| GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year | |
| Presenter: | Gospel Music Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Holder: | Cece Winans (2022) |
| Most Wins: | Jason Ingram (4) |
The GMA Dove Awards Song of the Year is one of the two main categories (along with Songwriter of the Year) which have been given since the 1st GMA Dove Awards in 1969. The following is a list of the winning songs and the songwriter(s) who received the award.[1]
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| 2022 | Cece WinansMitch Wong Kyle Lee Dwan Hill | "Believe for It" |
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| 2021 | Chris Brown Cody Carnes Kari Jobe Steven Furtick | "The Blessing (song)" |
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| 2020 | Sinach | "Way Maker" |
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| 2019 | Jason Ingram Paul Mabury Lauren Daigle | "You Say" |
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| 2018 | Cory Asbury Caleb Culver Ran Jackson | "Reckless Love" |
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| 2017 | Ben Fielding Brooke Ligertwood | "What a Beautiful Name" |
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| 2016 | Pat Barrett Tony Brown | "Good Good Father" |
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| 2015 | Paul Maybury Jason Ingram Jeff Johnson | "How Can It Be" |
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| 2014 | Matt Crocker Joel Houston Salomon Ligthelm | "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" |
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| 2013 | Matt Redman Jonas Myrin | "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" |
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| 2012 | Laura Story | "Blessings" |
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| 2011 | Gerald Crabb | "Sometimes I Cry" |
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| 2010 | Mike Donehey Jason Ingram Phillip LaRue | "By Your Side" |
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| 2009 | Brandon Heath Jason Ingram | "Give Me Your Eyes" | ||
| 2008 | Mark Hall Bernie Herms | "East to West" | ||
| 2007 | Aaron Shust Dorothy Greenwell | "My Savior My God" | ||
| 2006 | Chris Tomlin Jesse Reeves Ed Cash | "How Great Is Our God" | ||
| 2005 | Mark Hall | "Who Am I" | ||
| 2004 | Pete Kipley Bart Millard | "Word of God Speak" | ||
| 2003 | Nichole Nordeman Mark Hammond | "Holy" | ||
| 2002 | Bart Millard | "I Can Only Imagine" | ||
| 2001 | Nicole C. Mullen | "Redeemer" | ||
| 2000 | Michael W. Smith Wes King | "This Is Your Time" | ||
| 1999 | Rich Mullins Mitch McVicker | "My Deliverer" | ||
| 1998 | David Mullen Nicole Coleman-Mullen Michael Ochs | "On My Knees" | ||
| 1997 | Bob Carlisle Randy Thomas | "Butterfly Kisses" | ||
| 1996 | Mark Heimermann Toby McKeehan | "Jesus Freak" | ||
| 1995 | Twila Paris | "God Is in Control" | ||
| 1994 | Shawn Craig Don Koch | "In Christ Alone" | ||
| 1993 | Steven Curtis Chapman Geoff Moore | "The Great Adventure" | ||
| 1992 | Amy Grant Michael W. Smith Wayne Kirkpatrick | "Place in This World" | ||
| 1991 | Gary Driskell | "Another Time, Another Place" | ||
| 1990 | Ray Boltz | "Thank You" | ||
| 1989 | Wayne Watson Claire Cloninger | "Friend of a Wounded Heart" | ||
| 1988 | Phil McHugh Gloria Gaither Sandi Patti Helvering | "In the Name of the Lord" | ||
| 1987 | Dick Tunney Melodie Tunney Paul Smith | "How Excellent Is Thy Name" | ||
| 1986 | Billy Sprague Niles Borop | "Via Dolorosa" | ||
| 1985 | Gloria Gaither Dony McGuire | "Upon This Rock" | ||
| 1984 | Lanny Wolfe | "More Than Wonderful" | ||
| 1983 | Michael Card John Thompson | "El Shaddai" | ||
| 1982 | Dottie Rambo | "We Shall Behold Him" | ||
| 1981 | Brown Bannister Mike Hudson | "Praise the Lord" | ||
| 1980 | Don Francisco | "He's Alive" | ||
| 1978 | Dallas Holm | "Rise Again" | ||
| 1977 | John Stallings | "Learning to Lean" | ||
| 1976 | Neil Enloe | "Statue of Liberty" | ||
| 1975 | Marijohn Wilkin Kris Kristofferson | "One Day at a Time" | ||
| 1974 | Bill Gaither | "Because He Lives" | ||
| 1973 | Kris Kristofferson | "Why Me?" | ||
| 1972 | Ron Hinson | "The Lighthouse" | ||
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| 1970 | Don Sumner Dwayne Friend | "The Night Before Easter" | ||
| 1969 | R. E. Winsett | "Jesus Is Coming Soon" | ||