Best Original Song

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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 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.

Best Original Song By Decade
1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

7th Academy Awards (1934)

Winner: "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee — Con Conrad, Herb Magidson
Nominees: "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio — Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn ^{(came in 3rd)}; "Love in Bloom" from She Loves Me Not — Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin ^{(came in 2nd)}

8th Academy Awards (1935)

Winner: "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 — Harry Warren, Al Dubin
Nominees: "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat — Irving Berlin ^{(came in 2nd)}; "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta — Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh ^{(came in 3rd)}

9th Academy Awards (1936)

Winner: "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time — Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
Nominees: "Did I Remember" from Suzy — Walter Donaldson, Harold Adamson; "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance — Cole Porter; "A Melody from the Sky" from Trail of the Lonesome Pine — Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell; "Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven — Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke; "When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby, Sing — Richard A. Whiting, Walter Bullock

10th Academy Awards (1937)

Winner: "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding — Harry Owens
Nominees: "Remember Me" from Mr. Dodd Takes the Air — Harry Warren, Al Dubin; "That Old Feeling" from Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 — Sammy Fain, Lew Brown; "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from Shall We Dance — George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin; "Whispers in the Dark" from Artists and Models — Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin

11th Academy Awards (1938)

Winner: "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938 — Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
Nominees: "Always and Always" from Mannequin — Edward Ward, Chet Forrest, Bob Wright; "Change Partners" from Carefree — Irving Berlin; "The Cowboy and the Lady" from The Cowboy and the Lady — Lionel Newman, Arthur Quenzer; "Dust" from Under Western Stars — Johnny Marvin; "Jeepers Creepers" from Going Places — Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer; "Merrily We Live" from Merrily We Live — Phil Charig, Arthur Quenzer; "A Mist over the Moon" from The Lady Objects — Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II; "My Own" from That Certain Age — Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson; "Now It Can Be Told" from Alexander's Ragtime Band — Irving Berlin

12th Academy Awards (1939)

Winner: "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz — Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
Nominees: "Faithful Forever" from Gulliver's Travels — Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin; "I Poured My Heart into a Song" from Second Fiddle — Irving Berlin; "Wishing" from Love Affair — Buddy de Sylva

1940s

13th Academy Awards (1940)

Winner: "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio — Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
Nominees: "Down Argentina Way" from Down Argentine Way — Harry Warren, Mack Gordon; "I'd Know You Anywhere" from You'll Find Out — Jimmy McHugh, Johnny Mercer; "It's a Blue World" from Music in My Heart — Chet Forrest and Bob Wright; "Love of My Life" from Second Chorus — Artie Shaw, Johnny Mercer; "Only Forever" from Rhythm on the River — James Monaco, John Burke; "Our Love Affair" from Strike Up the Band — Roger Edens, Arthur Freed; "Waltzing in the Clouds" from Spring Parade — Robert Stolz, Gus Kahn; "Who Am I?" from Hit Parade of 1941 — Jule Styne, Walter Bullock

14th Academy Awards (1941)

Winner: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good — Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
Nominees: "Baby Mine" from Dumbo — Frank Churchill, Ned Washington; "Be Honest with Me" from Ridin' on a Rainbow — Gene Autry, Fred Rose; "Blues in the Night" from Blues in the Night — Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer; "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" from Buck Privates — Hugh Prince, Don Raye; "Chattanooga Choo Choo" from Sun Valley Serenade — Harry Warren, Mack Gordon; "Dolores" from Las Vegas Nights — Lou Alter, Frank Loesser; "Out of the Silence" from All-American Co-Ed — Lloyd B. Norlind; "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" from You'll Never Get Rich — Cole Porter

15th Academy Awards (1942)

Winner: "White Christmas" from Holiday Inn — Irving Berlin
Nominees: "Always in My Heart" from Always in My Heart — Ernesto Lecuona, Kim Gannon; "Dearly Beloved" from You Were Never Lovelier — Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer; "How About You?" from Babes on Broadway — Burton Lane, Ralph Freed; "It Seems I Heard That Song Before" from Youth on Parade — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" from Orchestra Wives — Harry Warren, Mack Gordon; "Love Is a Song" from Bambi — Frank Churchill, Larry Morey; "Pennies for Peppino" from Flying with Music — Edward Ward, Chet Forrest, Bob Wright; "Pig Foot Pete" from Hellzapoppin' — Gene de Paul, Don RayeThis nomination is a mystery. Both the nominations list and the program from the Awards dinner list the song as being from Hellzapoppin', a 1942 release for Awards purposes. The song does not appear in that film, but did appear in Keep 'Em Flying, a 1941 release from the same production company and studio, and was therefore ineligible for a 1942 nomination.; "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" from The Mayor of 44th Street — Harry Revel, Mort Greene

16th Academy Awards (1943)

Winner: "You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello — Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Nominees: "A Change of Heart" from Hit Parade of 1943 — Jule Styne, Harold Adamson; "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" from Cabin in the Sky — Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg; "My Shining Hour" from The Sky's the Limit — Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer; "Saludos Amigos" from Saludos Amigos — Charles Wolcott, Ned Washington; "Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There" from Hers to Hold — Jimmy McHugh, Herb Magidson; "That Old Black Magic" from Star Spangled Rhythm — Harold Arlen, Johnny MercerThis song was nominated under the title "Black Magic," as it was submitted by Paramount's Music Department. Academy records have been changed to show the more common form of the title.; "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" from Thank Your Lucky Stars — Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser; "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" from Stage Door Canteen — James Monaco, Al Dubin; "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from Something to Shout About — Cole Porter

17th Academy Awards (1944)

Winner: "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way — James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Nominees: "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher — Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson; "I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown — James V. Monaco, Mack Gordon; "Long Ago and Far Away" from Cover Girl — Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin; "Now I Know" from Up in Arms — Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler; "Remember Me to Carolina" from Minstrel Man — Harry Revel, Paul Webster; "Rio de Janeiro" from Brazil — Ary Barroso, Ned Washington; "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance — Lew Pollack, Charles Newman; "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen — M. K. Jerome, Ted Koehler; "Too Much in Love" from Song of the Open Road — Walter Kent, Kim Gannon; "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis — Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin

18th Academy Awards (1945)

Winner: "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair — Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Nominees: "Accentuate the Positive" from Here Come the Waves — Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer; "Anywhere" from Tonight and Every Night — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "Aren't You Glad You're You?" from The Bells of St. Mary's — James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke; "The Cat and the Canary" from Why Girls Leave Home — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; "Endlessly" from Earl Carroll Vanities — Walter Kent, Kim Gannon; "I Fall in Love Too Easily" from Anchors Aweigh — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "I'll Buy That Dream" from Sing Your Way Home — Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson; "Linda" from The Story of G.I. Joe — Ann Ronell; "Love Letters" from Love Letters — Victor Young, Eddie Heyman; "More and More" from Can't Help Singing — Jerome Kern, E. Y. Harburg; "Sleighride in July" from Belle of the Yukon — James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke; "So in Love" from Wonder Man — David Rose, Leo Robin; "Some Sunday Morning" from San Antonio — Ray Heindorf, M. K. Jerome, Ted Koehler

19th Academy Awards (1946)

Winner: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls — Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
Nominees: "All Through the Day" from Centennial Summer — Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II; "I Can't Begin to Tell You" from The Dolly Sisters — James Monaco, Mack Gordon; "Ole Buttermilk Sky" from Canyon Passage — Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks; "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" from Blue Skies — Irving Berlin

20th Academy Awards (1947)

Winner: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South — Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
Nominees: "A Gal in Calico" from The Time, the Place and the Girl — Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin; "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" from The Perils of Pauline — Frank Loesser; "Pass That Peace Pipe" from Good News — Ralph Blane, Roger Edens, Hugh Martin; "You Do" from Mother Wore Tights — Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon

21st Academy Awards (1948)

Winner: "Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Nominees: "For Every Man There's a Woman" from Casbah — Harold Arlen, Leo Robin; "It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "This Is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine — Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin; "The Woody Woodpecker Song" from Wet Blanket Policy — Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles

22nd Academy Awards (1949)

Winner: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter — Frank Loesser
Nominees: "It's a Great Feeling" from It's a Great Feeling — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn; "Lavender Blue" from So Dear to My Heart — Eliot Daniel, Larry Morey; "My Foolish Heart" from My Foolish Heart — Victor Young, Ned Washington; "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" from Come to the Stable — Alfred Newman, Mack Gordon

1950s

23rd Academy Awards (1950)

Winner: "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U.S.A. — Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Nominees: "Be My Love" from The Toast of New Orleans — Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn; "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from Cinderella — Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston; "Mule Train" from Singing Guns — Fred Glickman, Hy Heath, Johnny Lange; "Wilhelmina" from Wabash Avenue — Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon

24th Academy Awards (1951)

Winner: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom — Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
Nominees: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" from The Strip — Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II; "Never" from Golden Girl — Lionel Newman, Eliot Daniel; "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding — Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner; "Wonder Why" from Rich, Young and Pretty — Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn

25th Academy Awards (1952)

Winner: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" from High Noon — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Nominees: "Am I in Love" from Son of Paleface' — Jack Brooks; "Because You're Mine" from Because You're Mine — Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn; "Thumbelina" from Hans Christian Andersen — Frank Loesser; "Zing a Little Zong" from Just for You — Harry Warren, Leo Robin

26th Academy Awards (1953)

Winner: "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
Nominees: "The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue — Herschel Burke Gilbert, Sylvia Fine; "My Flaming Heart" from Small Town Girl — Nicholas Brodszky, Leo Robin; "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" from Miss Sadie Thompson — Lester Lee, Ned Washington; "That's Amore" from The Caddy — Harry Warren, Jack Brooks

27th Academy Awards (1954)

Winner: "Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Nominees: "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" from White Christmas — Irving Berlin; "The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington; "Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here — Jack Lawrence, Richard Myers; "The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born — Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin

28th Academy Awards (1955)

Winner: "Love Is a Many-Spendored Thing" from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
Nominees: "I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Love Me or Leave Me — Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn; "Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs — Johnny Mercer; "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn; "Unchained Melody" from Unchained — Alex North, Hy Zaret

29th Academy Awards (1956)

Winner: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Nominees: "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion — Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster; "Julie" from Julie — Leith Stevens, Tom Adair; "True Love" from High Society — Cole Porter

30th Academy Awards (1957)

Winner: "All The Way" from The Joker Is Wild — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Nominees: "An Affair To Remember" from An Affair to Remember — Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, Leo McCarey; "April Love" from April Love — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster; "Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor — Ray Evans, Jay Livingston; "Wild Is the Wind" from Wild Is the Wind — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

31st Academy Awards (1958)

Winner: "Gigi" from Gigi — Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Nominees: "Almost in Your Arms (Love Song from 'Houseboat')" from Houseboat — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; "A Certain Smile" from A Certain Smile — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster; "To Love and Be Loved" from Some Came Running — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn; "A Very Precious Love" from Marjorie Morningstar — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster

32nd Academy Awards (1959)

Winner: "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Nominees: "The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything — Alfred Newman, Sammy Cahn; "The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies — Sylvia Fine; "The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree — Jerry Livingston, Mack David; "Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Young Land — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

1960s

33rd Academy Awards (1960)

Winner: "Never On Sunday" from Never on Sunday — Manos Hadjidakis
Nominees: "The Facts of Life" from The Facts of Life — Johnny Mercer; "Faraway Part of Town" from Pepe — Andre Previn, Dory Langdon; "The Green Leaves of Summer" from The Alamo — Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster; "The Second Time Around" from High Time — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

34th Academy Awards (1961)

Winner: "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Nominees: "Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon and The Dove)" from El Cid — Miklos Rozsa, Paul Francis Webster; "Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn; "Town without Pity" from Town without Pity — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

35th Academy Awards (1962)

Winner: "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Nominees: "Song From Two For The Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw — Andre Previn, Dory Langdon; "Tender Is the Night" from Tender Is the Night — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster; "Walk on the Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side — Elmer Bernstein, Mack David

