Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

1961: "Town Without Pity" by Gene Pitney (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington) – Town Without Pity

1964: "Circus World" (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington) – Circus World

• "Dear Heart" (Henry Mancini, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) – Dear Heart
• "From Russia with Love" (John Barry & Lionel Bart) – From Russia with Love
• "Sunday in New York" (Peter Nero & Carroll Coates) – Sunday in New York
• "Where Love Has Gone" (Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn) – Where Love Has Gone

1965: "Forget Domani" (Riz Ortolani & Norman Newell) – The Yellow Rolls-Royce

• "Ballad of Cat Ballou" (Jerry Livingston & Mack David) – Cat Ballou
• "The Sweetheart Tree" (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer) – The Great Race
• "The Shadow of Your Smile" by Vic Damone (Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster) – The Sandpiper
• "That Funny Feeling" by Bobby Darin (Walden Cassotto) – That Funny Feeling

1966: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder) – A Man Could Get Killed

• "Alfie" by Dionne Warwick (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) – Alfie
• "Born Free" by Matt Monro (John Barry & Don Black) – Born Free
• "Georgy Girl" by The Seekers (Tom Springfield & Jim Dale) – Georgy Girl
• "A Man and a Woman" (Francis Lai & Pierre Barouh) – A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)

1967: "If Ever I Would Leave You" by Richard Harris (Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner) – Camelot

• "Talk to the Animals" by Rex Harrison (Leslie Bricusse) – Doctor Dolittle
• "Circles in the Water (Des ronds dans l'eau)" (Francis Lai & Norman Gimbel) – Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre)
• "Please Don't Gamble with Love" (Jerry Styner & Guy Hemric) – Ski Fever
• "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn) – Thoroughly Modern Millie

1968: "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Noel Harrison – (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Thomas Crown Affair

• "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" (Riz Ortolani & Melvin Frank) – Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
• "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman) – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• "Funny Girl" by Barbra Streisand (Jule Styne & Bob Merrill) – Funny Girl
• "Star" (Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn) – Star!

1969: "Jean" by Rod McKuen – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

• "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B.J. Thomas (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• "The Time for Love Is Anytime" (Quincy Jones & Cynthia Weil) – Cactus Flower
• "Goodbye, Columbus" by Jim Yester – Goodbye, Columbus
• "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Happy Ending
• "Stay" (Ernest Goldner & Norman Gimbel) – The Secret of Santa Vittoria
• "True Grit" by Glen Campbell (Elmer Bernstein & Don Black) – True Grit

1970: "Whistling Away the Dark" by Julie Andrews (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer) – Darling Lili

• "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey" by Johnny Cash (Carl Perkins) – Little Fauss and Big Halsy
• "Till Love Touches Your Life" by Shirley Bassey (Riz Ortolani & Arthur Hamilton) – Madron
• "Pieces of Dreams" by Johnny Mathis (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Pieces of Dreams
• "Thank You Very Much" by James Head (Leslie Bricusse) – Scrooge

1971: "Life Is What You Make It" by Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Marvin Hamlisch & Johnny Mercer) – Kotch

• "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" by Michael Dees (Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The African Elephant
• "Something More" by Carlton Dinnall (Quincy Jones & Bradford Craig) – Honky
• "Long Ago Tomorrow" by B. J. Thomas (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) – The Raging Moon
• "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes – Shaft

1972: "Ben" by Michael Jackson (Walter Scharf & Don Black) – Ben

• "Carry Me" by Edward Albert (Bob Alcivar & Randy McNeill) – Butterflies Are Free
• "Mein Herr" by Liza Minnelli (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – Cabaret
• "Money, Money" by Joel Grey and Minnelli (Kander & Ebb) – Cabaret
• "Dueling Banjos" by Eric Weissberg (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – Deliverance
• "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" by Andy Williams (Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
• "Take Me Home" by Renée Armand (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Molly and Lawless John
• "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) – The Poseidon Adventure

1973: "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – The Way We Were

• "Breezy's Song" by Shelby Flint (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Breezy
• "Lonely Looking Sky" by Neil Diamond – Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• "Rosa Rosa" by Yehoram Gaon & Aliza Azikri (Dov Seltzer & Haim Hefer) – Kazablan
• "Send a Little Love My Way" by Anne Murray (Henry Mancini & Hal David) – Oklahoma Crude
• "All That Love Went to Waste" by Shirley Bassey (George Barrie & Sammy Cahn) – A Touch of Class

1974: "I Feel Love" by Claude Rich (Euel Box & Betty Box) – Benji

• "On and On" by Gladys Knight & the Pips (Curtis Mayfield) – Claudine
• "Sail the Summer Winds" by Lyn Paul (John Barry & Don Blackstone – The Dove
• "I Never Met a Rose" by Richard Kiley (Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner) – The Little Prince
• "We May Never Love Like This Again" by Maureen McGovern (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) – The Towering Inferno

1975: "I'm Easy" by Keith Carradine – Nashville

• "How Lucky Can You Get" by Barbra Streisand (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – Funny Lady
• "My Little Friend" by Ray Conniff Singers (Roy Budd & Sammy Cahn) – Paper Tiger
• "Now That We're in Love" by Steve Lawrence (George Barrie & Cahn) – Whiffs
• "Richard's Window" by Olivia Newton-John (Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel) – The Other Side of the Mountain

1976: "Evergreen" by Barbra Streisand (Streisand & Paul Williams) – A Star Is Born

• "Bugsy Malone" by Williams – Bugsy Malone
• "Car Wash" by Rose Royce (Norman Whitfield) – Car Wash
• "I'd Like to Be You for a Day" by Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) – Freaky Friday
• "Hello and Goodbye" by Jill Ireland (Elmer Bernstein, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – From Noon Till Three
• "So Sad the Song" by Gladys Knight & the Pips (Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin) – Pipe Dreams

1977: "You Light Up My Life" by Kasey Cisyk (Joseph Brooks) – You Light Up My Life

• "Down Deep Inside" by Donna Summer (John Barry & Summer) – The Deep
• "New York, New York" by Liza Minnelli (Kander and Ebb) – New York, New York
• "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever
• "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon (Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager) – The Spy Who Loved Me

1978: "Last Dance" by Donna Summer (Paul Jabara) – Thank God It's Friday

• "Ready to Take a Chance Again" by Barry Manilow (Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel) – Foul Play
• "Grease" by Frankie Valli (Barry Gibb) – Grease
• "You're the One That I Want" by Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta (John Farrar) – Grease
• "The Last Time I Felt Like This" by Johnny Mathis & Jane Olivor (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Same Time, Next Year

1979: "The Rose" by Bette Midler (Amanda McBroom) – The Rose

• "Through the Eyes of Love" by Melissa Manchester (Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager) – Ice Castles
• "The Main Event" by Barbra Streisand (Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts) – The Main Event
• "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog (Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher) – The Muppet Movie
• "Better Than Ever" by Candice Bergen (Hamlisch & Bayer Sager) – Starting Over

1980: "Fame" by Irene Cara (Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford) – Fame

• "Call Me" by Blondie (Giorgio Moroder & Angela Trimble) – American Gigolo
• "Yesterday's Dreams" by Johnny Mathis (Michel Legrand & Carol Connors) – Falling in Love Again
• "Love on the Rocks" by Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer
• "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton – 9 to 5

1981: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross (Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager) – Arthur

• "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" by Pia Zadora (Henry Mancini & Carol Connors) – Butterfly
• "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross (Richie) – Endless Love
• "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton (Bill Conti & Michael J. Leeson) – For Your Eyes Only
• "One More Hour" by Jennifer Warnes (Randy Newman) – Ragtime

1982: "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie & Will Jennings) – An Officer and a Gentleman

• "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by David Bowie (Giorgio Moroder & Bowie) – Cat People
• "Making Love" by Roberta Flack (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager) – Making Love
• "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor (Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan) – Rocky III
• "If We Were in Love" by Luciano Pavarotti (John Williams, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Yes, Giorgio

1983: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara *Giorgio Moroder, Cara & Keith Forsey) – Flashdance

• "Maniac" by Michael Sembello – Flashdance
• "Far from Over" by Frank Stallone (Stallone & Vince DiCola) – Staying Alive
• "Over You" by Betty Buckley (Austin Roberts & Bobby Hart) – Tender Mercies
• "The Way He Makes Me Feel" by Barbra Streisand (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Yentl

1984: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder – The Woman in Red

• "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins – Against All Odds
• "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins (Loggins & Dean Pitchford) – Footloose
• "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
• "No More Lonely Nights" by Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street
• "When Doves Cry" by Prince – Purple Rain

1985: "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie – White Nights

• "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News – Back to the Future
• "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge (Diane Warren) – The Last Dragon
• "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner (Terry Britten & Graham Lyle) – Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran – A View to a Kill

1986: "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin (Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock) – Top Gun

• "Somewhere Out There" by James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt (James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil) – An American Tail
• "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera (David Foster, Cetera & Diane Nini) – The Karate Kid Part II
• "Sweet Freedom" by Michael McDonald (Rod Temperton) – Running Scared
• "Life in a Looking Glass" by Tony Bennett (Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse) – That's Life!
• "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" by Kenny Rogers (Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager) – Tough Guys

1987: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte) – Dirty Dancing

• "Shakedown" by Bob Seger (Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey & Seger) – Beverly Hills Cop II
• "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship (Diane Warren & Albert Hammond) – Mannequin
• "The Secret of My Success" by Night Ranger (David Foster, Michael Landau, Jack Blades & Tom Keane) – The Secret of My Succe$s
• "Who's That Girl" by Madonna (Madonna & Patrick Leonard) – Who's That Girl

1988 (TIE): "Let the River Run" by Carly Simon – Working Girl / "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins (Lamont Dozier & Collins) – Buster

• "When a Woman Loves a Man" by Gordon Jenkins – Bull Durham
• "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys – Cocktail
• "Why Should I Worry?" by Billy Joel (Charlie Kaufman & Dan Hartman) – Oliver & Company
• "Twins" by Little Richard and Philip Bailey (Mark Isham) – Twins

1989: "Under the Sea" by Samuel E. Wright (Alan Menken & Howard Ashman) – The Little Mermaid

• "After All" by Cher and Peter Cetera (Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford) – Chances Are
• "Kiss the Girl" by Samuel E. Wright (Menken & Ashman) – The Little Mermaid
• "I Love to See You Smile" by Randy Newman – Parenthood
• "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" by Patti Austin (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Shirley Valentine

1990: "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi – Young Guns II

• "Sooner or Later" by Madonna (Stephen Sondheim) – Dick Tracy
• "What Can You Lose?" by Madonna and Mandy Patinkin (Sondheim) – Dick Tracy
• "Promise Me You'll Remember" by Harry Connick, Jr. (Carmine Coppola & John Bettis) – The Godfather Part III
• "I'm Checkin' Out" by Meryl Streep and Blue Rodeo (Shel Silverstein) – Postcards from the Edge

1991: "Beauty and the Beast" by Peabo Bryson & Céline Dion (Alan Menken & Howard Ashman) – Beauty and the Beast

• "Dreams to Dream" by Linda Ronstadt (James Horner & Will Jennings) - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
• "Be Our Guest" by Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach (Menken & Ashman) – Beauty and the Beast
• "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams (Michael Kamen, Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton (Clapton & Jennings) – Rush

1992: "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle (Alan Menken & Tim Rice) – Aladdin

• "Friend Like Me" by Robin Williams (Menken & Rice) – Aladdin
• "Prince Ali" by Robin Williams (Menken & Rice) – Aladdin
• "This Used to Be My Playground" by Madonna (Madonna & Shep Pettibone) – A League of Their Own
• "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" by Antonio Banderas (Robert Kraft & Arne Glimcher) - The Mambo Kings

1993: "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen – Philadelphia

• "The Day I Fall in Love" by James Ingram & Dolly Parton (Ingram, Clif Magness & Carole Bayer Sager) - Beethoven's 2nd
• "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" by U2 – Faraway, So Close (In weiter Ferne, so nah!)
• "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" by Sinéad O'Connor (Bono, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer) – In the Name of the Father
• "Again" by Janet Jackson (Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) – Poetic Justice

