# The 18 Best Oscar-Winning Original Songs of All Time

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published August 6, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-18-best-oscar-winning-original-songs-of-all-time*

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1. **Lose Yourself**
   Eminem's 2002 anthem from 8 Mile, the first hip-hop song to win Best Original Song.
2. **Over the Rainbow**
   Judy Garland's 1939 ballad from The Wizard of Oz, often named the greatest film song ever written.
3. **Moon River**
   Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's 1961 waltz sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
4. **White Christmas**
   Irving Berlin's 1942 Holiday Inn song that became the best-selling single of all time.
5. **My Heart Will Go On**
   Celine Dion's 1997 Titanic ballad and one of the best-selling singles in history.
6. **Shallow**
   The Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper duet from the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born.
7. **Let It Go**
   Idina Menzel's power ballad from Frozen, the 2013 winner that took over playgrounds worldwide.
8. **The Time of My Life**
   The Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes duet that closes Dirty Dancing, winner in 1987.
9. **A Whole New World**
   The magic-carpet duet from Disney's Aladdin, winner in 1992.
10. **Skyfall**
   Adele's 2012 theme, the first James Bond song ever to win the Oscar.
11. **Streets of Philadelphia**
   Bruce Springsteen's stark 1993 song for Philadelphia, written for a film about the AIDS crisis.
12. **Falling Slowly**
   The Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova duet from the low-budget Irish musical Once, winner in 2007.
13. **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**
   The 2022 dance number from RRR, the first Indian film song to win the award.
15. **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**
   Irene Cara's 1983 anthem, the song that defined the decade's dance-movie boom.
17. **Glory**
   The Common and John Legend song from Selma, winner in 2014.
18. **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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