36th Academy Awards (1963)

Winner: "Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Nominees: "Charade" from Charade — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer; "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Ernest Gold, Mack David; "More" from Mondo Cane — Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell; "So Little Time" from 55 Days at Peking — Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster

37th Academy Awards (1964)

Winner: "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Nominees: "Dear Heart" from Dear Heart — Henry Mancini, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte — Frank DeVol, Mack David; "My Kind of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn; "Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

38th Academy Awards (1965)

Winner: "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper — Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
Nominees: "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou — Jerry Livingston, Mack David; "I Will Wait For You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg — Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel; "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer; "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat? — Burt Bacharach, Hal David

39th Academy Awards (1966)

Winner: "Born Free" from Born Free — John Barry, Don Black
Nominees: "Alfie" from Alfie — Burt Bacharach, Hal David; "Georgy Girl" from Georgy Girl — Tom Springfield, Jim Dale; "My Wishing Doll" from Hawaii — Elmer Bernstein, Mack David; "A Time for Love" from An American Dream — Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster

40th Academy Awards (1967)

Winner: "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle — Leslie Bricusse
Nominees: "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book — Terry Gilkyson; "The Eyes of Love" from Banning — Quincy Jones, Bob Russell; "The Look of Love" from Casino Royale — Burt Bacharach, Hal David; "Thoroughly Modern Millie" from Thoroughly Modern Millie — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

41st Academy Awards (1968)

Winner: "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Nominees: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; "For Love of Ivy" from For Love of Ivy — Quincy Jones, Bob Russell; "Funny Girl" from Funny Girl — Jule Styne, Bob Merrill; "Star!" from Star! — Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

42nd Academy Awards (1969)

Winner: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Nominees: "Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile Cuckoo — Fred Karlin, Dory Previn; "Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie — Rod McKuen; "True Grit" from True Grit — Elmer Bernstein, Don Black; "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

1970s

43rd Academy Awards (1970)

Winner: "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers — Fred Karlin, Robb Royer (aka Robb Wilson) and James Griffin (aka Arthur James)
Nominees: "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge — Leslie Bricusse; "Till Love Touches Your Life" from Madron — Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton; "Whistling Away the Dark" from Darling Lili — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

44th Academy Awards (1971)

Winner: "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft — Isaac Hayes
Nominees: "The Age of Not Believing" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; "All His Children" from Sometimes a Great Notion — Henry Mancini, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "Bless the Beasts & Children" from Bless the Beasts & Children — Barry DeVorzon, Perry Botkin, Jr.; "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch — Marvin Hamlisch, Johnny Mercer

45th Academy Awards (1972)

Winner: "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
Nominees: "Ben" from Ben — Walter Scharf, Don Black; "Come Follow, Follow Me" from The Little Ark — Fred Karlin, Marsha Karlin; "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — Maurice Jarre, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman; "Strange Are the Ways of Love" from The Stepmother — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster

46th Academy Awards (1973)

Winner: "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were — Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Nominees: "All That Love Went To Waste" from A Touch of Class — George Barrie, Sammy Cahn; "Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney; "Love" from Robin Hood — George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston; "Nice To Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty — John Williams, Paul Williams

47th Academy Awards (1974)

Winner: "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
Nominees: "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" from Benji — Euel Box, Betty Box; "Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles — John Morris, Mel Brooks; "Little Prince" from The Little Prince — Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner; "Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold — Elmer Bernstein, Don Black

48th Academy Awards (1975)

Winner: "I'm Easy" from Nashville — Keith Carradine
Nominees: "How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady — Fred Ebb, John Kander; "Now That We're in Love" from Whiffs — George Barrie, Sammy Cahn; "Richard's Window" from The Other Side of the Mountain — Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel; "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" from Mahogany — Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin

49th Academy Awards (1976)

Winner: "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born — Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
Nominees: "Ave Satani" from The Omen — Jerry Goldsmith; "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again — Henry Mancini, Don Black; "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky — Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins; "A World That Never Was" from Half a House — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster

50th Academy Awards (1977)

Winner: "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life — Joseph Brooks
Nominees: "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn; "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me — Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager; "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)" from The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; "Someone's Waiting for You" from The Rescuers — Sammy Fain, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins

51st Academy Awards (1978)

Winner: "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday — Paul Jabara
Nominees: "Hopelessly Devoted To You" from Grease — John Farrar; "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time, Next Year — Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "Ready To Take a Chance Again" from Foul Play — Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel; "When You're Loved" from The Magic of Lassie — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman

52nd Academy Awards (1979)

Winner: "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae — David Shire, Norman Gimbel
Nominees: "I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'" from The Promise — David Shire, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "It's Easy To Say" from 10 — Henry Mancini, Robert Wells; "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie — Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher; "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles — Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager

1980s

53rd Academy Awards (1980)

Winner: "Fame" from Fame — Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
Nominees: "9 to 5" from 9 to 5 — Dolly Parton; "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose — Willie Nelson; "Out Here On My Own" from Fame — Michael Gore, Lesley Gore; "People Alone" from The Competition — Lalo Schifrin, Wilbur Jennings

54th Academy Awards (1981)

Winner: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur — Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen
Nominees: "Endless Love" from Endless Love — Lionel Richie; "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper — Joe Raposo; "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only — Bill Conti, Mick Leeson; "One More Hour" from Ragtime — Randy Newman

55th Academy Awards (1982)

Winner: "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman — Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings
Nominees: "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III — Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan III; "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio — John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "It Might Be You" from Tootsie — Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

56th Academy Awards (1983)

Winner: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance — Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
Nominees: "Maniac" from Flashdance — Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky; "Over You" from Tender Mercies — Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart; "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl — Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

57th Academy Awards (1984)

Winner: "I Just Called To Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red — Stevie Wonder
Nominees: "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" from Against All Odds — Phil Collins; "Footloose" from Footloose — Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford; "Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters — Ray Parker, Jr.; "Let's Hear It for the Boy" from Footloose — Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford

58th Academy Awards (1985)

Winner: "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights — Lionel Richie
Nominees: "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" from The Color Purple — Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Lionel Richie; "The Power of Love" from Back to the Future — Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis; "Separate Lives (Love Theme from 'White Nights')" from White Nights — Stephen Bishop; "Surprise, Surprise" from A Chorus Line — Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban

59th Academy Awards (1986)

Winner: "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun — Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
Nominees: "Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid Part II — Peter Cetera, David Foster, Diane Nini; "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life — Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse; "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman; "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail — James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

60th Academy Awards (1987)

Winner: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing — Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz
Nominees: "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom — George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa; "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin — Albert Hammond, Diane Warren; "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II — Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Bob Seger; "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride — Willy DeVille

61st Academy Awards (1988)

Winner: "Let the River Run" from Working Girl — Carly Simon
Nominees: "Calling You" from Bagdad Cafe — Bob Telson; "Two Hearts" from Buster — Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins

62nd Academy Awards (1989)

Winner: "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
Nominees: "After All" from Chances Are — Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford; "The Girl Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine — Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood — Randy Newman; "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

1990s

63rd Academy Awards (1990)

Winner: "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy — Stephen Sondheim
Nominees: "Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II — Jon Bon Jovi; "I'm Checkin' Out" from Postcards from the Edge — Shel Silverstein; "Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather, Part III — Carmine Coppola, John Bettis; "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone — John Williams, Leslie Bricusse

64th Academy Awards (1991)

Winner: "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
Nominees: "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman; "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman; "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange; "When You're Alone" from Hook — John Williams, Leslie Bricusse

65th Academy Awards (1992)

Winner: "A Whole New World" from Aladdin — Alan Menken, Tim Rice
Nominees: "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings — Robert Kraft, Arne Glimcher; "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin — Alan Menken, Howard Ashman; "I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard — David Foster, Linda Thompson; "Run to You" from The Bodyguard — Jud Friedman, Allan Rich

66th Academy Awards (1993)

Winner: "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia — Bruce Springsteen
Nominees: "Again" from Poetic Justice — Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis; "The Day I Fall In Love" from Beethoven's 2nd — Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, Clif Magness; "Philadelphia" from Philadelphia — Neil Young; "A Wink and a Smile" from Sleepless in Seattle — Marc Shaiman, Ramsey McLean

67th Academy Awards (1994)

Winner: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King — Elton John, Tim Rice
Nominees: "Circle of Life" from The Lion King — Elton John, Tim Rice; "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King — Elton John, Tim Rice; "Look What Love Has Done" from Junior — Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Patty Smyth; "Make Up Your Mind" from The Paper — Randy Newman

68th Academy Awards (1995)

Winner: "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Nominees: "Dead Man Walkin'" from Dead Man Walking — Bruce Springsteen; "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco — Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange; "Moonlight" from Sabrina — John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman; "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story — Randy Newman

69th Academy Awards (1996)

Winner: "You Must Love Me" from Evita — Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Nominees: "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close and Personal — Diane Warren; "For the First Time" from One Fine Day — James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich; "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces — Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams, Robert 'Mutt' Lange; "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do! — Adam Schlesinger

70th Academy Awards (1997)

Winner: "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic — James Horner, Will Jennings
Nominees: "Go the Distance" from Hercules — Alan Menken, David Zippel; "How Do I Live" from Con Air — Diane Warren; "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia — Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens; "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting — Elliott Smith

71st Academy Awards (1998)

Winner: "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt — Stephen Schwartz
Nominees: "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" from Armageddon — Diane Warren; "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot — Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis, Alberto Testa; "A Soft Place To Fall" from The Horse Whisperer — Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen; "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City — Randy Newman

72nd Academy Awards (1999)

Winner: "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan — Phil Collins
Nominees: "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut — Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman; "Music of My Heart" from Music of the Heart — Diane Warren; "Save Me" from Magnolia — Aimee Mann; "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 — Randy Newman

2000s

73rd Academy Awards (2000)

Winner: "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys — Bob Dylan
Nominees: "A Fool In Love" from Meet the Parents — Randy Newman; "I've Seen It All" from Dancer in the Dark — Björk, Lars von Trier, Sjon Sigurdsson; "A Love Before Time" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun, James Schamus; "My Funny Friend and Me" from The Emperor's New Groove — David Hartley, Sting

74th Academy Awards (2001)

Winner: "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. — Randy Newman
Nominees: "May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Enya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan; "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor — Diane Warren; "Until" from Kate & Leopold — Sting; "Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky — Paul McCartney

75th Academy Awards (2002)

Winner: "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile — Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto
Nominees: "Burn it Blue" from Frida — Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor; "Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie — Paul Simon; "The Hands that Built America" from Gangs of New York — U2 (Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen); "I Move On" from Chicago (2002) — John Kander, Fred Ebb

76th Academy Awards (2003)

Winner: "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox
Nominees: "Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville — Benoît Charest, Sylvain Chomet; "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind — Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole; "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain — T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello; "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain — Sting

77th Academy Awards (2004)

Winner: "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries — Jorge Drexler
Nominees: "Accidentally in Love" from Shrek 2 — Counting Crows (Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley, David Bryson, Daniel Vickrey); "Believe" from The Polar Express — Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri; "Learn to be Lonely" from The Phantom of the Opera (2004) — Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart; "Look To Your Path" from The Chorus (Les Choristes) — Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier

78th Academy Awards (2005)

Winner: "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow — Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard
Nominees: "In the Deep" from Crash — Kathleen "Bird" York, Michael Becker; "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica — Dolly Parton

79th Academy Awards (2006)

Winner: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth — Melissa Etheridge
Nominees: "Listen" from Dreamgirls — Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven; "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls — Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett; "Our Town" from Cars — Randy Newman; "Patience" from Dreamgirls — Henry Krieger, Willie Reale

80th Academy Awards (2007)

Winner: "Falling Slowly" from Once — Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
Nominees: "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from August Rush — Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, Tevin Thomas; "So Close" from Enchanted — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from Enchanted — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz

81st Academy Awards (2008)

Winner: "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman, Gulzar
Nominees: "Down To Earth" from WALL-E — Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman, M.I.A.

