Academy Award for Best Song

Academy Award for Best Song

1930s

• 1934 - "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcée
• 1935 "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935
• 1936 "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time
• 1937 "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding
• 1938 - "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938
• 1939 "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz

1940s

• 1940 - "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio
• 1941 "The Last Time That I Saw Paris" from Lady Be Good
• 1942 "White Christmas" from Holiday Inn
• 1943 "You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello
• 1944 "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way
• 1945 "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
• 1946 "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls
• 1947 "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South
• 1948 "Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface
• 1949 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's Daughter

1950s

• 1950 "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U. S. A.
• 1951 "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom
• 1952 "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" from High Noon
• 1953 "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane
• 1954 "Three Coins in the Fountain " from Three Coins in the Fountain
• 1955 "Love is a Many Splendored Thing " from Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• 1956 "Whatever Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much
• 1957 "All the Way" from The Joker is Wild
• 1958 "Gigi" from Gigi
• 1959 "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head

1960s

• 1960 "Never on Sunday" from Pote tin Kyriaki
• 1961 "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• 1962 "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses
• 1963 "Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition
• 1964 "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins
• 1965 "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper
• 1966 "Born Free" from Born Free
• 1967 "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Doolittle
• 1968 "Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair
• 1969 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970s

• 1970 "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers
• 1971 "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft
• 1972 "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure
• 1973 "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
• 1974 "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno
• 1975 "I'm Easy" from Nashville
• 1976 "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born
• 1977 "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life
• 1978 "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday
• 1979 "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae

1980s

• 1980 "Fame" from Fame
• 1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from Arthur
• 1982 "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
• 1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from Flashdance
• 1984 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
• 1985 "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights
• 1986 "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
• 1987 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing
• 1988 "Let the River Run" from Working Girl
• 1989 "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid

1990s

• 1990 "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy
• 1991 "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
• 1992 "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
• 1993 "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia
• 1994 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King
• 1995 "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
• 1996 "You Must Love Me" from Evita
• 1997 "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
• 1998 "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt
• 1999 "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan

2000s

• 2000 "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys
• 2001 "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. (first Oscar for Newman after 16 nominations)
• 2002 "Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile (unusually, wasn't performed at the telecast)
• 2003 "Into the West" from The Return of the King
• 2004 Jorge Drexler (music and lyrics) - "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries