Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song explained

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Alt:Golden Globe award mostly given for the popular song
Caption:Golden Globe
Awarded For:The songwriter of the best movie's song
Presenter:Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Location:United States
Holder:Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell for "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie (2023)
Website:www.goldenglobes.com

The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually since 1965 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The award is presented to the songwriters of a song written specifically for a motion picture.[1] The performers of the song are not credited, unless they also have a writing or co-writing credit.

Winners and nominees

1960s

YearFilmSongNominees
1963 (21st)Town Without Pity "Town Without Pity"
1964 (22nd)Circus World"Circus World"
Dear Heart"Dear Heart"Henry Mancini, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
From Russia with Love"From Russia with Love"John Barry & Lionel Bart
Sunday in New York"Sunday in New York" Peter Nero & Carroll Coates
Where Love Has Gone"Where Love Has Gone"
1965 (23rd) The Yellow Rolls-Royce "Forget Domani"
Cat Ballou"Ballad of Cat Ballou"
The Great Race"The Sweetheart Tree"
The Sandpiper"The Shadow of Your Smile"
That Funny Feeling"That Funny Feeling"
1966 (24th)A Man Could Get Killed"Strangers in the Night"
Alfie"Alfie"
Born Free"Born Free" Matt Monro, John Barry & Don Black
Georgy Girl"Georgy Girl"
A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)"A Man and a Woman"
1967 (25th) Camelot "If Ever I Would Leave You" Richard Harris, Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
Doctor Dolittle"Talk to the Animals"
Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre)"Circles in the Water (Des ronds dans l'eau)"
Ski Fever"Please Don't Gamble with Love" Jerry Styner & Guy Hemric
Thoroughly Modern Millie"Thoroughly Modern Millie" Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn
1968 (26th) The Thomas Crown Affair "The Windmills of Your Mind" Noel Harrison, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell"Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell"
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
Funny Girl"Funny Girl"
Star!"Star" Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn
1969 (27th) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie "Jean"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" B.J. Thomas, Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Cactus Flower"The Time for Love Is Anytime"
Goodbye, Columbus"Goodbye, Columbus"
The Happy Ending"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
The Secret of Santa Vittoria"Stay"
True Grit"True Grit"

1970s

YearFilmSongNominees
1970 (28th)Darling Lili"Whistling Away the Dark"
Little Fauss and Big Halsy"Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey"
Madron"Till Love Touches Your Life"
Pieces of Dreams"Pieces of Dreams"
Scrooge"Thank You Very Much"
1971 (29th)Kotch"Life Is What You Make It"
The African Elephant"Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To"
Honky"Something More" Carlton Dinnall, Quincy Jones & Bradford Craig
The Raging Moon"Long Ago Tomorrow" B. J. Thomas, Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Shaft"Theme from Shaft"
1972 (30th)Ben"Ben"
Butterflies Are Free"Carry Me" Edward Albert, Bob Alcivar & Randy McNeill
Cabaret"Mein Herr"
Cabaret"Money, Money" Kander & Ebb
Deliverance"Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean"Marmalade, Molasses and Honey"
Molly and Lawless John"Take Me Home" Renée Armand, Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
The Poseidon Adventure"The Morning After" Maureen McGovern, Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn
1973 (31st)The Way We Were"The Way We Were"Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Breezy"Breezy's Song" Shelby Flint, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Jonathan Livingston Seagull"Lonely Looking Sky"
Kazablan"Rosa Rosa" Yehoram Gaon, Aliza Azikri, Dov Seltzer & Haim Hefer
Oklahoma Crude"Send a Little Love My Way" Anne Murray, Henry Mancini & Hal David
A Touch of Class"All That Love Went to Waste"
1974 (32nd)Benji"I Feel Love"Claude Rich, Euel Box & Betty Box
Claudine"On and On"
The Dove"Sail the Summer Winds"
The Little Prince"I Never Met a Rose"
The Towering Inferno"We May Never Love Like This Again"
1975 (33rd)Nashville "I'm Easy"
Funny Lady"How Lucky Can You Get"
Paper Tiger"My Little Friend" Roy Budd & Sammy Cahn
Whiffs"Now That We're in Love" George Barrie & Cahn
The Other Side of the Mountain"Richard's Window"
1976 (34th)A Star Is Born "Evergreen" Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams)
Bugsy Malone"Bugsy Malone" Williams
Car Wash"Car Wash" Norman Whitfield
Freaky Friday"I'd Like to Be You for a Day"
From Noon Till Three"Hello and Goodbye"
Pipe Dreams"So Sad the Song" Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
1977 (35th)You Light Up My Life "You Light Up My Life"
The Deep"Down Deep Inside"
New York, New York"New York, New York" Kander and Ebb
Saturday Night Fever"How Deep Is Your Love"
The Spy Who Loved Me"Nobody Does It Better"
1978 (36th)Thank God It's Friday "Last Dance"
Foul Play"Ready to Take a Chance Again"
Grease"Grease"
Grease"You're the One That I Want"
Same Time, Next Year"The Last Time I Felt Like This" Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
1979 (37th)The Rose"The Rose"
Ice Castles"Through the Eyes of Love" Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager
The Main Event"The Main Event" Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts
The Muppet Movie"Rainbow Connection"
Starting Over"Better Than Ever" Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager

1980s

YearFilmSongNominees
1980 (38th)Fame "Fame"
American Gigolo"Call Me"
Falling in Love Again"Yesterday's Dreams"
The Jazz Singer"Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond
9 to 5"9 to 5"
1981 (39th)Arthur "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Butterfly "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" Henry Mancini & Carol Connors
Endless Love"Endless Love"
For Your Eyes Only"For Your Eyes Only"
Ragtime"One More Hour"
1982 (40th)An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong"
Cat People"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
Making Love"Making Love" Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
Rocky III "Eye of the Tiger" Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan
Yes, Giorgio "If We Were in Love" John Williams, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
1983 (41st)Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Flashdance"Maniac"
Staying Alive"Far from Over" Frank Stallone & Vince DiCola
Tender Mercies"Over You" Austin Roberts & Bobby Hart
Yentl"The Way He Makes Me Feel"
1984 (42nd)The Woman in Red "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Against All Odds"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
Footloose"Footloose" Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford
Ghostbusters"Ghostbusters"
Give My Regards to Broad Street"No More Lonely Nights"
Purple Rain"When Doves Cry"
1985 (43rd)White Nights "Say You, Say Me"
Back to the Future"The Power of Love"
The Last Dragon"Rhythm of the Night"
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"We Don't Need Another Hero"
A View to a Kill"A View to a Kill"
1986 (44th)Top Gun "Take My Breath Away"
An American Tail"Somewhere Out There"
The Karate Kid Part II"Glory of Love" David Foster, Peter Cetera & Diane Nini
Running Scared"Sweet Freedom" Rod Temperton
That's Life!"Life in a Looking Glass" Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse
Tough Guys"They Don't Make Them Like They Used To"
1987 (45th)Dirty Dancing "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte
Beverly Hills Cop II"Shakedown"
Mannequin"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Secret of My Succe$s"The Secret of My Success" David Foster, Michael Landau, Jack Blades & Tom Keane
Who's That Girl"Who's That Girl" Madonna & Patrick Leonard
1988 (46th)Working Girl"Let the River Run"
Buster "Two Hearts"
Bull Durham"When a Woman Loves a Man"
Cocktail"Kokomo"
Oliver & Company"Why Should I Worry?" Charlie Kaufman & Dan Hartman
Twins"Twins"
1989 (47th)The Little Mermaid "Under the Sea"
Chances Are"After All"
The Little Mermaid"Kiss the Girl" Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
Parenthood"I Love to See You Smile"
Shirley Valentine"The Girl Who Used to Be Me"

1990s

YearFilmSongNominees
1990 (48th)Young Guns II "Blaze of Glory"
Dick Tracy"Sooner or Later"
"What Can You Lose?" Stephen Sondheim
The Godfather Part III"Promise Me You'll Remember"
Postcards from the Edge"I'm Checkin' Out"
1991 (49th)Beauty and the Beast"Beauty and the Beast"
"Dreams to Dream" James Horner & Will Jennings
Beauty and the Beast"Be Our Guest" Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Rush"Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton & Will Jennings
1992 (50th)Aladdin "A Whole New World" Alan Menken & Tim Rice
Aladdin"Friend Like Me" Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
"Prince Ali" Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
A League of Their Own"This Used to Be My Playground" Madonna & Shep Pettibone
The Mambo Kings"Beautiful Maria of My Soul"
1993 (51st)Philadelphia "Streets of Philadelphia"
Beethoven's 2nd"The Day I Fall in Love" James Ingram, Clif Magness & Carole Bayer Sager
Faraway, So Close"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
In the Name of the Father"You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart"
Poetic Justice"Again" Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
1994 (52nd)The Lion King"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John & Tim Rice
Color of Night "The Color of the Night"
Junior"Look What Love Has Done" Patty Smyth, James Ingram, & Carole Bayer Sager
The Lion King"Circle of Life"
The Swan Princess"Far Longer than Forever"
With Honors"I'll Remember"
1995 (53rd)Pocahontas "Colors of the Wind"Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
Batman Forever"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
Don Juan DeMarco"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, & Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Sabrina"Moonlight" John Williams, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Toy Story"You've Got a Friend in Me"
1996 (54th)Evita "You Must Love Me" Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
The Mirror Has Two Faces"I Finally Found Someone" Marvin Hamlisch, Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange
One Fine Day"For the First Time" James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman & Allan Rich
That Thing You Do! "That Thing You Do" Adam Schlesinger
Up Close and Personal"Because You Loved Me" Diane Warren
1997 (55th)Titanic "My Heart Will Go On" James Horner & Will Jennings
Anastasia"Journey to the Past"Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
"Once Upon a December" Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
Hercules"Go the Distance" Matthew Wilder & David Zippel
Tomorrow Never Dies"Tomorrow Never Dies" Sheryl Crow & Mitchell Froom
1998 (56th)Quest for Camelot "The Prayer"David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis & Alberto Testa
City of Angels"Uninvited"
The Mighty"The Mighty"
Mulan"Reflection" Matthew Wilder & David Zippel
The Prince of Egypt"When You Believe"
Still Crazy"The Flame Still Burns"
1999 (57th)Tarzan "You'll Be in My Heart"
"Beautiful Stranger" Madonna & William Wainwright
Anna and the King"How Can I Not Love You"
Magnolia"Save Me"
Toy Story 2"When She Loved Me" Randy Newman

2000s

YearFilmSongNominees
2000 (58th)Wonder Boys "Things Have Changed"Bob Dylan
Dancer in the Dark"I've Seen It All" Björk, Lars von Trier & Sigurjón Sigurðsson
The Emperor's New Groove"My Funny Friend and Me"
Frequency"When You Come Back to Me Again"Garth Brooks & Jenny Yates
Miss Congeniality"One in a Million"
2001 (59th)Kate & Leopold "Until..."
Moulin Rouge!"Come What May"David Baerwald
Pearl Harbor"There You'll Be"Diane Warren
"May It Be"
Vanilla Sky"Vanilla Sky"
2002 (60th)Gangs of New York "The Hands That Built America"Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, Jr.
8 Mile"Lose Yourself"Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto
Die Another Day"Die Another Day"Madonna & Mirwais Ahmadzaï
"Here I Am"Bryan Adams, Hans Zimmer, & Gretchen Peters
The Wild Thornberrys Movie"Father and Daughter"
2003 (61st) "Into the West"
Big Fish"Man of the Hour"
Cold Mountain"You Will Be My Ain True Love"Alison Krauss & Sting
In America"Time Enough for Tears"Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer
Mona Lisa Smile"The Heart of Every Girl"Elton John & Bernie Taupin
2004 (62nd)Alfie "Old Habits Die Hard"
Hotel Rwanda"Million Voices"Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis & Andrea Guerra)
The Phantom of the Opera"Learn to Be Lonely" Andrew Lloyd Webber & Charles Hart)
The Polar Express"Believe" Alan Silvestri & Glen Ballard
Shrek 2"Accidentally in Love"
2005 (63rd)Brokeback Mountain "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin
Christmas in Love"Christmas in Love" Elio Cesari
"Wunderkind"
The Producers"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway"Mel Brooks
Transamerica"Travelin' Thru"
2006 (64th)Happy Feet "Song of the Heart"Prince
Bobby"Never Gonna Break My Faith"Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy & Andrea Ramada
Dreamgirls"Listen"Beyoncé, Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven
Home of the Brave"Try Not to Remember" Sheryl Crow
The Pursuit of Happyness"A Father's Way"Seal & Christopher Bruce
2007 (65th)Into the Wild "Guaranteed"
Enchanted"That's How You Know"Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
Grace Is Gone"Grace Is Gone"Clint Eastwood & Carole Bayer Sager
Love in the Time of Cholera"Despedida"
"Walk Hard"Marshall Crenshaw, Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan & Reilly
2008 (66th)The Wrestler "The Wrestler"
Bolt"I Thought I Lost You"Miley Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele
Cadillac Records"Once in a Lifetime"Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven & Beyoncé Knowles
Gran Torino"Gran Torino"Jamie Cullum, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, & Michael Stevens
WALL-E"Down to Earth"Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman
2009 (67th)Crazy Heart"The Weary Kind"
Avatar"I See You" Leona Lewis, James Horner & Thaddis Harrell
Brothers"Winter"U2
Everybody's Fine "(I Want To) Come Home"Paul McCartney
Nine"Cinema Italiano"