82nd Academy Awards (2009)

Winner: "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart — Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett
Nominees: "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog — Randy Newman; "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog — Randy Newman; "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 — Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas; "Take It All" from Nine — Maury Yeston

2010s

83rd Academy Awards (2010)

Winner: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 — Randy Newman
Nominees: "Coming Home" from Country Strong — Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, Hillary Lindsey; "I See the Light" from Tangled — Alan Menken, Glenn Slater; "If I Rise" from 127 Hours — A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong

84th Academy Awards (2011)

Winner: "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets — Bret McKenzie
Nominees: “Real in Rio” from Rio — Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett

85th Academy Awards (2012)

Winner: "Skyfall (song)" from Skyfall — Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth
Nominees: Chasing Ice — "Before My Time" by J.Ralph; Life of Pi — “Pi's Lullaby” by Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri; Les Misérables — "Suddenly" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil; Ted — "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" by Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane

86th Academy Awards (2013)

Winner: "Let it Go" from Frozen — Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Nominees: "Happy" — Despicable Me 2 by Pharrell Williams; "The Moon Song" — Her by Karen O, Spike Jonze; "Ordinary Love" — Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by U2

87th Academy Awards (2014)

Winner: Selma — "Glory" by John Legend, Common
Nominees: The Lego Movie — “Everything is Awesome” by Shawn Patterson; Beyond the Lights — "Grateful" by Diane Warren; Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me — "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" by Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond; Begin Again — "Lost Stars" by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois

88th Academy Awards (2015)

Winner: Spectre — "Writing's on the Wall" by Jimmy Napes, Sam Smith
Nominees: Fifty Shades of Grey — "Earned It" by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville, Stephan Moccio; Racing Extinction — "Manta Ray" by J. Ralph, Antony Hegarty; Youth — "Simple Song #3" by David Lang; The Hunting Ground — "Til It Happens to You" by Lady Gaga, Diane Warren

89th Academy Awards (2016)

Winner: "City of Stars" from La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Nominees: "Audtion (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; "Can't Stop the Feeling" from Trolls — Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster; "The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story — J.Ralph, Sting; "How Far I'll Go" from Moana — Lin-Manuel Miranda

90th Academy Awards (2017)

Winner: "Remember Me" from Coco — Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Nominees: "Mighty River" from Mudbound — Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson; "Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name — Sufjan Stevens; "Stand Up For Something" from Marshall — Diane Warren, Lonnie R. Lynn; "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman — Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

91st Academy Awards (2018)

Winner: "Shallow" from A Star is Born — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
Nominees: "All the Stars" from Black Panther — Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith, Solana Rowe; "I'll Fight" from RBG — Diane Warren; "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns — Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman; "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — David Rawlings, Gillian Welch

92nd Academy Awards (2019)

Winner: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman — Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Nominees: "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4 — Randy Newman; "I'm Standing with You" from Breakthrough — Diane Warren; "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II — Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; "Stand Up" from Harriet — Joshuah Brian Campbell, Cynthia Erivo

2020s

93rd Academy Awards (2020)

Winner: "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah — H.E.R., D'Mile, Tiara Thomas
Nominees: "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Daniel Pemberton, Celeste; "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Göransson; "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead — Diane Warren, Laura Pausini; "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami… — Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth

94th Academy Awards (2021)

Winner: "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die — Billie Eilish, Fineas O'Connell
Nominees: "Be Alive" from King Richard — DIXON, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter; "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto — Lin-Manuel Miranda; "Down to Joy" from Belfast — Van Morrison; "Somehow You Do" from Four Good Days — Diane Warren

95th Academy Awards (2022)

Winner: "Naatu Naatu" from RRR — M.M. Keeravani, Chandrabose
Nominees: "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman — Diane Warren; "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick — Lady Gaga, BloodPop; "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson; "This Is a Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once — Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski

96th Academy Awards (2023)

Winner: TBD
Nominees: "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot — Diane Warren; "I'm Just Ken" from Barbie — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt; "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony — Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson; "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon — George Scott; "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie — Billie Eilish, Fineas O'Connell

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