Best Song 2023

The Gay Divorcee
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire
Herb Magidson & Con Conrad

Gold Diggers of 1935
Winifred Shaw
Al Dubin & Harry Warren

Swing Time
Fred Astaire
Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern

Waikiki Wedding
Bing Crosby
Harry Owens

The Big Broadcast of 1938
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
Leo Robin & Ralph Ranger

The Wizard of Oz
Judy Garland
E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen

Pinocchio
Cliff Edwards
Ned Washington & Leigh Harline

Lady Be Good
Ann Sothern
Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern

Holiday Inn
Bing Crosby
Irving Berlin

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Alice Faye
Mack Gordon & Harry Warren

Going My Way
Bing Crosby
Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen

State Fair
In the film the song was mimed by Jeanne Crain, who played Margy Frake, but was dubbed by Louanne Hogan
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers

The Harvey Girls
Judy Garland
Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren

Song of the South
James Baskett
Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel

Paleface
Bob Hope
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

Neptune's Daughter
Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban
Frank Loesser

Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Charlie Spivak with Tommy Lynn (Nat King Cole was later)
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

Here Comes the Groom
Jane Wyman and Bing Crosby
Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael

High Noon
Tex Ritter
Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin

Calamity Jane
Doris Day
Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain

Three Coins in a Fountain
Frank SInatra
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne

Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Chorus
Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Doris Day
Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

The Joker is Wild
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen

Gigi
Louis Jordan
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

A Hole in the Head
Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen

Never on Sunday
Melina Mercouri
Manos Hadjidakis

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn
Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini

Days of Wine and Roses
Chorus
Music by Henry Mancini.. Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini

Papa's Delicate Condition
Jackie Gleason
Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen

Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman

The Sandpiper Chorus
Music by Johnny Mandel
Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel

Born Free
Matt Munro
Don Black & John Barry

Doctor Doolittle
Rex Harrison
Leslie Bricusse

The Thomas Crown Affair
Noel Harrison Music by Michel Legrande
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Michel LeGrand

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
B.J. Thomas and Burt Bacharach
Hal David & Burt Bacharach

Lovers and Other Strangers
Larry Meredith
Arthur James, Robb Wilson & Fred Karlin

Shaft
Isaac hayes
Isaac Hayes

The Poseidon Adventure
The song is performed in the film by the character of Nonnie, played by Carol Lynley, but is actually sung by a vocal double, Renee Armand
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn

The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlish

The Towering Inferno
Maureen McGovern
Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn

Nashville
Keith Carridine
Keith Carradine

A Star Is Born
Barbra Streisand
Paul Williams & Barbra Streisand

You Light Up My Life
Performed by Didi Conn (dubbed by Kacey Cisyk)
Joseph Brooks

Thank God It's Friday
Donna Summer
Paul Jabara

Norma Rae
Jennifer Warnes
Normal Gimbel

Fame
Irene Cara (uncredited)
Michael Gore (music); Dean Pitchford (lyrics)

Arthur
Christopher Cross
Carol Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen & Burt Bacharach

An Officer and A Gentleman
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings & Buffy Sainte Marie

Flashdance
Irene Cara
Keith Forsey, Irene Cara & Giorgio Moroder

The Woman in Red
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

White Nights
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie

Top Gun
Berlin
Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock

Dirty Dancing
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte

Working Girl
Carly Simon
Carly Simon

The Little Mermaid
Samuel E. Wright
Alan Menken & Howard Ashman

Dick Tracy
Madonna
Stephen Sondheim

Beauty and the Beast
Angela Lansbury, Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson Alan Menken & Howard Ashman

Aladdin
Performed by Lea Salonga and Brad Kane
Alan Menken & Tim Rice

Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

The Lion King
Elton John
Elton John & Tim Rice

Pocahontas
Vanessa WIlliams
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz

Evita
Madonna
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

Titanic
Celine Dion
James Horner & Will Jennings

The Prince of Egypt
The Roy Hamilton Orchestra
Stephen Schwartz

Tarzan
Vocals by Phil Collins and Glenn Close
Phil Collins

Wonder Boys
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

Monsters, Inc.,
Performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman Randy Newman

8 Mile
Eminem
Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Annie Lennox
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox

The Motorcycle Diaries
Performed by Jorge Drexler & Leo Sidran
Jorge Drexler

Hustle & Flow
Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as their respective characters DJay and Shug.
Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman & Paul Beauregard

An Inconvenient Truth
Melissa Ethridge
Melissa Etheridge

Once
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

Slumdog Millionaire
The song features vocals from Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi
m: A.R.Rahman, l: Gulzar

Toy Story 3
Randy Newman
Randy Newman

The Muppets
Performed by the film's main characters, Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (Peter Linz), the song also features Bill Barretta and Jim Parsons portraying the contrasting identities of Gary and Walter, respectively
Bret McKenzie

Skyfall
Adele
Adel Adkins & Paul Epworth

Frozen
Idina Menzel
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

Selma
Performed by Common & John Legend.
John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Spectre
Sam Smith
Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

La La Land
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Coco
The song is performed variously within the film by Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, and Ana Ofelia Murguía
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Shallow"
from "A Star Is Born" — Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

Rocketman
Elton John (music), Bernie Taupin (lyrics)

Judas and the Black Messiah
D'Mile & H.E.R. (music) & H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (lyrics)

No Time To Die
Billie Eilish, Fonneas O'Connor

Naatu Naatu
RRR
Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose