Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song

The Critics' Choice Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

List of winners and nominees

"†" indicates an Academy Award-winning song. "‡" indicates an Academy Award-nominated song.

• 1998: "When You Believe" – The Prince of Egypt †
• 1999: "Music of My Heart" – Music of the Heart ‡

2000s

• 2000: "My Funny Friend and Me" (written by Sting) – The Emperor’s New Groove ‡
• 2001: "May It Be" (written by Enya) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (TIE) ‡
  "Vanilla Sky" (written by Paul McCartney) – Vanilla Sky (TIE) ‡
  • "There You’ll Be" (written by Diane Warren) – Pearl Harbor ‡
  • "Until" (written by Sting) – Kate & Leopold ‡
• 2002: "Lose Yourself" (written by Eminem) – 8 Mile †
  • "Father and Daughter" (written by Paul Simon) – The Wild Thornberrys Movie ‡
  • "Hero" (written by Nickelback) – Spider-Man
• 2003: "A Mighty Wind" (written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Eugene Levy) – A Mighty Wind
  • "The Heart of Every Girl" (written by Elton John) – Mona Lisa Smile
  • "Man of the Hour" (written by Eddie Vedder; performed by Pearl Jam) – Big Fish
  • "School of Rock" (written by Sammy James and Mike White; performed by Jack Black) – School of Rock
  • "Time Enough for Tears" (written by Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer; performed by Andrea Corr) – In America
• 2004: "Old Habits Die Hard" (performed by Mick Jagger; written by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart) – Alfie
  • "Accidentally in Love" (performed by Counting Crows) – Shrek 2 ‡
  • "Believe" (performed by Josh Groban) – The Polar Express ‡
• 2005: "Hustle & Flow" (performed by Terrence Howard) – Hustle & Flow
  • "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" (performed by Emmylou Harris) – Brokeback Mountain
  • "Same in Any Language" (performed by I Nine) – Elizabethtown
  • "Seasons of Love" (performed by Tracie Thoms, Jesse Martin, and Company) – Rent
  • "Travelin' Thru" (performed by Dolly Parton) – Transamerica ‡
• 2006: "Listen" (performed by Beyoncé) – Dreamgirls ‡
  • "I Need to Wake Up" (performed by Melissa Etheridge) – An Inconvenient Truth †
  • "My Little Girl" (performed by Tim McGraw) – Flicka
  • "The Neighbor" (performed by Dixie Chicks) – Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
  • "Never Gonna Break My Faith" (performed by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige) – Bobby
  • "Ordinary Miracle" (performed by Sarah McLachlan) – Charlotte’s Web
• 2007: "Falling Slowly" (performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) – Once †
  • "Come So Far (So Far to Go)" (performed by Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, and Elijah Kelley) – Hairspray
  • "Do You Feel Me" (performed by Anthony Hamilton) – American Gangster
  • "Guaranteed" (performed by Eddie Vedder) – Into the Wild
  • "That’s How You Know" (performed by Amy Adams) – Enchanted ‡
• 2008: "The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen) – The Wrestler
  • "Another Way to Die" (performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White) – Quantum of Solace
  • "Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel) – WALL-E ‡
  • "I Thought I Lost You" (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta) – Bolt
  • "Jai Ho" (performed by Sukhwinder Singh) – Slumdog Millionaire †
• 2009: "The Weary Kind" (performed by Ryan Bingham) – Crazy Heart †
  • "All Is Love" – Where the Wild Things Are
  • "Almost There" – The Princess and the Frog ‡
  • "Cinema Italiano" (performed by Kate Hudson) – Nine
  • "(I Want to) Come Home" (performed by Paul McCartney) – Everybody’s Fine

2010s

• 2010: "If I Rise" (performed by Dido and A. R. Rahman) – 127 Hours ‡
  • "I See the Light" (performed by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi) – Tangled ‡
  • "Shine" (performed by John Legend) – Waiting for “Superman”
  • "We Belong Together" (performed by Randy Newman) – Toy Story 3 †
  • "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (performed by Cher) – Burlesque
• 2011: "Life’s a Happy Song" (performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Walter) – The Muppets
  • "Hello Hello" (performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga) – Gnomeo & Juliet
  • "The Living Proof" (performed by Mary J. Blige) – The Help
  • "Man or Muppet" (performed by Jason Segel and Walter ~ Peter Linz) – The Muppets †
  • "Pictures in My Head" (performed by Kermit the Frog and The Muppets) – The Muppets
• 2012: "Skyfall" (performed by Adele; written by Adele and Paul Epworth) – Skyfall †
  • "For You" (performed by Keith Urban; written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban) – Act of Valor
  • "Learn Me Right" (performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons; written by Mumford & Sons) – Brave
  • "Still Alive" (performed by Paul Williams; written by Paul Williams) – Paul Williams Still Alive
  • "Suddenly" (performed by Hugh Jackman; written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer) – Les Misérables ‡
• 2013: "Let It Go" (performed by Idina Menzel; written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez) – Frozen †
  • "Atlas" (performed and written by Coldplay) – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  • "Happy" (performed and written by Pharrell Williams) – Despicable Me 2 ‡
  • "Ordinary Love" (performed and written by U2) – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom ‡
  • "Please Mr. Kennedy" (performed by Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, and Justin Timberlake; written by Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen) – Inside Llewyn Davis
  • "Young and Beautiful" (performed and written by Lana Del Rey) – The Great Gatsby
• 2014: "Glory" (performed and written by Common and John Legend) – Selma †
  • "Big Eyes" (performed and written by Lana Del Rey) – Big Eyes
  • "Everything Is Awesome" (performed by Tegan and Sara, featuring The Lonely Island; written by Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, and The Lonely Island) – The Lego Movie ‡
  • "Lost Stars" (performed by Keira Knightley; written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, and Nick Southwood) – Begin Again ‡
  • "Yellow Flicker Beat" (performed by Lorde; written by Lorde and Joel Little) – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
• 2015: "See You Again" (performed by Wiz Khalifa, featuring Charlie Puth; written by Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz, and Andrew Cedar) – Furious 7
  • "Love Me Like You Do" (performed by Ellie Goulding; written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ali Payami, and Tove Nilsson) – Fifty Shades of Grey
  • "One Kind of Love" (performed by Brian Wilson; written by Brian Wilson and Scott Bennett) – Love & Mercy
  • "Simple Song #3" (performed by Sumi Jo; written by David Lang) – Youth ‡
  • "Til It Happens to You" (performed by Lady Gaga; written by Lady Gaga and Diane Warren) – The Hunting Ground ‡
  • "Writing’s on the Wall" (performed by Sam Smith; written by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes) – Spectre †
• 2016:^[1]
  • “Audition” (performed by Emma Stone; written by Justin Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul) – La La Land
  • “Can't Stop the Feeling!” (performed by Justin Timberlake; written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Justin Timberlake) – Trolls
  • “City of Stars” (performed by Ryan Gosling; written by Justin Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul) – La La Land
  • “Drive It Like You Stole It” (performed by Sing Street; written by John Carney, Gary Clark, Carl Papenfus, and Ken Papenfus) – Sing Street
  • “How Far I’ll Go” (performed by Auli'i Cravalho; written by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda) — Moana
  • “The Rules Don’t Apply” (performed by Lily Collins; written by Eddie Arkin and Lorraine Feather) – Rules Don’t Apply

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