The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song is a Golden Globe Award that was awarded for the first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually from 1965 to 2023 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The award is presented to the songwriters of a song written specifically for a motion picture. The performers of the song are not credited, unless they also have a writing or co-writing credit.
Winners and nominees 1960s Year Film Song Nominees 1961 (19th) Town Without Pity "Town Without Pity" Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington 1964 (22nd) Circus World "Circus World" Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington Dear Heart "Dear Heart" Henry Mancini, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans From Russia with Love "From Russia with Love" John Barry & Lionel Bart Sunday in New York "Sunday in New York" Peter Nero & Carroll Coates Where Love Has Gone "Where Love Has Gone" Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn 1965 (23rd) The Yellow Rolls-Royce "Forget Domani" Riz Ortolani & Norman Newell Cat Ballou "Ballad of Cat Ballou" Jerry Livingston & Mack David The Great Race "The Sweetheart Tree" Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer The Sandpiper "The Shadow of Your Smile" Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster That Funny Feeling "That Funny Feeling" Bobby Darin 1966 (24th) A Man Could Get Killed "Strangers in the Night" Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder Alfie "Alfie" Burt Bacharach & Hal David Born Free "Born Free" John Barry & Don Black Georgy Girl "Georgy Girl" Tom Springfield & Jim Dale A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) "A Man and a Woman" Francis Lai & Pierre Barouh 1967 (25th) Camelot "If Ever I Would Leave You" Richard Harris, Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner Doctor Dolittle "Talk to the Animals" Leslie Bricusse Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre) "Circles in the Water (Des ronds dans l'eau)" Francis Lai & Norman Gimbel Ski Fever "Please Don't Gamble with Love" Jerry Styner & Guy Hemric Thoroughly Modern Millie "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn 1968 (26th) The Thomas Crown Affair "The Windmills of Your Mind" Noel Harrison, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" Riz Ortolani & Melvin Frank Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Funny Girl "Funny Girl" Jule Styne & Bob Merrill Star! "Star" Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn 1969 (27th) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie "Jean" Rod McKuen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Burt Bacharach & Hal David Cactus Flower "The Time for Love Is Anytime" Quincy Jones & Cynthia Weil Goodbye, Columbus "Goodbye, Columbus" Jim Yester The Happy Ending "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman The Secret of Santa Vittoria "Stay" Ernest Goldner & Norman Gimbel True Grit "True Grit" Elmer Bernstein & Don Black
1970s Year Film Song Nominees 1970 (28th) Darling Lili "Whistling Away the Dark" Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer Little Fauss and Big Halsy "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey" Carl Perkins Madron "Till Love Touches Your Life" Riz Ortolani & Arthur Hamilton Pieces of Dreams "Pieces of Dreams" Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Scrooge "Thank You Very Much" Leslie Bricusse 1971 (29th) Kotch "Life Is What You Make It" Marvin Hamlisch & Johnny Mercer The African Elephant "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Honky "Something More" Quincy Jones & Bradford Craig The Raging Moon "Long Ago Tomorrow" Burt Bacharach & Hal DavidShaft "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes 1972 (30th) Ben "Ben" Walter Scharf & Don Black Butterflies Are Free "Carry Me" Bob Alcivar & Randy McNeill Cabaret "Mein Herr" John Kander & Fred Ebb Cabaret "Money, Money" Kander & Ebb Deliverance "Dueling Banjos" Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Molly and Lawless John "Take Me Home" Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman The Poseidon Adventure "The Morning After" Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn 1973 (31st)The Way We Were "The Way We Were" Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Breezy "Breezy's Song" Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Jonathan Livingston Seagull "Lonely Looking Sky" Neil Diamond Kazablan "Rosa Rosa" Dov Seltzer & Haim Hefer Oklahoma Crude "Send a Little Love My Way" Henry Mancini & Hal David A Touch of Class "All That Love Went to Waste" George Barrie & Sammy Cahn 1974 (32nd) Benji "I Feel Love" Euel Box & Betty Box Claudine "On and On" Curtis Mayfield The Dove "Sail the Summer Winds" John Barry & Don Blackstone The Little Prince "I Never Met a Rose" Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner The Towering Inferno "We May Never Love Like This Again" Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn 1975 (33rd) Nashville "I'm Easy" Keith Carradine Funny Lady "How Lucky Can You Get" John Kander & Fred Ebb Paper Tiger "My Little Friend" Roy Budd & Sammy Cahn Whiffs "Now That We're in Love" George Barrie & Cahn The Other Side of the Mountain "Richard's Window" Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel 1976 (34th) A Star Is Born "Evergreen" Barbra Streisand & Paul WilliamsBugsy Malone "Bugsy Malone" Williams Car Wash "Car Wash" Norman Whitfield Freaky Friday "I'd Like to Be You for a Day" Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn From Noon Till Three "Hello and Goodbye" Elmer Bernstein, Alan and Marilyn Bergman Pipe Dreams "So Sad the Song" Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin 1977 (35th) You Light Up My Life "You Light Up My Life" Joseph Brooks The Deep "Down Deep Inside" John Barry & Donna Summer New York, New York "New York, New York" Kander and Ebb Saturday Night Fever "How Deep Is Your Love" The Bee Gees The Spy Who Loved Me "Nobody Does It Better" Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager 1978 (36th) Thank God It's Friday "Last Dance" Paul Jabara Foul Play "Ready to Take a Chance Again" Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel Grease "Grease" Barry Gibb Grease "You're the One That I Want" John Farrar Same Time, Next Year "The Last Time I Felt Like This" Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman 1979 (37th) The Rose "The Rose" Amanda McBroom Ice Castles "Through the Eyes of Love" Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager The Main Event "The Main Event" Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts The Muppet Movie "Rainbow Connection" Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher Starting Over "Better Than Ever" Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager
1980s Year Film Song Nominees 1980 (38th) Fame "Fame" Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford American Gigolo "Call Me" Giorgio Moroder & Debbie Harry Falling in Love Again "Yesterday's Dreams" Michel Legrand & Carol Connors The Jazz Singer "Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond 9 to 5 "9 to 5" Dolly Parton 1981 (39th) Arthur "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager Butterfly "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" Henry Mancini & Carol Connors Endless Love "Endless Love" Lionel Richie For Your Eyes Only "For Your Eyes Only" Bill Conti & Mick Leeson Ragtime "One More Hour" Randy Newman 1982 (40th) An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong" Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie & Will Jennings Cat People "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" David Bowie & Giorgio Moroder Making Love "Making Love" Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager Rocky III "Eye of the Tiger" Jim Peterik & Frankie Sullivan Yes, Giorgio "If We Were in Love" John Williams, Alan and Marilyn Bergman 1983 (41st) Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey Flashdance "Maniac" Michael Sembello Staying Alive "Far from Over" Frank Stallone & Vince DiCola Tender Mercies "Over You" Austin Roberts & Bobby Hart Yentl "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman 1984 (42nd) The Woman in Red "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder Against All Odds "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins Footloose "Footloose" Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford Ghostbusters "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. Give My Regards to Broad Street "No More Lonely Nights" Paul McCartney Purple Rain "When Doves Cry" Prince 1985 (43rd) White Nights "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie Back to the Future "The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News The Last Dragon "Rhythm of the Night" Diane Warren Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome "We Don't Need Another Hero" Terry Britten & Graham Lyle A View to a Kill "A View to a Kill" Duran Duran 1986 (44th) Top Gun "Take My Breath Away" Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock An American Tail "Somewhere Out There" James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil The Karate Kid Part II "Glory of Love" David Foster, Peter Cetera & Diane Nini Running Scared "Sweet Freedom" Rod Temperton That's Life! "Life in a Looking Glass" Henry Mancini & Leslie Bricusse Tough Guys "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager 1987 (45th) Dirty Dancing "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz & Franke Previte Beverly Hills Cop II "Shakedown" Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey & Bob Seger Mannequin "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Diane Warren & Albert Hammond The Secret of My Succe$s "The Secret of My Success" David Foster, Michael Landau, Jack Blades & Tom Keane Who's That Girl "Who's That Girl" Madonna & Patrick Leonard 1988 (46th) Working Girl "Let the River Run" Carly Simon Buster "Two Hearts" Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier Bull Durham "A Woman Loves a Man" Charlie Kaufman & Dan Hartman Cocktail "Kokomo" The Beach Boys Oliver & Company "Why Should I Worry?" Charlie Kaufman & Dan Hartman Twins "Twins" Mark Isham 1989 (47th) The Little Mermaid "Under the Sea" Alan Menken & Howard Ashman Chances Are "After All" Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford The Little Mermaid "Kiss the Girl" Alan Menken & Howard Ashman Parenthood "I Love to See You Smile" Randy Newman Shirley Valentine "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
1990s