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The 18 Best Oscar-Winning Original Songs of All Time

by YPB Team

Ninety years of winners, and the only thing they share is a statuette. A show tune from 1939 sits next to a Detroit rap record and a Telugu dance number.

  1. Lose Yourself — ranked #11
    Lose Yourself
    Eminem's 2002 anthem from 8 Mile, the first hip-hop song to win Best Original Song.
  2. Over the Rainbow — ranked #22
    Over the Rainbow
    Judy Garland's 1939 ballad from The Wizard of Oz, often named the greatest film song ever written.
  3. Moon River — ranked #33
    Moon River
    Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's 1961 waltz sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
  4. White Christmas — ranked #44
    White Christmas
    Irving Berlin's 1942 Holiday Inn song that became the best-selling single of all time.
  5. My Heart Will Go On — ranked #55
    My Heart Will Go On
    Celine Dion's 1997 Titanic ballad and one of the best-selling singles in history.
  6. Shallow — ranked #66
    Shallow
    The Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper duet from the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born.
  7. Let It Go — ranked #77
    Let It Go
    Idina Menzel's power ballad from Frozen, the 2013 winner that took over playgrounds worldwide.
  8. The Time of My Life — ranked #88
    The Time of My Life
    The Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes duet that closes Dirty Dancing, winner in 1987.
  9. A Whole New World — ranked #99
    A Whole New World
    The magic-carpet duet from Disney's Aladdin, winner in 1992.
  10. Skyfall — ranked #1010
    Skyfall
    Adele's 2012 theme, the first James Bond song ever to win the Oscar.
  11. Streets of Philadelphia — ranked #1111
    Streets of Philadelphia
    Bruce Springsteen's stark 1993 song for Philadelphia, written for a film about the AIDS crisis.
  12. Falling Slowly — ranked #1212
    Falling Slowly
    The Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova duet from the low-budget Irish musical Once, winner in 2007.
  13. Theme from Shaft — ranked #1313
    Theme from Shaft
    Isaac Hayes's 1971 wah-wah theme, the first Oscar for Best Original Song won by a Black composer.
  14. Naatu Naatu — ranked #1414
    Naatu Naatu
    The 2022 dance number from RRR, the first Indian film song to win the award.
  15. Can You Feel the Love Tonight — ranked #1515
    Can You Feel the Love Tonight
    The Elton John and Tim Rice ballad from The Lion King, winner in 1994.
  16. Flashdance... What a Feeling — ranked #1616
    Flashdance... What a Feeling
    Irene Cara's 1983 anthem, the song that defined the decade's dance-movie boom.
  17. Glory — ranked #1717
    Glory
    The Common and John Legend song from Selma, winner in 2014.
  18. It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — ranked #1818
    It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
    Three 6 Mafia's 2005 winner from Hustle & Flow, the second hip-hop song to take the award.

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Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Moon River, and one rap record that won in March 2003, collected by somebody else because the winner did not attend: https://youpick.best/articles/eminem-ranked-many-ways

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