1994: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John (John & Tim Rice) – The Lion King

• "The Color of the Night" by Lauren Christy (Christy, Jud J. Friedman & Dominic Frontiere) – Color of Night
• "Look What Love Has Done" by Patty Smyth (James Ingram, Carole Bayer Sager & Smyth) – Junior
• "Circle of Life" by Carmen Twillie and Lebo M (John & Rice) –The Lion King
• "Far Longer than Forever" by Regina Belle and Jeffrey Osborne (Lex de Azevedo & David Zippel) – The Swan Princess
• "I'll Remember" by Madonna (Madonna, Patrick Leonard & Richard Page) – With Honors

1995: "Colors of the Wind" by Vanessa Williams (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz) – Pocahontas

• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 – Batman Forever
• "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams (Michael Kamen, Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – Don Juan DeMarco
• "Moonlight" by Sting (John Williams, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – Sabrina
• "You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman – Toy Story

1996: "You Must Love Me" by Madonna (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice) – Evita

• "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams (Marvin Hamlisch, Streisand, Adams & Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – The Mirror Has Two Faces
• "For the First Time" by Kenny Loggins (James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman & Allan Rich) – One Fine Day
• "That Thing You Do" by The Wonders (Adam Schlesinger) – That Thing You Do!
• "Because You Loved Me" by Céline Dion (Diane Warren) – Up Close and Personal

1997: "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion (James Horner & Will Jennings) – Titanic

• "Journey to the Past" by Aaliyah (Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens) – Anastasia
• "Once Upon a December" by Deana Carter (Flaherty & Ahrens) – Anastasia
• "Go the Distance" by Roger Bart (Matthew Wilder & David Zippel) – Hercules
• "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Sheryl Crow (Crow & Mitchell Froom) – Tomorrow Never Dies

1998: "The Prayer" by Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli (David Foster & Carole Bayer Sager; Italian translation by Alberto Testa & Tony Renis) – Quest for Camelot

• "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette – City of Angels
• "The Mighty" by Sting – The Mighty
• "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera (Matthew Wilder & David Zippel) – Mulan
• "When You Believe" by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston (Stephen Schwartz & Kenneth Edmonds) – The Prince of Egypt
• "The Flame Still Burns" by Chris Difford, Marti Frederiksen and Mick Jones – Still Crazy

1999: "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins – Tarzan

• "Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna (Madonna & William Wainwright) – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• "How Can I Not Love You" by Joy Enriquez – Anna and the King
• "Save Me" by Aimee Mann – Magnolia
• "When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan (Randy Newman) – Toy Story 2

2000: "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan – Wonder Boys

• "I've Seen It All" by Björk (Björk, Lars von Trier & Sigurjón Sigurðsson) – Dancer in the Dark
• "My Funny Friend and Me" by Sting – The Emperor's New Groove
• "When You Come Back to Me Again" by Garth Brooks (Brooks & Jenny Yates) – Frequency
• "One in a Million" by Bosson – Miss Congeniality

2001: "Until..." by Sting – Kate & Leopold

• "Come What May" by Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor (David Baerwald) – Moulin Rouge!
• "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill (Diane Warren) – Pearl Harbor
• "May It Be" by Enya (Enya & Roma Ryan) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• "Vanilla Sky" by Paul McCartney – Vanilla Sky

2002: "The Hands That Built America" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, Jr.) – Gangs of New York

• "Lose Yourself" by Eminem (Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto) – 8 Mile
• "Die Another Day" by Madonna (Madonna & Mirwais Ahmadzaï) – Die Another Day
• "Here I Am" by Bryan Adams (Hans Zimmer, Adams & Gretchen Peters) – Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• "Father and Daughter" by Paul Simon – The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2003: "Into the West" by Annie Lennox (Howard Shore, Fran Walsh & Lennox) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• "Man of the Hour" by Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder) – Big Fish
• "You Will Be My Ain True Love" by Alison Krauss & Sting – Cold Mountain
• "Time Enough for Tears" by Andrea Corr (Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer) – In America
• "The Heart of Every Girl" by Elton John (John & Bernie Taupin) – Mona Lisa Smile

2004: "Old Habits Die Hard" by Mick Jagger (Jagger & David A. Stewart) – Alfie

• "Million Voices" by Wyclef Jean (Jean, Jerry Duplessis & Andrea Guerra) – Hotel Rwanda
• "Learn to Be Lonely" by Minnie Driver (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Charles Hart) – The Phantom of the Opera
• "Believe" by Josh Groban (Alan Silvestri & Glen Ballard) – The Polar Express
• "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows – Shrek 2

2005: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" by Emmylou Harris (Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin) – Brokeback Mountain

• "Christmas in Love" by Renee Olstead (Elio Cesari) – Christmas in Love
• "Wunderkind" by Alanis Morissette – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" by Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (Mel Brooks) – The Producers
• "Travelin' Thru" by Dolly Parton – Transamerica

2006: "Song of the Heart" by Prince – Happy Feet

• "Never Gonna Break My Faith" by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige (Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy & Andrea Ramada) – Bobby
• "Listen" by Beyoncé (Henry Krieger, Knowles, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven) – Dreamgirls
• "Try Not to Remember" by Sheryl Crow – Home of the Brave
• "A Father's Way" by Seal (Seal & Christopher Bruce) – The Pursuit of Happyness

2007: "Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild

• "That's How You Know" by Amy Adams (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz) – Enchanted
• "Grace Is Gone" by Jamie Cullum (Clint Eastwood & Carole Bayer Sager) – Grace Is Gone
• "Despedida" by Shakira (Antonio Pinto & Shakira) – Love in the Time of Cholera
• "Walk Hard" by John C. Reilly (Marshall Crenshaw, Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan & Reilly) – Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2008: "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

• "I Thought I Lost You" by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta (Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele) – Bolt
• "Once in a Lifetime" by Beyoncé (Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven & Beyoncé Knowles) – Cadillac Records
• "Gran Torino" by Jamie Cullum (Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens & Cullum) – Gran Torino
• "Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel (Thomas Newman & Gabriel) – WALL-E

2009: "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham (Bingham & T Bone Burnett) – Crazy Heart

• "I See You" by Leona Lewis (James Horner & Thaddis Harrell) – Avatar
• "Winter" by U2 – Brothers
• "(I Want To) Come Home" by Paul McCartney – Everybody's Fine
• "Cinema Italiano" by Kate Hudson (Maury Yeston) – Nine

2010: "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" by Cher (Diane Warren) – Burlesque

• "Bound to You" by Christina Aguilera (Aguilera, Sia & Samuel Dixon) – Burlesque
• "There's a Place for Us" by Carrie Underwood (David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey & Underwood) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• "Coming Home" by Leighton Meester (Tom Douglas, Troy Verges & Lindsey) – Country Strong
• "I See the Light" by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater) – Tangled

2011: "Masterpiece" by Madonna (Madonna, Julie Frost & Jimmy Harry) – W.E.

• "Lay Your Head Down" by Sinéad O'Connor (Glenn Close) – Albert Nobbs
• "Hello, Hello" by Elton John & Lady Gaga (John & Bernie Taupin) – Gnomeo and Juliet
• "The Living Proof" by Mary J. Blige (Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Blige & Damon Thomas) – The Help
• "The Keeper" by Chris Cornell – Machine Gun Preacher

2012: "Skyfall" by Adele (Adele & Paul Epworth) – Skyfall

• "For You" by Keith Urban (Urban & Monty Powell) – Act of Valor
• "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars (Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White & Justin Burnett) – The Hunger Games
• "Suddenly" by Hugh Jackman (Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer) – Les Misérables
• "Not Running Anymore" by Jon Bon Jovi – Stand Up Guys

2013: "Ordinary Love" by U2 (Paul Hewson, U2 & Brian Burton) – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

• "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez) – Frozen
• "Atlas" by Coldplay – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• "Please Mr. Kennedy" by Adam Driver, Justin Timberlake and Oscar Isaac (Ed Rush, George Cromarty, Justin Burnett, Timberlake, Joel & Ethan Coen) – Inside Llewyn Davis
• "Sweeter than Fiction" by Taylor Swift (Swift & Jack Antonoff) – One Chance

2014: "Glory" by Common featuring John Legend – Selma

• "Opportunity" by Quvenzhané Wallis (Greg Kurstin, Sia & Will Gluck) – Annie
• "Big Eyes" by Lana Del Rey (Del Rey & Dan Heath) – Big Eyes
• "Yellow Flicker Beat" by Lorde (Lorde & Joel Little) – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
• "Mercy Is" by Patti Smith (Smith & Lenny Kaye) – Noah

2015: "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith (Smith & Jimmy Napes) – Spectre

• "Love Me like You Do" by Ellie Goulding (Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Tove Lo & Ilya Salmanzadeh) – Fifty Shades of Grey
• "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Puth & Khalifa) – Furious 7
• "One Kind of Love" by Brian Wilson (Wilson & Scott Bennett) – Love & Mercy
• "Simple Song #3" by Sumi Jo (David Lang) – Youth

2016: "City of Stars" (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul) – La La Land[2]

• "Gold" by Iggy Pop (Daniel Pemberton, Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, James Osterberg Jr.) – Gold
• "How Far I'll Go" by Auliʻi Cravalho (Lin-Manuel Miranda) – Moana
• "Faith" by Stevie Wonder featuring Ariana Grande (Ryan Tedder, Wonder & Francis Farewell Starlite) – Sing
• "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake (Max Martin, Shellback & Timberlake) – Trolls

2017: "This Is Me" by Keala Settle (Benj Pasek & Justin Paul) – The Greatest Showman[3]

• "Remember Me" (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez) – Coco
• "Home" by Nick Jonas (Jonas, Nick Monson & Justin Tranter) – Ferdinand
• "Mighty River" by Mary J. Blige (Charles Wiggins, Blige & Taura Stinson) – Mudbound
• "The Star" by Mariah Carey (Marc Shaiman & Carey) – The Star

2018: "Shallow" by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt) – A Star Is Born[4]

• "All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar & SZA (Anthony Tiffith, Kendrick Duckworth, Alexander Shuckburgh, Mark Spears & Solána Rowe) – Black Panther
• "Revelation" by Troye Sivan & Jónsi – (Sivan, Jónsi & Brett McLaughlin) – Boy Erased
• "Girl in the Movies" by Dolly Parton (Parton & Linda Perry) – Dumplin'
• "Requiem for a Private War" by Annie Lennox – A Private War

2019: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" by Elton John and Taron Egerton (John & Bernie Taupin) – Rocketman[5]

• "Beautiful Ghosts" by Taylor Swift (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Swift) – Cats
• "Into the Unknown" by Idina Menzel & AURORA (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez) – Frozen II
• "Stand Up" by Cynthia Erivo (Joshuah Brian Campbell & Erivo) – Harriet
• "Spirit" by Beyoncé (Beyoncé, Ilya Salmanzadeh & Timothy McKenzie) – The Lion King

2020: "Io sì (Seen)" by Laura Pausini (Niccolò Agliardi, Pausini & Diane Warren) The Life Ahead

• "Fight for You" by H.E.R. (Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas) – Judas and the Black Messiah
• "Speak Now" by Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam Ashworth & Odom Jr.) – One Night in Miami...
• "Hear My Voice" by Celeste (Daniel Pemberton & Celeste) – The Trial of the Chicago 7
• "Tigress & Tweed" by Andra Day (Charles Wiggins & Cassandra Batie) – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021: "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish (Eilish & Finneas O'Connell) – No Time to Die

• "Down to Joy" by Van Morrison – Belfast
• "Dos Oruguitas" by Sebastián Yatra (Lin-Manuel Miranda) – Encanto
• "Be Alive" by Beyoncé (Beyoncé & Darius Scott) – King Richard
• "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" by Jennifer Hudson (Jamie Hartman, Hudson & Carole King) – Respect

2022: "Naatu Naatu" by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava (M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose) - RRR

• "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna (Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty, Ryan Coogler & Temilade Openiyi) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• "Ciao Papa" by Gregory Mann (Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz & Guillermo del Toro) - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
• "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga (Gaga & Michael Tucker) - Top Gun: Maverick
• "Carolina" by Taylor Swift - Where the Crawdads Sing