From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song
Award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association
Award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song |
| awarded_for | Superior achievement in motion picture songs |
| sponsor | Broadcast Film Critics Association |
| date | Annually |
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
The award notably recognizes not only songwriters but also performers as recipients, while only the first are recognized by most award ceremonies; from 2025 onward, performers were no longer recipients.
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Song title | Film | Recipients | 1998 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1999 | ||||
| 5th | |||||
| "When You Believe" | *The Prince of Egypt* | Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Sally Dworsky & Michelle Pfeiffer | |||
| "Music of My Heart" | *Music of the Heart* | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Gloria Estefan & NSYNC |
2000s
| Year | Song title | Film | Recipients | 2000 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 7th | 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 8th | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 2004 | ||||||||||||
| 10th | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| 11th | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 12th | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| 13th | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 14th | 2009 | ||||||||||||
| 15th | |||||||||||||
| "My Funny Friend and Me" | *The Emperor's New Groove* | Written by David Hartley & Sting; Performed by Sting | |||||||||||
| "May It Be" (TIE) | *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* | Written by Enya, Nicky & Roma Ryan; Performed by Enya | |||||||||||
| "Vanilla Sky" (TIE) | *Vanilla Sky* | Written and Performed by Paul McCartney | |||||||||||
| "There You'll Be" | Pearl Harbor | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Faith Hill | |||||||||||
| "Until" | Kate & Leopold | Written and Performed by Sting | |||||||||||
| "Lose Yourself" | *8 Mile* | Written by Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto; Performed by Eminem | |||||||||||
| "Father and Daughter" | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Written and Performed by Paul Simon | |||||||||||
| "Hero" | Spider-Man | Written and Performed by Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott | |||||||||||
| "A Mighty Wind" | *A Mighty Wind* | 'Written by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean; Performed by the cast of A Mighty Wind''''' | |||||||||||
| "The Heart of Every Girl" | Mona Lisa Smile | Written and Performed by Elton John | |||||||||||
| "Man of the Hour" | Big Fish | Written by Eddie Vedder; Performed by Pearl Jam | |||||||||||
| "School of Rock" | School of Rock | Written by Sammy James & Mike White; Performed by the cast of School of Rock | |||||||||||
| "Time Enough for Tears" | In America | Written by Bono, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer; Performed by Andrea Corr | |||||||||||
| "Old Habits Die Hard" | *Alfie* | Written by Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart; Performed by Jagger | |||||||||||
| "Accidentally in Love" | Shrek 2 | Written and Performed by Counting Crows | |||||||||||
| "Believe" | The Polar Express | Written by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri; Performed by Josh Groban | |||||||||||
| "Hustle & Flow" | *Hustle & Flow* | Written and Performed by Terrence Howard | |||||||||||
| "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" | Brokeback Mountain | Written by Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Emmylou Harris | |||||||||||
| "Same in Any Language" | Elizabethtown | Written by Nancy Wilson & