only that the nominated song appear in a motion picture during the previous year. This rule was changed after the 1941 Academy Awards, when “The Last Time I Saw Paris”, from the film Lady Be Good, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, won. Kern was upset that his song won because it had been published and recorded before it was used in the film. Kern was upset because he thought that “Blues in the Night” by Harold Arlen (Music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) should have won. Kern’s song was actually written in 1940, after the Germans occupied Paris at the start of World War II. It was recorded by Kate Smith and peaked at No. 8 on the bestseller list before it was used in the film.Kern got the Academy to change the rule so that only songs that are “original and written specifically for the motion picture” are eligible to win.Susan Sacket, “1941: ‘The Last Time I Saw Paris’”, Hollywood Sings!, Billboard Books, New York, 1995, pp. 42–43.Rule Fifteen: Special Rules for the Music Awards | Rules for the 86th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025092751www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/86/rule15.html |date=October 25, 2013 }} Songs that rely on sampled or reworked material along with cover versions, remixes and parodies, such as “Gangsta’s Paradise” (which samples “Pastime Paradise” by Stevie Wonder) in the 1995 film Dangerous Minds, are also ineligible.This rule means that when a film is adapted from a previously produced stage musical, none of the existing songs from the musical are eligible. As a result, many recent film adaptations of musicals have included original songs which could be nominated, such as “You Must Love Me” in the 1996 film Evita (won award), and “Listen”, “Love You I Do”, “Patience” in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, and “Suddenly” in the 2012 film Les Misérables.There was a debate whether Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who were awarded the Oscar in 2008 for “Falling Slowly”, were in fact eligible. “Falling Slowly” had been released on two other albums – The Swell Season, Hansard and Irglova’s duo project, and The Cost, by Hansard’s band The Frames. The Swell Season was released in August 2006, and The Cost in February 2007, before the release of Once. It was also used in the movie Beauty in Trouble and released on its soundtrack in September 2006. However, the AMPAS music committee determined that, in the course of the film’s protracted production, the composers had “played the song in some venues that were deemed inconsequential enough to not change the song’s eligibility”.NEWS,carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/once-again-a-legit-nominee/, The New York Times, “Once” Again, a Legit Nominee, January 29, 2008, The same issue arose two years earlier with “In the Deep” from Crash, which appeared on Bird York’s 2003 album The Velvet Hour after being written for Crash, but before the film was released. The current Academy rule says an eligible song “must be recorded for use in the motion picture prior to any other usage”, so recordings released prior to the film will not disqualify a song as long as the film version was recorded before then.

Number of nominations and submissions

Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated.From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points. Only those songs that received an average score of 8.25 or more were eligible for nomination. If no song qualified, there would be no nominees. And if only one song achieved that score, it and the song receiving the next highest score would be the two nominees. This system usually resulted in five nominations each year, except for 2010 when four were nominated, 1988, 2005, and 2008, when only three were nominated; and 2011 when only two were nominated.Sacket, “Preface”, p. xvii.NEWS, BBC2012Noms, Oscars 2012: Nominees in full,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16700124, BBC News, January 24, 2012, BBC, January 24, 2012, Following the two song competition in 2011, the rules were changed once more. The number of nominations is now contingent upon the number of submissions. Depending on the number received by the Academy there would be five, three or no nominations each year.MAGAZINE,www.billboard.com/articles/news/475331/oscar-best-song-category-gets-five-nominee-rule, Oscar Best Song Category Gets Five Nominee Rule, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, August 31, 2012, Since then, there have always been five nominees, except in 2013 when one was disqualified.The first film to receive multiple nominations was Fame in 1980. Only four films have featured three nominated songs: Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Dreamgirls, and Enchanted. Dreamgirls and Enchanted lost on every nomination: An Inconvenient Truth original song “I Need to Wake Up” defeated all three of the nominated songs from Dreamgirls, while “Falling Slowly” from Once defeated all three of Enchanted{{’}}s nominations. After these two consecutive defeats, a new rule was instated in June 2008 that a film could have no more than two songs nominated.Academy press release While up to five songs from a single film can be submitted, studios sometimes submit only one, for fear that having two nominated might split the vote.WEB, Oscars 2022: Why is Encanto’s We Don’t Talk About Bruno not nominated?,www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60290152, BBC News, 30 March 2022, 8 February 2022, By the time “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” became the breakout hit from Encanto, the producers had for the 94th Academy Awards submitted “Dos Oruguitas”, which was nominated but did not win.

Performances at the awards ceremony

Nominated songs are usually performed live at the televised Academy Awards ceremonies. Although pre-televised ceremonies were broadcast on the radio, the tradition of performing the nominated songs did not begin until the 18th Academy Awards in 1946, in which performers included Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Dinah Shore, and Dick Haymes.In the early years, the songs were usually not performed by the original artists, as in the film. For example, in 1965, Robert Goulet performed all the nominated songs at the ceremony. (In the case of “The Look Of Love”, sung by Dusty Springfield in Casino Royale, the positive reaction to the performance by Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 on the 1968 telecast led to their version being released as a single and eventually becoming the bigger hit.) In 1970, this was reversed and only the people who had performed the piece in the film were permitted to perform the song on the live telecast, even if a hit version was performed by another act.However, since Oscar nominees for 1970, 1971 and 1972 had all been major hit records by other artists, in 1973 the rule was amended again, and it became standard to first offer either the original artist or artists who performed the song in the film a chance to perform it at the ceremony, followed by the artist or artists who had the hit record with it.When neither of those is able to do so (or in rare cases where the telecast producers decide to go with someone else), the Academy chooses more well-known entertainers to perform the song at the ceremony. For example, Robin Williams performed “Blame Canada” from (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) at the 72nd Academy Awards instead of the film’s voice actors, Trey Parker and Mary Kay Bergman (Bergman died a few months before the show). Beyoncé Knowles sang three nominated songs (one of which was a duet with Josh Groban) during the 77th Academy Awards even though she had not performed those songs in any of the respective films.That same year, the song “Al otro lado del río” (On The Other Side Of The River), which was featured in the film The Motorcycle Diaries, won the award, becoming the first song in Spanish and the second in a foreign language to receive such an honor (the first winner was the title tune to Never on Sunday, which was sung in Greek in the film by its star, Melina Mercouri). It was written by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler, but the producers would not let Drexler perform the song during the show for fear of losing ratings. Instead, the song was performed by Carlos Santana and Antonio Banderas. Drexler’s acceptance speech for the award consisted of him singing a few lines a cappella and closed by simply saying “thank you”.In 1985, Phil Collins was passed over to perform his nominated composition “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”. According to representatives of both Collins’ record company and Columbia Pictures, this was because the producers of the telecast were not familiar with his work. Ann Reinking performed the song instead, with Collins sitting in the audience.BOOK, Bronson, Fred, The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits,books.google.com/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&pg=PT2, February 20, 2009, 5th, 2003, Billboard Books, New York, 0-8230-7677-6, 586, At the 80th Academy Awards, “That’s How You Know” from the film Enchanted was performed by Kristin Chenoweth, rather than the film’s star, Amy Adams. However, Adams performed “Happy Working Song”, which was nominated from the same film.PRESS RELEASE , In 2009, Peter Gabriel, who was originally scheduled to perform his nominated song “Down to Earth” during the live broadcast, declined to perform after learning that he would be allowed to sing only 65 seconds of the song during the ceremony’s Best Original Song nominee performance medley.NEWS,www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/02/14/Gabriel_cancels_Oscar_night_performance/UPI-55771234645453/, Gabriel cancels Oscar night performance, United Press International Inc., February 14, 2009, February 22, 2009, UPI.com,www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/02/14/Gabriel_cancels_Oscar_night_performance/UPI-55771234645453/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090215232133www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/02/14/Gabriel_cancels_Oscar_night_performance/UPI-55771234645453/,">web.archive.org/web/20090215232133www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/02/14/Gabriel_cancels_Oscar_night_performance/UPI-55771234645453/, February 15, 2009, live, Gabriel still attended the ceremony, with John Legend performing the song in his place, backed by the Soweto Gospel Choir.The 84th Academy Awards did not feature performances from either nominated song (“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets or “Real in Rio” from Rio).Oscar nominee Brett McKenzie in Billboard Magazine No reason for this was given by Oscar producers. This was only the third time that Best Original Song nominees were not performed (the others were in 1989 and 2010). At the 85th Academy Awards, only three of the five nominees were performed, with the eventual winner, the theme from Skyfall, being the only one performed separately on its own as opposed to being part of a musical montage sequence by Adele. The 88th Academy Awards also had three of the five nominees performed. Anohni, performer and writer of “Manta Ray”, one of the two nominated songs cut from the ceremony, boycotted the ceremony for this reason.WEB,www.cbsnews.com/news/best-song-nominee-anohni-boycotts-oscars/, Why Best Song nominee Anohni is sitting out the Oscars, www.cbsnews.com, February 26, 2016, March 1, 2016, It was originally announced that the 91st Academy Awards would only feature two live performances due to time constraints: “Shallow” from A Star is Born and “All the Stars” from Black Panther.WEB,www.vulture.com/2019/01/oscars-2019-telecast-original-song-performances.html, The Oscars Might Only Let Two Original Song Nominees Perform During the Telecast, www.vulture.com, January 24, 2019, January 26, 2019, However, this decision was reversed days later.WEB,variety.com/2019/music/news/oscars-invite-all-five-best-song-nominees-1203125178/, Oscars to Feature All Five Best Song Nominees on Telecast After All, www.variety.com, January 31, 2019, January 31, 2019, It was announced soon after that Kendrick Lamar and SZA would no longer perform due to “logistics and timing” issues, making “All the Stars” the only nominee of the four not to be performed live.WEB,variety.com/2019/film/awards/oscars-kendrick-lamar-and-sza-will-not-perform-black-panther-song-exclusive-1203144572/, Oscars: Kendrick Lamar and SZA Will Not Perform ‘Black Panther’ Song, www.variety.com, February 21, 2019, February 21, 2019, Rapper Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself”, which won the award in 2003, was the only nominated song not performed at the ceremony that year. Eminem later gave a surprise performance of the song at the Oscars in 2020. He received a standing ovation following his performance.WEB, Eminem Reveals Why He Finally Performed at the Oscars, 17 Years Later,variety.com/2020/music/news/eminem-oscar-academy-awards-lose-yourself-exclusive-interview-1203500085/, Variety.com, February 10, 2020, In 2021, performances of the nominees for Best Original Song were shown during the ceremony’s pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight. The live performances returned for the next year’s ceremony.

Winners and nominees

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bgcolor=“#bebebe“! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“3” |1934{{small|(7th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935, The 7th Academy Awards – 1935, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, | The Gay Divorcee“The Continental (song)>The Continental”| Con Conrad (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics)| Flying Down to RioCarioca (1933 song)>Carioca“| Vincent Youmans (music); Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn (lyrics)She Loves Me Not (1934 film)>She Loves Me NotLove in Bloom (song)>Love in Bloom“| Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)! rowspan=“4” style="text-align:center” | 1935{{small|(8th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936, The 8th Academy Awards – 1936, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Gold Diggers of 1935“Lullaby of Broadway (song)>Lullaby of Broadway”| Harry Warren (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)Roberta (1935 film)>Roberta| “Lovely to Look At“| Jerome Kern (music); Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh (lyrics)| Top Hat| “Cheek to Cheek“| Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“7” style="text-align:center” | 1936{{small|(9th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937, The 9th Academy Awards – 1937, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Swing Time (film)>Swing Time| “The Way You Look Tonight”| Jerome Kern (music); Dorothy Fields (lyrics)| Born to Dance| “I’ve Got You Under My Skin“| Cole Porter (music & lyrics)Pennies from Heaven (1936 film)>Pennies from HeavenPennies from Heaven (song)>Pennies from Heaven”Arthur Johnston (composer)>Arthur Johnston (music); Johnny Burke (lyrics)| Sing, Baby, Sing| “When Did You Leave Heaven“| Richard A. Whiting (music); Walter Bullock (lyrics)Suzy (film)>Suzy| “Did I Remember”Walter Donaldson (songwriter)>Walter Donaldson (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)>The Trail of the Lonesome Pine| “A Melody from the Sky“| Louis Alter (music); Sidney D. Mitchell (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1937{{small|(10th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938, The 10th Academy Awards – 1938, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Waikiki Wedding| “Sweet Leilani”| Harry Owens (music & lyrics)Artists and Models (1937 film)>Artists and Models| “Whispers in the Dark“| Friedrich Hollaender (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)| Mr. Dodd Takes the Air| “Remember Me“| Harry Warren (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)Shall We Dance (1937 film)>Shall We Dance| “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”George Gershwin (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)| Walter Wanger’s Vogues of 1938That Old Feeling (song)>That Old Feeling“| Sammy Fain (music); Lew Brown (lyrics)! rowspan=“11” style="text-align:center” | 1938{{small|(11th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939, The 11th Academy Awards – 1939, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Big Broadcast of 1938| “Thanks for the Memory”| Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)Alexander’s Ragtime Band (film)>Alexander’s Ragtime Band| “Now It Can Be Told”Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)Carefree (film)>Carefree| “Change Partners”The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)>The Cowboy and the Lady| “The Cowboy and the Lady“| Lionel Newman (music); Arthur Quenzer (lyrics)Going Places (1938 film)>Going PlacesJeepers Creepers (song)>Jeepers Creepers“| Harry Warren (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| The Lady Objects| “A Mist Is Over the Moon“| Ben Oakland (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)Mannequin (1937 film)>Mannequin| “Always and Always”Edward Ward (composer)>Edward Ward (music); George Forrest (author) & Robert Wright (writer)>Bob Wright (lyrics)| Merrily We Live| “Merrily We Live“| Phil Charig (music); Quenzer (lyrics)| That Certain Age| “My Own“| Jimmy McHugh (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)| Under Western Stars| “Dust“| Johnny Marvin (music and lyrics)! rowspan=“5” style="text-align:center” | 1939{{small|(12th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1940, The 12th Academy Awards – 1940, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Wizard of Oz| “Over the Rainbow”| Harold Arlen (music); Yip Harburg (lyrics)Gulliver’s Travels (1939 film)>Gulliver’s Travels| “Faithful Forever“| Ralph Rainger (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)Love Affair (1939 film)>Love Affair| “Wishing“| Buddy DeSylva (music and lyrics)Second Fiddle (1939 film)>Second Fiddle| “I Poured My Heart into a Song“| Irving Berlin (music and lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees! rowspan=“10” style="text-align:center” | 1940{{small|(13th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1941, The 13th Academy Awards – 1941, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Pinocchio (1940 film)>Pinocchio| “When You Wish Upon a Star”| Leigh Harline (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)| Down Argentine Way| “Down Argentine Way“| Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)| Hit Parade of 1941| “Who Am I?“| Jule Styne (music); Walter Bullock (lyrics)| Music in My Heart| “It’s a Blue World”George Forrest (author)>Chet Forrest & Bob Wright (music & lyrics)| Rhythm on the RiverOnly Forever (song)>Only Forever”James V. Monaco (music); Johnny Burke (lyricist)>John Burke (lyrics)| Second Chorus| “Love of My Life“| Artie Shaw (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| Spring Parade| “Waltzing in the Clouds“| Robert Stolz (music); Gus Kahn (lyrics)Strike Up the Band (film)>Strike Up the Band| “Our Love Affair“| Roger Edens & Arthur Freed (music & lyrics)| You’ll Find Out| “I’d Know You Anywhere“| Jimmy McHugh (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)! rowspan=“10” style="text-align:center” | 1941{{small|(14th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942, The 14th Academy Awards – 1942, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Lady Be Good (1941 film)>Lady Be Good“The Last Time I Saw Paris (song)>The Last Time I Saw Paris”| Jerome Kern (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)| All-American Co-ed| “Out of the Silence“| Lloyd B. Norlin (music and lyrics)Blues in the Night (film)>Blues in the Night| “Blues in the Night“| Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| Buck Privates| “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy“| Hughie Prince (music); Don Raye (lyrics)| DumboBaby Mine (song)>Baby Mine“| Frank Churchill (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)| Las Vegas Nights| “Dolores“| Louis Alter (music); Frank Loesser (lyrics)| Ridin’ on a Rainbow| “Be Honest with Me”Gene Autry & Fred Rose (songwriter)>Fred Rose (music & lyrics)| Sun Valley Serenade| “Chattanooga Choo Choo“| Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)| You’ll Never Get Rich| “Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye“| Cole Porter (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“11” style="text-align:center” | 1942{{small|(15th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943, The 15th Academy Awards – 1943, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Holiday Inn (film)>Holiday Inn“White Christmas (song)>White Christmas”| Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)Always in My Heart (film)>Always in My Heart| “Always in My Heart“| Ernesto Lecuona (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics)| Babes on Broadway| “How About You?“| Burton Lane (music); Ralph Freed (lyrics)| Bambi| “Love Is a Song”Frank Churchill (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Larry Morey (lyrics)| Flying with Music| “Pennies for Peppino”Edward Ward (composer)>Edward Ward (music); George Forrest (author) & Robert Wright (musical writer)>Bob Wright (lyrics)Hellzapoppin’ (film)>Hellzapoppin’ {{efnHellzapoppin’ (film)>Hellzapoppin’, released in Los Angeles in 1942. The song does not appear in the film, but rather in Keep ‘Em Flying, a 1941 release from the same production company and studio. The song would have been ineligible for nomination.}}| “Pig Foot Pete“| Gene de Paul (music); Don Raye (lyrics)| The Mayor of 44th Street| “There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise“| Harry Revel (music); Mort Greene (lyrics)| Orchestra Wives| “(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo“| Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)| You Were Never Lovelier| “Dearly Beloved“| Jerome Kern (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| Youth on Parade| “I’ve Heard That Song Before“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“11” style="text-align:center” | 1943{{small|(16th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944, The 16th Academy Awards – 1944, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Hello, Frisco, Hello| “You’ll Never Know”| Harry Warren (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)Cabin in the Sky (film)>Cabin in the Sky| “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe“| Harold Arlen (music); Yip Harburg (lyrics)| Hers to Hold| “Say a Pray’r for the Boys Over There“| Jimmy McHugh (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics)| Hit Parade of 1943| “Change of Heart“| Jule Styne (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)| Saludos Amigos| “Saludos Amigos“| Charles Wolcott (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)The Sky’s the Limit (1943 film)>The Sky’s the Limit| “My Shining Hour“| Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Something to Shout About (film)>Something to Shout About| “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To“| Cole Porter (music & lyrics)Stage Door Canteen (film)>Stage Door Canteen| “We Mustn’t Say Goodbye“| James V. Monaco (music); Al Dubin (lyrics)| Star Spangled RhythmThat Old Black Magic” {{efn>In 1943, “That Old Black Magic” was nominated under the title “Black Magic” as it was submitted by Paramount Pictures’ Music Department. Academy records have since been revised to reflect the more common title.}}| Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Thank Your Lucky Stars (film)>Thank Your Lucky Stars| “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old“| Arthur Schwartz (music); Frank Loesser (lyrics)! rowspan=“13” style="text-align:center” | 1944{{small|(17th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945, The 17th Academy Awards – 1945, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Going My Way| “Swinging on a Star”Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (lyricist)>Johnny Burke (lyrics)Brazil (1944 film)>Brazil| “Rio de Janeiro“| Ary Barroso (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)Cover Girl (film)>Cover Girl| “Long Ago (and Far Away)“| Jerome Kern (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)Follow the Boys (1944 film)>Follow the Boys| “I’ll Walk Alone“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Higher and Higher (film)>Higher and Higher| “I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night“| Jimmy McHugh (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics)Hollywood Canteen (film)>Hollywood Canteen| “Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart“| M. K. Jerome (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics)| Lady, Let’s Dance| “Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams“| Lew Pollack (music); Charles Newman (lyrics)| Meet Me in St. Louis| “The Trolley Song“| Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin (music & lyrics)Minstrel Man (1944 film)>Minstrel Man| “Remember Me to Carolina“| Harry Revel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| Song of the Open Road| “Too Much in Love“| Walter Kent (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics)| Sweet and Low-Down| “I’m Making Believe“| James V. Monaco (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)| Up in Arms| “Now I Know“| Harold Arlen (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics)! rowspan=“15” style="text-align:center” | 1945{{small|(18th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946, The 18th Academy Awards – 1946, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”State Fair (1945 film)>State Fair| “It Might as Well Be Spring”| Richard Rodgers (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)Anchors Aweigh (film)>Anchors Aweigh| “I Fall in Love Too Easily“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| Belle of the Yukon| “Sleighride in July” Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (lyrics)| The Bells of St. Mary’s| “Aren’t You Glad You’re You?”| Can’t Help Singing| “More and More”Jerome Kern (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Yip Harburg (lyrics)| Earl Carroll Vanities| “Endlessly“| Walter Kent (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics)| Here Come the Waves| “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive“| Harold Arlen (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Love Letters (1945 film)>Love LettersLove Letters (song)>Love Letters“| Victor Young (music); Edward Heyman (lyrics)San Antonio (film)>San Antonio| “Some Sunday Morning“| Ray Heindorf & M. K. Jerome (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics)| Sing Your Way Home| “I’ll Buy That Dream“| Allie Wrubel (music); Herb Magidson (lyrics)| The Story of G.I. Joe| “Linda“| Ann Ronell (music & lyrics)| Tonight and Every Night| “Anywhere“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Why Girls Leave Home (1945 film)>Why Girls Leave Home| “The Cat and the Canary“| Jay Livingston (music); Ray Evans (lyrics)Wonder Man (film)>Wonder Man| “So in Love”David Rose (songwriter)>David Rose (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1946{{small|(19th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947, The 19th Academy Awards – 1947, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, {{efn|A nomination for “This Is Always” from Three Little Girls in Blue, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon, was revoked shortly after nominations were announced. The song had been removed from the final cut of the film, rendering it ineligible. “I Can’t Begin to Tell You” from The Dolly Sisters became the fifth nominee following a revote.{{citation |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1285899596?sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals|title=Tune-Swap Effected in Oscar Mix-Up |work=Variety |date=February 26, 1947}}}} style="background:#FAEB86“| The Harvey Girls| “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe”| Harry Warren (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Blue Skies (1946 film)>Blue Skies| “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song“| Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)| Canyon Passage| “Ole Buttermilk Sky”Hoagy Carmichael (music); Jack Brooks (lyricist)>Jack Brooks (lyrics)| Centennial Summer| “All Through the Day”Jerome Kern (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)The Dolly Sisters (film)>The Dolly Sisters| “I Can’t Begin to Tell You”James V. Monaco (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1947{{small|(20th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948, The 20th Academy Awards – 1948, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Song of the South| “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”| Allie Wrubel (music); Ray Gilbert (lyrics)Good News (1947 film)>Good News| “Pass That Peace Pipe“| Ralph Blane, Roger Edens & Hugh Martin (music & lyrics)| Mother Wore Tights| “You Do“| Josef Myrow (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)>The Perils of Pauline| “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So“| Frank Loesser (music & lyrics)The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946 film)>The Time, the Place and the Girl| “A Gal in Calico“| Arthur Schwartz (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1948{{small|(21st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949, The 21st Academy Awards – 1949, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Paleface (1948 film)>The Paleface| “Buttons and Bows”| Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)Casbah (film)>Casbah| “For Every Man There’s a Woman“| Harold Arlen (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)| Romance on the High Seas| “It’s Magic“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| That Lady in Ermine| “This Is the Moment“| Friedrich Hollaender (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)| Wet Blanket PolicyThe Woody Woodpecker Song">Woody Woodpecker#“The Woody Woodpecker Song">The Woody Woodpecker Song“| Ramey Idriss & George Tibbles (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1949{{small|(22nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950, The 22nd Academy Awards – 1950, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 17, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Neptune’s Daughter (1949 film)>Neptune’s Daughter| “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”| Frank Loesser (music & lyrics)| Come to the Stable| “Through a Long and Sleepless Night“| Alfred Newman (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)| It’s a Great FeelingIt’s a Great Feeling (song)>It’s a Great Feeling“| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)My Foolish Heart (1949 film)>My Foolish HeartMy Foolish Heart (song)>My Foolish Heart“| Victor Young (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)| So Dear to My Heart| “Lavender Blue“| Eliot Daniel (music); Larry Morey (lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1950{{small|(23rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951, The 23rd Academy Awards – 1951, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, | Captain Carey, U.S.A.“Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song)>Mona Lisa”| Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)Cinderella (1950 film)>Cinderella| “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo“| Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston (music & lyrics)| Singing Guns| “Mule Train“| Fred Glickman, Hy Heath & Johnny Lange (music & lyrics)| The Toast of New Orleans| “Be My Love”Nicholas Brodszky>Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Wabash Avenue (film)>Wabash Avenue| “Wilhelmina“| Josef Myrow (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1951{{small|(24th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952, The 24th Academy Awards – 1952, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)>Here Comes the Groom| “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”| Hoagy Carmichael (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Golden Girl (1951 film)>Golden Girl| “Never“| Lionel Newman (music); Eliot Daniel (lyrics)| Rich, Young and PrettyWonder Why (song)>Wonder Why”Nicholas Brodszky>Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| Royal Wedding| “Too Late Now“| Burton Lane (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)The Strip (1951 film)>The Strip| “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”Bert Kalmar (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.), Oscar Hammerstein II & Harry Ruby (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1952{{small|(25th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953, The 25th Academy Awards – 1953, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| High Noon| “The Ballad of High Noon”| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)| Because You’re MineBecause You’re Mine (song)>Because You’re Mine”Nicholas Brodszky>Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Hans Christian Andersen (film)>Hans Christian Andersen| “Thumbelina“| Frank Loesser (music & lyrics)Just for You (1952 film)>Just for You| “Zing a Little Zong“| Harry Warren (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)| Son of Paleface| “Am I in Love”Jack Brooks (lyricist)>Jack Brooks (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1953{{small|(26th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954, The 26th Academy Awards – 1954, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Calamity Jane (film)>Calamity Jane“Secret Love (Doris Day song)>Secret Love”| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| The Caddy| “That’s Amore”Harry Warren (music); Jack Brooks (lyricist)>Jack Brooks (lyrics)| Miss Sadie Thompson| “Blue Pacific Blues“| Lester Lee (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)The Moon Is Blue (film)>The Moon Is Blue| “The Moon Is Blue“| Herschel Burke Gilbert (music); Sylvia Fine (lyrics)Small Town Girl (1953 film)>Small Town Girl| “My Flaming Heart”Nicholas Brodszky>Slug Brodszky (music); Leo Robin (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1954{{small|(27th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955, The 27th Academy Awards – 1955, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Three Coins in the Fountain (film)>Three Coins in the Fountain“Three Coins in the Fountain (song)>Three Coins in the Fountain”| Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)The High and the Mighty (film)>The High and the MightyThe High and the Mighty (1954 song)>The High and the Mighty“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)A Star Is Born (1954 film)>A Star Is Born| “The Man That Got Away“| Harold Arlen (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)| Susan Slept HereHold My Hand (1953 song)>Hold My Hand”Jack Lawrence (songwriter)>Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers (music & lyrics)White Christmas (film)>White ChristmasCount Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)>Count Your Blessings“| Irving Berlin (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1955{{small|(28th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1956, The 28th Academy Awards – 1956, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)>Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)>Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)>Daddy Long LegsSomething’s Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer song)>Something’s Gotta Give“| Johnny Mercer (music & lyrics)Love Me or Leave Me (film)>Love Me or Leave MeI’ll Never Stop Loving You (1955 song)>I’ll Never Stop Loving You”Nicholas Brodszky>Slug Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)The Tender Trap (film)>The Tender Trap| “(Love Is) The Tender Trap“| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Cahn (lyrics)Unchained (film)>Unchained| “Unchained Melody“| Alex North (music); Hy Zaret (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1956{{small|(29th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957, The 29th Academy Awards – 1957, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)>The Man Who Knew Too Much“Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)>Que Sera, Sera”| Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)>Friendly PersuasionFriendly Persuasion (song)>Friendly Persuasion“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)High Society (1956 film)>High SocietyTrue Love (Cole Porter song)>True Love“| Cole Porter (music & lyrics)Julie (1956 film)>Julie| “Julie“| Leith Stevens (music); Tom Adair (lyrics)| Written on the Wind| “Written on the Wind”Victor Young (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1957{{small|(30th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958, The 30th Academy Awards – 1958, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Joker Is Wild“All the Way (Frank Sinatra song)>All the Way”| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| An Affair to RememberAn Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)>An Affair to Remember“| Harry Warren (music); Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey (lyrics)April Love (film)>April LoveApril Love (song)>April Love“| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| Tammy and the BachelorTammy (song)>Tammy“| Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)>Wild Is the WindWild Is the Wind (song)>Wild Is the Wind“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1958{{small|(31st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1959, The 31st Academy Awards – 1959, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Gigi (1958 film)>Gigi“Gigi (song)>Gigi”| Frederick Loewe (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)A Certain Smile (film)>A Certain SmileA Certain Smile (song)>A Certain Smile“| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)Houseboat (film)>Houseboat| “Almost in Your Arms“| Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (music & lyrics)Marjorie Morningstar (film)>Marjorie Morningstar| “A Very Precious Love“| Fain (music); Webster (lyrics)Some Came Running (film)>Some Came Running| “To Love and Be Loved“| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1959{{small|(32nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960, The 32nd Academy Awards – 1960, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 16, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| A Hole in the Head“High Hopes (Frank Sinatra song)>High Hopes”| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)The Best of Everything (film)>The Best of Everything| “The Best of Everything“| Alfred Newman (music); Cahn (lyrics)| The Five Pennies| “The Five Pennies“| Sylvia Fine (music & lyrics)The Hanging Tree (film)>The Hanging TreeThe Hanging Tree (Marty Robbins song)>The Hanging Tree“| Jerry Livingston (music); Mack David (lyrics)| The Young Land| “Strange Are the Ways of Love“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1960{{small|(33rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961, The 33rd Academy Awards – 1961, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, | Never on Sunday“Never on Sunday (song)>Never on Sunday”| Manos Hatzidakis (music & lyrics)The Alamo (1960 film)>The Alamo| “The Green Leaves of Summer“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)The Facts of Life (film)>The Facts of Life| “The Facts of Life“| Johnny Mercer (music & lyrics)High Time (film)>High TimeThe Second Time Around (1960 song)>The Second Time Around“| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Pepe (1960 film)>Pepe| “Faraway Part of Town“| André Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1961{{small|(34th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962, The 34th Academy Awards – 1962, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Breakfast at Tiffany’s (film)>Breakfast at Tiffany’s| “Moon River”| Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Bachelor in Paradise (film)>Bachelor in Paradise| “Bachelor in Paradise“| Mancini (music); Mack David (lyrics)El Cid (film)>El Cid| “The Falcon and the Dove“| Miklós Rózsa (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| Pocketful of Miracles| “Pocketful of Miracles“| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| Town Without PityTown Without Pity (song)>Town Without Pity“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1962{{small|(35th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963, The 35th Academy Awards – 1963, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Days of Wine and Roses (film)>Days of Wine and Roses“Days of Wine and Roses (song)>Days of Wine and Roses”| Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)>Mutiny on the Bounty| “Follow Me“| BronisÅ‚aw Kaper (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)Tender Is the Night (film)>Tender Is the Night| “Tender Is the Night“| Sammy Fain (music); Webster (lyrics)Two for the Seesaw (1962 film)>Two for the Seesaw| “Second Chance“| André Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics)Walk on the Wild Side (film)>Walk on the Wild SideWalk on the Wild Side (David and Bernstein song)>Walk on the Wild Side“| Elmer Bernstein (music); Mack David (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1963{{small|(36th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964, The 36th Academy Awards – 1964, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Papa’s Delicate Condition| “Call Me Irresponsible”| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)| 55 Days at Peking| “So Little Time“| Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)Charade (1963 film)>CharadeCharade (1963 song)>Charade“| Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World| “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”Ernest Gold (composer)>Ernest Gold (music); Mack David (lyrics)| Mondo CaneMore (Theme from Mondo Cane)>More“| Nino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani (music); Norman Newell (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1964{{small|(37th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965, The 37th Academy Awards – 1965, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Mary Poppins (film)>Mary Poppins| “Chim Chim Cher-ee”Sherman Brothers>Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (music & lyrics)| Dear HeartDear Heart (song)>Dear Heart“| Henry Mancini (music); Ray Evans & Jay Livingston (lyrics)| Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (song)>Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte”Frank De Vol>De Vol (music); Mack David (lyrics)| Robin and the 7 Hoods| “My Kind of Town”Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Where Love Has Gone (film)>Where Love Has Gone| “Where Love Has Gone”! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1965{{small|(38th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966, The 38th Academy Awards – 1966, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Sandpiper| “The Shadow of Your Smile”| Johnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| Cat Ballou| “The Ballad of Cat Ballou“| Jerry Livingston (music); Mack David (lyrics)| The Great Race| “The Sweetheart Tree“| Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg| “I Will Wait for You“| Michel Legrand (music); Jacques Demy (lyrics); Norman Gimbel (English lyrics) | What’s New Pussycat?What’s New Pussycat? (song)>What’s New Pussycat?“| Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1966{{small|(39th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967, The 39th Academy Awards – 1967, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Born Free“Born Free (Matt Monro song)>Born Free”John Barry (composer)>John Barry (music); Don Black (lyrics)Alfie (1966 film)>AlfieAlfie (Burt Bacharach song)>Alfie“| Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)An American Dream (film)>An American Dream| “A Time for Love“| Johnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| Georgy GirlGeorgy Girl (song)>Georgy Girl“| Tom Springfield (music); Jim Dale (lyrics)Hawaii (1966 film)>Hawaii| “My Wishing Doll“| Elmer Bernstein (music); Mack David (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1967{{small|(40th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968, The 40th Academy Awards – 1968, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)>Doctor Dolittle| “Talk to the Animals”| Leslie Bricusse (music & lyrics)Banning (film)>Banning| “The Eyes of Love”Quincy Jones (music); Bob Russell (songwriter)>Bob Russell (lyrics)Casino Royale (1967 film)>Casino RoyaleThe Look of Love (1967 song)>The Look of Love“| Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)The Jungle Book (1967 film)>The Jungle Book| “The Bare Necessities“| Terry Gilkyson (music & lyrics)| Thoroughly Modern Millie| “Thoroughly Modern Millie“| Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1968{{small|(41st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969, The 41st Academy Awards – 1969, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)>The Thomas Crown Affair| “The Windmills of Your Mind”Michel Legrand (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| Chitty Chitty Bang BangChitty Chitty Bang Bang (song)>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang“| Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)| For Love of Ivy| “For Love of Ivy”Quincy Jones (music); Bob Russell (songwriter)>Bob Russell (lyrics)Funny Girl (film)>Funny GirlFunny Girl (Barbra Streisand song)>Funny Girl“| Jule Styne (music); Bob Merrill (lyrics)Star! (film)>Star!| “Star!“| Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1969{{small|(42nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1970, The 42nd Academy Awards – 1970, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 15, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid| “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”| Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (lyrics)| The Happy Ending| “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?”Michel Legrand (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)>The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJean (song)>Jean“| Rod McKuen (music & lyrics)| The Sterile CuckooCome Saturday Morning (song)>Come Saturday Morning“| Fred Karlin (music); Dory Previn (lyrics) True Grit (1969 film)>True GritTrue Grit (song)>True Grit”Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (lyricist)>Don Black (lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1970{{small|(43rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971, The 43rd Academy Awards – 1971, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, | Lovers and Other Strangers“For All We Know (1970 song)>For All We Know”| Fred Karlin (music); Jimmy Griffin & Robb Royer (lyrics)| Darling Lili| “Whistling Away the Dark“| Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Madron (film)>Madron| “Till Love Touches Your Life“| Riz Ortolani (music); Arthur Hamilton (lyrics)Pieces of Dreams (film)>Pieces of DreamsPieces of Dreams (song)>Pieces of Dreams”Michel Legrand (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)Scrooge (1970 film)>Scrooge| “Thank You Very Much“| Leslie Bricusse (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1971{{small|(44th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972, The 44th Academy Awards – 1972, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Shaft (1971 film)>Shaft“Theme from Shaft>Theme from Shaft”| Isaac Hayes (music & lyrics)| Bedknobs and Broomsticks| “The Age of Not Believing“| Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)Bless the Beasts and Children (film)>Bless the Beasts & ChildrenBless the Beasts and Children (song)>Bless the Beasts & Children“| Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon (music and lyrics)| Kotch| “Life Is What You Make It“| Marvin Hamlisch (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)Sometimes a Great Notion (film)>Sometimes a Great Notion| “All His Children”Henry Mancini (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1972{{small|(45th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973, The 45th Academy Awards – 1973, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)>The Poseidon Adventure“The Morning After (Maureen McGovern song)>The Morning After”| Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)Ben (film)>BenBen (song)>Ben”Walter Scharf (music); Don Black (lyricist)>Don Black (lyrics)| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean| “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey”Maurice Jarre (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| The Little Ark| “Come Follow, Follow Me“| Fred Karlin (music); Marsha Karlin (lyrics)The Stepmother (1972 film)>The Stepmother| “Strange Are the Ways of Love“| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1973{{small|(46th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974, The 46th Academy Awards – 1974, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Way We Were“The Way We Were (song)>The Way We Were”Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| Cinderella Liberty| “Nice to Be Around”John Williams (music); Paul Williams (songwriter)>Paul Williams (lyrics)Live and Let Die (film)>Live and Let DieLive and Let Die (song)>Live and Let Die”Linda McCartney>Linda & Paul McCartney (music & lyrics)Robin Hood (1973 film)>Robin HoodLove (Disney song)>Love“| George Bruns (music); Floyd Huddleston (lyrics)A Touch of Class (film)>A Touch of Class| “All That Love Went to Waste“| George Barrie (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1974{{small|(47th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975, The 47th Academy Awards – 1975, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Towering Inferno| “We May Never Love Like This Again”| Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)Benji (1974 film)>Benji| “I Feel Love“| Euel Box (music); Betty Box (lyrics)| Blazing Saddles| “Blazing Saddles”John Morris (composer)>John Morris (music); Mel Brooks (lyrics)Gold (1974 film)>Gold| “Wherever Love Takes Me”Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (lyricist)>Don Black (lyrics)The Little Prince (1974 film)>The Little Prince| “Little Prince“| Frederick Loewe (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1975{{small|(48th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976, The 48th Academy Awards – 1976, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Nashville (film)>Nashville“I’m Easy (Keith Carradine song)>I’m Easy”| Keith Carradine (music & lyrics)| Funny Lady| “How Lucky Can You Get“| Fred Ebb & John Kander (music & lyrics)Mahogany (film)>Mahogany| “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)“| Michael Masser (music); Gerry Goffin (lyrics)| The Other Side of the Mountain| “Richard’s Window”Charles Fox (composer)>Charles Fox (music); Norman Gimbel (lyrics)| Whiffs| “Now That We’re in Love“| George Barrie (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1976{{small|(49th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977, The 49th Academy Awards – 1977, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”A Star Is Born (1976 film)>A Star Is Born| “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”Barbra Streisand (music); Paul Williams (songwriter)>Paul Williams (lyrics)| Half a House| “A World That Never Was“| Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)| The Omen| “Ave Satani“| Jerry Goldsmith (music & lyrics)| The Pink Panther Strikes Again| “Come to Me”Henry Mancini (music); Don Black (lyricist)>Don Black (lyrics)| Rocky| “Gonna Fly Now”Bill Conti (music); Carol Connors (singer)>Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1977{{small|(50th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978, The 50th Academy Awards – 1978, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”You Light Up My Life (film)>You Light Up My Life“You Light Up My Life (song)>You Light Up My Life”Joseph Brooks (songwriter)>Joseph Brooks (music & lyrics)Pete’s Dragon (1977 film)>Pete’s Dragon| “Candle on the Water“| Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (music & lyrics)| The Rescuers| “Someone’s Waiting for You”Sammy Fain (music); Carol Connors (singer)>Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins (lyrics)| The Slipper and the Rose| “He/She Danced with Me“| Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)The Spy Who Loved Me (film)>The Spy Who Loved Me| “Nobody Does It Better“| Marvin Hamlisch (music); Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1978{{small|(51st)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979, The 51st Academy Awards – 1979, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Thank God It’s Friday (film)>Thank God It’s Friday“Last Dance (Donna Summer song)>Last Dance”| Paul Jabara (music & lyrics)Foul Play (1978 film)>Foul Play| “Ready to Take a Chance Again”Charles Fox (composer)>Charles Fox (music); Norman Gimbel (lyrics)Grease (film)>Grease| “Hopelessly Devoted to You“| John Farrar (music & lyrics)| The Magic of Lassie| “When You’re Loved“| Sherman Brothers (music & lyrics)Same Time, Next Year (film)>Same Time, Next Year| “The Last Time I Felt Like This”Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1979{{small|(52nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980, The 52nd Academy Awards – 1980, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 13, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Norma Rae| “It Goes Like It Goes”| David Shire (music); Norman Gimbel (lyrics)10 (1979 film)>10| “It’s Easy to Say”Henry Mancini (music); Robert Wells (songwriter)>Robert Wells (lyrics)| Ice Castles| “Through the Eyes of Love“| Marvin Hamlisch (music); Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics)| The Muppet Movie| “Rainbow Connection”Kenneth Ascher>Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams (music & lyrics)The Promise (1979 film)>The Promise| “I’ll Never Say Goodbye”Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1980{{small|(53rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981, The 53rd Academy Awards – 1981, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, Fame (1980 film)>Fame“Fame (Irene Cara song)>Fame”| Michael Gore (music); Dean Pitchford (lyrics)9 to 5 (film)>9 to 59 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)>9 to 5“| Dolly Parton (music & lyrics)The Competition (1980 film)>The Competition| “People Alone“| Lalo Schifrin (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)| Fame| “Out Here on My Own“| Michael Gore (music); Lesley Gore (lyrics)Honeysuckle Rose (film)>Honeysuckle RoseOn the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)>On the Road Again“| Willie Nelson (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1981{{small|(54th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982, The 54th Academy Awards – 1982, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Arthur (1981 film)>Arthur| “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”Peter Allen (musician)>Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics)Endless Love (1981 film)>Endless LoveEndless Love (song)>Endless Love“| Lionel Richie (music & lyrics)For Your Eyes Only (film)>For Your Eyes OnlyFor Your Eyes Only (song)>For Your Eyes Only“| Bill Conti (music); Mick Leeson (lyrics)| The Great Muppet Caper| “The First Time It Happens“| Joe Raposo (music & lyrics)Ragtime (film)>Ragtime| “One More Hour“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1982{{small|(55th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983, The 55th Academy Awards – 1983, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| An Officer and a Gentleman| “Up Where We Belong”| Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)Best Friends (1982 film)>Best Friends| “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?”Michel Legrand (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| Rocky III| “Eye of the Tiger“| Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan (music & lyrics)| Tootsie| “It Might Be You“| Dave Grusin (music); A. & M. Bergman (lyrics)| Yes, Giorgio| “If We Were in Love“| John Williams (music); A. & M. Bergman (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1983{{small|(56th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984, The 56th Academy Awards – 1984, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Flashdance| “Flashdance... What a Feeling”| Giorgio Moroder (music); Irene Cara & Keith Forsey (lyrics)| FlashdanceManiac (Michael Sembello song)>Maniac“| Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello (music & lyrics)| Tender MerciesOver You (Tender Mercies song)>Over You”Boyce and Hart>Bobby Hart & Austin Roberts (music & lyrics)Yentl| “Papa, Can You Hear Me?”Michel Legrand (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| “The Way He Makes Me Feel”! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1984{{small|(57th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985, The 57th Academy Awards – 1985, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Woman in Red (1984 film)>The Woman in Red| “I Just Called to Say I Love You”| Stevie Wonder (music & lyrics)Against All Odds (1984 film)>Against All Odds| “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)“| Phil Collins (music & lyrics)FootlooseFootloose (song)>Footloose“| Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford (music & lyrics)Let’s Hear It for the Boy (song)>Let’s Hear It for the Boy“| Pitchford & Tom Snow (music & lyrics)| GhostbustersGhostbusters (song)>Ghostbusters“| Ray Parker Jr. (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1985{{small|(58th)}} NEWS,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986, The 58th Academy Awards – 1986, Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”White Nights (1985 film)>White Nights| “Say You, Say Me”| Lionel Richie (music & lyrics)| Back to the FutureThe Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)>The Power of Love”Johnny Colla & Huey Lewis and the News>Chris Hayes (music); Huey Lewis (lyrics)A Chorus Line (film)>A Chorus Line| “Surprise, Surprise”Marvin Hamlisch (music); Edward Kleban>Ed Kleban (lyrics)The Color Purple (1985 film)>The Color PurpleMiss Celie’s Blues>Sister“| Quincy Jones & Rod Temperton (music); Jones, Richie & Temperton (lyrics)| White Nights| “Separate Lives”Stephen Bishop (singer)>Stephen Bishop (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1986{{small|(59th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987, The 59th Academy Awards – 1987, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Top Gun| “Take My Breath Away”| Giorgio Moroder (music); Tom Whitlock (lyrics)| An American TailSomewhere Out There (James Horner song)>Somewhere Out There“| James Horner & Barry Mann (music); Cynthia Weil (lyrics)| The Karate Kid Part II| “Glory of Love“| Peter Cetera & David Foster (music); Cetera & Diane Nini (lyrics)Little Shop of Horrors (film)>Little Shop of Horrors| “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space“| Alan Menken (music); Howard Ashman (lyrics)That’s Life! (film)>That’s Life!| “Life in a Looking Glass“| Henry Mancini (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1987{{small|(60th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988, The 60th Academy Awards – 1988, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Dirty Dancing| “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”| John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte (music); Previte (lyrics)| Beverly Hills Cop IIShakedown (Bob Seger song)>Shakedown“| Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey (music); Faltermeyer, Forsey & Bob Seger (lyrics)| Cry Freedom| “Cry Freedom“| George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa (music & lyrics)Mannequin (1987 film)>Mannequin| “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now“| Albert Hammond & Diane Warren (music & lyrics)The Princess Bride (film)>The Princess Bride| “Storybook Love“| Willy DeVille (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“4” style="text-align:center” | 1988{{small|(61st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989, The 61st Academy Awards – 1989, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Working Girl| “Let the River Run”| Carly Simon (music & lyrics)| Bagdad Cafe| “Calling You“| Bob Telson (music & lyrics)Buster (film)>BusterTwo Hearts (Phil Collins song)>Two Hearts“| Lamont Dozier (music); Phil Collins (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1989{{small|(62nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990, The 62nd Academy Awards – 1990, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Little Mermaid (1989 film)>The Little Mermaid| “Under the Sea”| Alan Menken (music); Howard Ashman (lyrics)Chances Are (film)>Chances AreAfter All (Cher and Peter Cetera song)>After All“| Tom Snow (music); Dean Pitchford (lyrics)| The Little Mermaid| “Kiss the Girl“| Menken (music); Ashman (lyrics)Parenthood (film)>Parenthood| “I Love to See You Smile“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)Shirley Valentine (film)>Shirley Valentine| “The Girl Who Used to Be Me”Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1990{{small|(63rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991, The 63rd Academy Awards – 1991, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, Dick Tracy (1990 film)>Dick Tracy“Sooner or Later (Madonna song)>Sooner or Later”| Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics)| The Godfather Part IIIPromise Me You’ll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)>Promise Me You’ll Remember“| Carmine Coppola (music); John Bettis (lyrics)| Home Alone| “Somewhere in My Memory“| John Williams (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)Postcards from the Edge (film)>Postcards from the Edge| “I’m Checkin’ Out“| Shel Silverstein (music & lyrics)| Young Guns IIBlaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)>Blaze of Glory“| Jon Bon Jovi (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1991{{small|(64th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992, The 64th Academy Awards – 1992, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)>Beauty and the Beast“Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)>Beauty and the Beast”Alan Menken (music); Howard Ashman (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.r.) (lyrics)Beauty and the Beast| “Be Our Guest”Menken (music); Ashman (p.n.) (lyrics)Belle (Disney song)>Belle”Hook (film)>Hook| “When You’re Alone“| John Williams (music); Leslie Bricusse (lyrics)| (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)| “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”Michael Kamen (music); Bryan Adams & Robert John “Mutt” Lange>Mutt Lange (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1992{{small|(65th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993, The 65th Academy Awards – 1993, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Aladdin (1992 Disney film)>Aladdin| “A Whole New World”| Alan Menken (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)| Aladdin| “Friend Like Me”Howard Ashman (List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees>p.n.) (lyrics)The Bodyguard| “I Have Nothing”David Foster (music); Linda Thompson (actress)>Linda Thompson (lyrics)Run to You (Whitney Houston song)>Run to You“| Jud J. Friedman (music); Allan Dennis Rich (lyrics)| The Mambo Kings| “Beautiful Maria of My Soul”Robert Kraft (composer)>Robert Kraft (music); Arne Glimcher (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1993{{small|(66th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994, The 66th Academy Awards – 1994, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Philadelphia (film)>Philadelphia| “Streets of Philadelphia”| Bruce Springsteen (music & lyrics)Beethoven’s 2nd (film)>Beethoven’s 2nd| “The Day I Fall in Love“| James Ingram, Clif Magness & Carole Bayer Sager (music & lyrics)| Philadelphia| “Philadelphia“| Neil Young (music & lyrics)Poetic Justice (film)>Poetic JusticeAgain (Janet Jackson song)>Again”Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis>Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (music & lyrics)| Sleepless in Seattle| “A Wink and a Smile“| Marc Shaiman (music); Ramsey McLean (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1994{{small|(67th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995, The 67th Academy Awards – 1995, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Lion King| “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”| Elton John (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)Junior (1994 film)>Junior| “Look What Love Has Done“| James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Carole Bayer Sager & Patty Smyth (music & lyrics)The Lion King| “Circle of Life”Elton John (music); Tim Rice (lyrics)Hakuna Matata (song)>Hakuna Matata”The Paper (film)>The Paper| “Make Up Your Mind“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1995{{small|(68th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996, The 68th Academy Awards – 1996, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Pocahontas (1995 film)>Pocahontas| “Colors of the Wind”Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (composer)>Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)Dead Man Walking (film)>Dead Man Walking| “Dead Man Walkin’“| Bruce Springsteen (music & lyrics)| Don Juan DeMarco| “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John “Mutt” Lange>Mutt Lange (music & lyrics)Sabrina (1995 film)>Sabrina| “Moonlight”John Williams (music); Alan and Marilyn Bergman>Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)| Toy Story| “You’ve Got a Friend in Me“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1996{{small|(69th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997, The 69th Academy Awards – 1997, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Evita (1996 film)>Evita| “You Must Love Me”| Andrew Lloyd Webber (music); Tim Rice (lyrics) | The Mirror Has Two Faces| “I Finally Found Someone”Bryan Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John “Mutt” Lange>Mutt Lange & Barbra Streisand (music & lyrics)One Fine Day (1996 film)>One Fine DayFor the First Time (Kenny Loggins song)>For the First Time“| Jud J. Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Dennis Rich (music & lyrics)| That Thing You Do!That Thing You Do (song)>That Thing You Do!“| Adam Schlesinger (music & lyrics)Up Close and Personal (film)>Up Close and Personal| “Because You Loved Me“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1997{{small|(70th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998, The 70th Academy Awards – 1998, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Titanic (1997 film)>Titanic| “My Heart Will Go On”| James Horner (music); Will Jennings (lyrics)Anastasia (1997 film)>Anastasia| “Journey to the Past“| Stephen Flaherty (music); Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)| Con Air| “How Do I Live“| Diane Warren (music and lyrics)| Good Will Hunting| “Miss Misery“| Elliott Smith (music & lyrics)Hercules (1997 film)>Hercules| “Go the Distance“| Alan Menken (music); David Zippel (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1998{{small|(71st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999, The 71st Academy Awards – 1999, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| The Prince of Egypt| “When You Believe”Stephen Schwartz (composer)>Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Armageddon (1998 film)>Armageddon| “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| (Babe: Pig in the City)| “That’ll Do“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)The Horse Whisperer (film)>The Horse Whisperer| “A Soft Place to Fall”Allison Moorer & Gwilym Emyr Owen III>Gwil Owen (music & lyrics)| Quest for CamelotThe Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)>The Prayer”David Foster & Carole Bayer Sager (music); Foster, Tony Renis, Sager & Alberto Testa (lyricist)>Alberto Testa (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 1999{{small|(72nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000, The 72nd Academy Awards – 2000, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Tarzan (1999 film)>Tarzan| “You’ll Be in My Heart”| Phil Collins (music & lyrics)Magnolia (film)>MagnoliaSave Me (Aimee Mann song)>Save Me“| Aimee Mann (music & lyrics)| Music of the Heart| “Music of My Heart“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)| “Blame Canada“| Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics)| Toy Story 2| “When She Loved Me“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2000{{small|(73rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001, The 73rd Academy Awards – 2001, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, Wonder Boys (film)>Wonder Boys| “Things Have Changed”| Bob Dylan (music and lyrics)| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon| “A Love Before Time“| Jorge Calandrelli & Tan Dun (music); James Schamus (lyrics)| Dancer in the Dark| “I’ve Seen It All“| Björk (music); Sjón & Lars von Trier (lyrics)| The Emperor’s New Groove| “My Funny Friend and Me”David Hartley (musician)>David Hartley & Sting (music); Sting (lyrics)| Meet the Parents| “A Fool in Love“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2001{{small|(74th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002, The 74th Academy Awards – 2002, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Monsters, Inc.“If I Didn’t Have You (Disney song)>If I Didn’t Have You”| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)| Kate & LeopoldUntil... (Sting song)>Until...”Sting (musician)>Sting (music & lyrics)| (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)| “May It Be”Enya, Nicky Ryan>Nicky & Roma Ryan (music and lyrics)Pearl Harbor (film)>Pearl Harbor| “There You’ll Be“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| Vanilla SkyVanilla Sky (song)>Vanilla Sky“| Paul McCartney (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2002{{small|(75th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003, The 75th Academy Awards – 2003, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”8 Mile (film)>8 Mile| “Lose Yourself”Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto (musician)>Luis Resto (music); Eminem (lyrics)Chicago (2002 film)>Chicago| “I Move On“| John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics)Frida (2002 film)>Frida| “Burn It Blue“| Elliot Goldenthal (music); Julie Taymor (lyrics)| Gangs of New York| “The Hands That Built America“| U2 (music & lyrics)| The Wild Thornberrys Movie| “Father and Daughter“| Paul Simon (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2003{{small|(76th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004, The 76th Academy Awards – 2004, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)“Into the West (song)>Into the West”| Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (music & lyrics)Cold MountainThe Scarlet Tide>Scarlet Tide“| T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello (music & lyrics)| “You Will Be My Ain True Love”Sting (musician)>Sting (music & lyrics)| A Mighty Wind| “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow“| Michael McKean & Annette O’Toole (music & lyrics)| The Triplets of BellevilleBelleville Rendez-vous (song)>Belleville Rendez-vous“| Benoît Charest (music); Sylvain Chomet (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2004{{small|(77th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005, The 77th Academy Awards – 2005, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”The Motorcycle Diaries (film)>The Motorcycle Diaries| “Al otro lado del río”| Jorge Drexler (music & lyrics)The Chorus (2004 film)>The Chorus| “Look to Your Path“| Bruno Coulais (music); Christophe Barratier (lyrics)The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)>The Phantom of the Opera| “Learn to Be Lonely”Andrew Lloyd Webber (music); Charles Hart (lyricist)>Charles Hart (lyrics)The Polar Express (film)>The Polar ExpressBelieve (Josh Groban song)>Believe“| Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (music & lyrics)| Shrek 2Accidentally in Love (song)>Accidentally in Love“| Counting Crows (music); Adam Duritz & Dan Vickrey (lyrics)! rowspan=“4” style="text-align:center” | 2005{{small|(78th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006, The 78th Academy Awards – 2006, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Hustle & Flow| “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp”| Frayser Boy, Juicy J & DJ Paul (music & lyrics)Crash (2004 film)>Crash| “In the Deep”Kathleen York>Bird York (music); York (lyrics)Transamerica (film)>Transamerica| “Travelin’ Thru“| Dolly Parton (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2006{{small|(79th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007, The 79th Academy Awards – 2007, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| An Inconvenient Truth| “I Need to Wake Up”| Melissa Etheridge (music & lyrics)Cars (film)>CarsOur Town (James Taylor song)>Our Town“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)DreamgirlsListen (Beyoncé Knowles song)>Listen“| Scott Cutler & Henry Krieger (music); Anne Preven (lyrics) | “Love You I Do“| Henry Krieger (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics) Patience (Dreamgirls song)>Patience“| Henry Krieger (music); Willie Reale (lyrics) ! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2007{{small|(80th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008, The 80th Academy Awards – 2008, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Once (film)>Once| “Falling Slowly”| Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová (music & lyrics)| August RushRaise It Up (August Rush song)>Raise It Up“| Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack & Tevin Thomas (music & lyrics)Enchanted| “Happy Working Song”Alan Menken (music); Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)So Close (Jon McLaughlin song)>So Close”That’s How You Know (Disney song)>That’s How You Know”! rowspan=“4” style="text-align:center” | 2008{{small|(81st)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009, The 81st Academy Awards – 2009, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“|Slumdog Millionaire“Jai Ho (song)>Jai Ho”| A. R. Rahman (music); Gulzar (lyrics)| Slumdog Millionaire| “O... Saya”M.I.A. (rapper)>M.I.A. (music & lyrics)| WALL-EDown to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)>Down to Earth“| Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (music); Gabriel (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2009{{small|(82nd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010, The 82nd Academy Awards – 2010, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Crazy Heart| “The Weary Kind”| Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (music & lyrics)Nine (2009 live-action film)>NineTake It All (Nine song)>Take It All“| Maury Yeston (music & lyrics)| Paris 36| “Loin de Paname“| Reinhardt Wagner (music); Frank Thomas (lyrics)The Princess and the FrogAlmost There (The Princess and the Frog song)>Almost There”Randy Newman (music & lyrics)Down in New Orleans (song)>Down in New Orleans” bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

2010s{| class“wikitable” style@width:100%” bgcolor“#bebebe”

! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“4” |2010{{small|(83rd)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011, The 83rd Academy Awards – 2011, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, | Toy Story 3“We Belong Together (Randy Newman song)>We Belong Together”| Randy Newman (music & lyrics)| 127 Hours| “If I Rise”A. R. Rahman (music); Rollo Armstrong & Dido (singer)>Dido (lyrics)| Country Strong| “Coming Home“| Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey & Troy Verges (music & lyrics) | Tangled| “I See the Light“| Alan Menken (music); Glenn Slater (lyrics)! rowspan=“3” style="text-align:center” | 2011{{small|(84th)}} style="background:#FAEB86”The Muppets (film)>The Muppets| “Man or Muppet”| Bret McKenzie (music & lyrics)Rio (2011 film)>Rio| “Real in Rio“| Carlinhos Brown & Sérgio Mendes (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2012{{small|(85th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2013, The 85th Academy Awards – 2013, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| Skyfall“Skyfall (song)>Skyfall”| Adele & Paul Epworth (music & lyrics)| Chasing Ice| “Before My Time“| J. Ralph (music & lyrics)Les Misérables (2012 film)>Les MisérablesSuddenly (Les Misérables)>Suddenly“| Claude-Michel Schönberg (music); Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics)Life of Pi (film)>Life of Pi| “Pi’s Lullaby“| Mychael Danna (music); Bombay Jayashri (lyrics)Ted (film)>Ted| “Everybody Needs a Best Friend“| Walter Murphy (music); Seth MacFarlane (lyrics)! rowspan=“5” style="text-align:center” | 2013{{small|(86th)}} {{efn|On January 29, 2014, a nomination for “Alone yet Not Alone” from the film of the same name, with music by Bruce Broughton and lyrics by Dennis Spiegel, was revoked prior to voting. The Academy concluded that Broughton’s campaigning via personal communication with music branch members was inconsistent with promotional regulations.{{citation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/academy-disqualifies-oscar-nominated-song-675480/ |title=Academy Disqualifies Oscar-Nominated Song ‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 29, 2014 |first=Scott |last=Feinberg}}}}WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014, The 86th Academy Awards – 2014, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Frozen (2013 film)>Frozen“Let It Go (Disney song)>Let It Go”| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics)| Despicable Me 2Happy (Pharrell Williams song)>Happy“| Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics)Her (film)>Her| “The Moon Song“| Karen O (music); Spike Jonze & O (lyrics)| (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)Ordinary Love (U2 song)>Ordinary Love“| U2 (music); Bono (lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2014{{small|(87th)}} style="background:#FAEB86”Selma (film)>Selma“Glory (Common and John Legend song)>Glory”Common (rapper)>Common & John Legend (music & lyrics)Begin Again (film)>Begin Again| “Lost Stars“| Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois (music & lyrics)| Beyond the LightsGrateful (Rita Ora song)>Grateful“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| (Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me)| “I’m Not Gonna Miss You“| Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond (music & lyrics)| The Lego Movie| “Everything Is Awesome”Shawn Patterson (composer)>Shawn Patterson (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2015{{small|(88th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016, The 88th Academy Awards – 2016, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Spectre (2015 film)>Spectre“Writing’s on the Wall (Sam Smith song)>Writing’s on the Wall”| Jimmy Napes & Sam Smith (music & lyrics)Fifty Shades of Grey (film)>Fifty Shades of Grey| “Earned It”Belly (rapper)>Belly, DeHeala, Stephan Moccio & The Weeknd (music & lyrics)| The Hunting Ground| “Til It Happens to You“| Lady Gaga & Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| Racing ExtinctionManta Ray (song)>Manta Ray“| J. Ralph (music); Anohni (lyrics)Youth (2015 film)>YouthSimple Song Number 3>Simple Song #3”David Lang (composer)>David Lang (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2016{{small|(89th)}} WEB,www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017, The 89th Academy Awards – 2017, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 12, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86“| La La Land| “City of Stars”Justin Hurwitz (music); Pasek and Paul>Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (lyrics)| The Empty Chair (song)>The Empty Chair”J. Ralph & Sting (musician)>Sting (music & lyrics)| La La Land| “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)“| Hurwitz (music); Pasek & Paul (lyrics)Moana (2016 film)>Moana| “How Far I’ll Go“| Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics)Trolls (film)>Trolls| “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”Max Martin, Shellback (record producer)>Shellback & Justin Timberlake (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2017{{small|(90th)}} WEB,oscar.go.com/nominees, The 90th Academy Awards – 2018, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 22, 2018, style="background:#FAEB86”Coco (2017 film)>Coco“Remember Me (Coco song)>Remember Me”| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics)Call Me by Your Name (film)>Call Me by Your Name| “Mystery of Love“| Sufjan Stevens (music & lyrics)| The Greatest ShowmanThis Is Me (Keala Settle song)>This Is Me”Pasek and Paul>Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics)Marshall (film)>Marshall| “Stand Up for Something”Diane Warren (music); Common (rapper)>Common & Warren (lyrics)Mudbound (film)>MudboundMighty River (song)>Mighty River“| Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2018{{small|(91st)}} WEB,oscar.go.com/nominees, The 91st Academy Awards – 2019, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, January 22, 2019, style="background:#FAEB86”A Star Is Born (2018 film)>A Star Is Born“Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)>Shallow”| Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics)| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings“| David Rawlings & Gillian Welch (music & lyrics)Black Panther (film)>Black Panther| “All the Stars”Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave & Anthony Tiffith (music); Lamar, SZA (singer)>SZA & Tiffith (lyrics)| Mary Poppins Returns| “The Place Where Lost Things Go“| Marc Shaiman (music); Shaiman & Scott Wittman (lyrics)RBG (film)>RBG| “I’ll Fight“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)! rowspan=“6” style="text-align:center” | 2019{{small|(92nd)}} style="background:#FAEB86”Rocketman (film)>Rocketman| “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”| Elton John (music); Bernie Taupin (lyrics)Breakthrough (2019 film)>Breakthrough| “I’m Standing with You“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| Frozen IIInto the Unknown (song)>Into the Unknown“| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics)Harriet (film)>HarrietStand Up (Cynthia Erivo song)>Stand Up” | Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo (music & lyrics)| Toy Story 4 | “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away“| Randy Newman (music & lyrics) bgcolor“#bebebe“”>

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! width=“5%” | Year! width=“25%” | Film! width=“25%” | Song! width=“45%” | Nominees style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” style="text-align:center” | 2020/21{{small|(93rd)}} | Judas and the Black Messiah“Fight for You (H.E.R. song)>Fight for You”| D’Mile & H.E.R. (music); H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (lyrics) | (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)Husavik (song)>Husavik“| Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus & Savan Kotecha (music & lyrics)The Life Ahead (film)>The Life Ahead| “Io sì (Seen)“| Diane Warren (music); Laura Pausini & Warren (lyrics)| One Night in Miami...| “Speak Now”Sam Ashworth (songwriter)>Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr. (music & lyrics)| The Trial of the Chicago 7| “Hear My Voice”Daniel Pemberton (music); Celeste (singer)>Celeste & Pemberton (lyrics) style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” style="text-align:center” | 2021{{small|(94th)}} | No Time to Die“No Time to Die (song)>No Time to Die”| Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (music & lyrics) Belfast (film)>Belfast| “Down to Joy“| Van Morrison (music & lyrics)| Encanto| “Dos Oruguitas“| Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics)| Four Good Days| “Somehow You Do“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)King Richard (film)>King Richard| “Be Alive”Beyoncé & Darius Scott>DIXSON (music & lyrics) style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2022{{small|(95th)}} | RRR| “Naatu Naatu”M. M. Keeravani (music); Chandrabose (lyricist)>Chandrabose (lyrics)| (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)Lift Me Up (Rihanna song)>Lift Me Up“| Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna & Tems (music); Coogler & Tems (lyrics) | Everything Everywhere All at Once| “This Is a Life“| David Byrne, Ryan Lott & Mitski (music); Byrne & Lott (lyrics) | Tell It Like a Woman| “Applause“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)| (Top Gun: Maverick)Hold My Hand (Lady Gaga song)>Hold My Hand“| BloodPop & Lady Gaga (music & lyrics) style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2023{{small|(96th)}} Barbie (film)>Barbie| “What Was I Made For?”| Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (music & lyrics) American Symphony (film)>American Symphony| “It Never Went Away”Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (musician)>Dan Wilson (music & lyrics)Barbie (film)>Barbie| “I’m Just Ken“| Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (music & lyrics)| Flamin’ Hot| “The Fire Inside“| Diane Warren (music & lyrics)Killers of the Flower Moon (film)>Killers of the Flower Moon| “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)“| Scott George (music & lyrics)

See also

• Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Song
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
• Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
• List of Academy Award–nominated films

Notes

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Records

Winners of multiple awards

• 4: Sammy Cahn (25) (lyricist)
• 4: Johnny Mercer (18) (16 as lyricist, 2 as composer and lyricist)
• 4: Alan Menken (14) (composer)
• 4: Jimmy Van Heusen (14) (composer)
• 3: Paul Francis Webster (16) (lyricist)
• 3: Harry Warren (11) (composer)
• 3: Ray Evans (7) (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Jay Livingston (7) (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Tim Rice (5) (lyricist)
• 2: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (15) (lyricist)
• 2: Randy Newman (13) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Henry Mancini (11) (composer)
• 2: Ned Washington (11) (lyricist)
• 2: Sammy Fain (10) (composer)
• 2: Howard Ashman (7) (lyricist)
• 2: Jerome Kern (7) (composer)
• 2: Burt Bacharach (5) (composer)
• 2: Oscar Hammerstein II (5) (lyricist)
• 2: Stephen Schwartz (5) (1 as lyricist, 1 as composer and lyricist)
• 2: Elton John (4) (composer)
• 2: Joel Hirschhorn (3) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Will Jennings (3) (lyricist)
• 2: Al Kasha (3) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Kristen Anderson-Lopez (3) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Robert Lopez (3) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Giorgio Moroder (2) (composer)
• 2: Billie Eilish (2) (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Finneas O’Connell (2) (composer and lyricist)

Most nominations without a win

• 15: Diane Warren (composer and lyricist)
• 8: Mack David (lyricist)
• 5: Harold Adamson (lyricist)
• 5: Nicholas Brodszky (composer)
• 5: Jimmy McHugh (composer)
• 5: John Williams (composer)
• 4: Elmer Bernstein (composer)
• 4: James V. Monaco (composer)
• 4: Cole Porter (composer and lyricist)
• 4: Sting (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Bryan Adams (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Jack Brooks (composer and lyricist)
• 3: George Forrest (lyricist)
• 3: David Foster (composer)
• 3: Kim Gannon (lyricist)
• 3: Ira Gershwin (lyricist)
• 3: Quincy Jones (composer)
• 3: Henry Krieger (composer)
• 3: Robert John “Mutt” Lange (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Jerry Livingston (composer)
• 3: Dory Previn (lyricist)
• 3: J. Ralph (composer)
• 3: Marc Shaiman (composer and lyricist)
• 3: Robert Wright (lyricist)
• 3: Victor Young (composer)
• 2: Ralph Blane (lyricist)
• 2: Frank Churchill (composer)
• 2: Carol Connors (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Bill Conti (composer)
• 2: Fred Ebb (lyricist)
• 2: Roger Edens (composer)
• 2: Eliot Daniel (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Sylvia Fine (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Charles Fox (composer)
• 2: Siedah Garrett (lyricist)
• 2: Friedrich Hollaender (composer)
• 2: James Ingram (composer and lyricist)
• 2: John Kander (composer)
• 2: Burton Lane (composer)
• 2: Hugh Martin (composer)
• 2: Paul McCartney (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Lin-Manuel Miranda (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Larry Morey (lyricist)
• 2: Alfred Newman (composer)
• 2: Lionel Newman (composer)
• 2: James Newton Howard (composer)
• 2: Dolly Parton (composer and lyricist)
• 2: André Previn (composer)
• 2: Don Raye (composer)
• 2: Ayn Robbins (composer and lyricist)
• 2: Bob Russell (lyricist)
• 2: Tom Snow (composer)
• 2: U2 (composer and lyricist)

Foreign-language song winners

The award has only been given to songs in languages other than English four times: in 1960 for “Never on Sunday” (Greek title “Ta Pediá tou Pireá“) from Never on Sunday, in 2004 for the Spanish song “Al otro lado del río” from The Motorcycle Diaries, in 2008 for the Hindi song “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire, and in 2022 for the Telugu song “Naatu Naatu” from RRR.

• Manos Hatzidakis was the first to receive this award for a song originally written in a language other than English, in 1960 for “Never on Sunday” (Greek title “Ta Paidia toy Peiraia“) from the Greek film Never on Sunday (Greek title Pote tin Kyriaki{{--)}}.
• Jorge Drexler was the second foreign language songwriter to win the Best Original Song Oscar, for “Al otro lado del río” from The Motorcycle Diaries in 2004. That year another foreign language writing pair were nominated, composer Bruno Coulais and lyricist Christophe Barratier for “Look to Your Path” from the French film The Chorus.
• A. R. Rahman and Gulzar are the third and fourth foreign language composer and songwriter respectively to win in the Best Original Song category, which they shared for the Hindi song “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire, at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008. That same year, “O... Saya”, another partly Hindi song from the same film by Rahman and M.I.A., was also nominated, making it the first time two foreign language songs from the same film were nominated in the category.
• M. M. Keeravani and Chandrabose are the fifth and sixth foreign language composer and songwriter respectively to win in the Best Original Song category, which they shared for the Telugu song “Naatu Naatu” from RRR, at the 95th Academy Awards in 2022.

References

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