2010s

YearFilmSongNominees
2010 (68th)Burlesque"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
Burlesque"Bound to You"Christina Aguilera, Sia & Samuel Dixon
"There's a Place for Us"Carrie Underwood, David Hodges and Hillary Lindsey
Country Strong"Coming Home"Tom Douglas, Troy Verges & Lindsey
Tangled"I See the Light"
2011 (69th)W.E."Masterpiece"
Albert Nobbs"Lay Your Head Down"Sinéad O'Connor
Gnomeo and Juliet"Hello, Hello"
The Help"The Living Proof"
Machine Gun Preacher"The Keeper"Chris Cornell
2012 (70th)Skyfall"Skyfall"
Act of Valor"For You"Keith Urban & Monty Powell
The Hunger Games"Safe & Sound"
Les Misérables"Suddenly"
Stand Up Guys"Not Running Anymore"
2013 (71st) "Ordinary Love" U2, Paul Hewson & Brian Burton
Frozen"Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
"Atlas"Coldplay
Inside Llewyn Davis"Please Mr. Kennedy"
One Chance"Sweeter than Fiction"Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff
2014 (72nd)Selma"Glory"
Annie"Opportunity" Greg Kurstin, Sia & Will Gluck
Big Eyes"Big Eyes"Lana Del Rey & Dan Heath
"Yellow Flicker Beat" Lorde & Joel Little
Noah"Mercy Is"
2015 (73rd)Spectre"Writing's on the Wall"
Fifty Shades of Grey"Love Me like You Do"
Furious 7"See You Again"Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Justin Franks and Andrew Cedar
Love & Mercy"One Kind of Love"
Youth"Simple Song #3"Sumi Jo and David Lang
2016 (74th)
[2]
La La Land "City of Stars"
Gold"Gold"
Moana"How Far I'll Go"
Sing"Faith"
Trolls"Can't Stop the Feeling!"
2017 (75th)
[3]
The Greatest Showman "This Is Me"
Coco"Remember Me"
Ferdinand"Home" Nick Jonas, Nick Monson & Justin Tranter
Mudbound"Mighty River"
The Star"The Star"
2018 (76th)
[4]
A Star Is Born "Shallow"
Black Panther"All the Stars"
Boy Erased"Revelation"Troye Sivan, Jónsi & Brett McLaughlin
Dumplin'"Girl in the Movies"
A Private War"Requiem for a Private War"
2019 (77th)
[5]
Rocketman "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Elton John, Taron Egerton & Bernie Taupin
Cats"Beautiful Ghosts"Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Frozen II"Into the Unknown"
Harriet"Stand Up"Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell
The Lion King"Spirit"

2020s

YearFilmSongNominees
2020 (78th)The Life Ahead"Io sì (Seen)"
Judas and the Black Messiah"Fight for You"
One Night in Miami..."Speak Now"
The Trial of the Chicago 7"Hear My Voice"
The United States vs. Billie Holiday"Tigress & Tweed"
2021 (79th)No Time to Die"No Time to Die"
Belfast"Down to Joy"
Encanto"Dos Oruguitas"
King Richard"Be Alive"Beyoncé & Darius Scott
Respect"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)"Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Hartman & Carole King
2022 (80th)RRR"Naatu Naatu" M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose
"Lift Me Up"
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"Ciao Papa"
"Hold My Hand"
Where the Crawdads Sing"Carolina"Taylor Swift
2023 (81st)
Barbie"What Was I Made For?" Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell
Barbie"Dance the Night"
"I'm Just Ken"Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
Rustin"Road to Freedom"
She Came to Me"Addicted to Romance"Bruce Springsteen
The Super Mario Bros. Movie"Peaches"

Multiple wins

4 wins:

3 wins:

2 wins:

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/best-original-song-motion-picture Winners & Nominees Best Original Song – Motion Picture at the Golden Globe Awards website
  2. https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/01/golden-globe-awards-2017-winners 74th Golden Globe Winners|Complex
  3. https://www.avclub.com/here-are-the-winners-from-the-75th-annual-golden-globes-1821861586 Here are the winners from the 75th annual Golden Globes|AV Club
  4. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-golden-globes-winners-list-20190106-story.html Complete list of winners at 76th Golden Globe Awards - Chicago Tribune
  5. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/golden-globes-awards-show-2020-01-05-nominees-winners-highlights-performances-today-live-updates/ Golden Globes 2020: Complete list of winners, highlights, nominees, snubs, performeances - CBS News