Best Song Oscar – Clips of Every Winner
Here’s a binge list that I think many of you will love. I went, year by year, and found clips of every Oscar-winning Best Song, from 1934 to the present. It’s one hell of a list, full of great songs an loads of terrific performances. Wherever I could, I tried to find clips from the actual films. Only a few eluded me, so I had to stray outside that format. I enjoyed putting it together for you. In honor of this year’s nominees, let’s take a trip down memory lane.
1934 “The Continental” from The Gay Divorcee
1935 “Lullaby of Broadway” from Gold Diggers from 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
1940 “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Pinocchio
1941 “The Last Time 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
1950 “Mona Lisa” from Captain Carey, USA
1951 “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” from Here Comes the Groom
1952 “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, Will Be” 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
1960 “Never on a Sunday” from Never on a Sunday
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 Dolittle
1968 “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair
1969 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970 “For All We Know” from Lovers and Other Strangers
1971 “The 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” 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
1980 “Fame” from Fame
1981 “Arthur’s Theme” 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 “The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing
1988 “Let the River Run” from Working Girl
1989 “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid
1990 “Sooner or Later” from Dick Tracy
1991 “Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast
1992 “A Whole New World” from Aladdin
1993 “The 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
2000 “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys
2001 “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc.
2003 “Into the West” from The Return of the King
2004 “Al otro lado del río” from The Motorcycle Diaries
2005 “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow
2006 “I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth
2007 “Falling Slowly” from Once
2008 “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
2009 “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
2010 “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3
2011 “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
2012 “Skyfall” from Skyfall
2014 “Glory” from Selma
2015 “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre
2016 “City of Stars” from La La Land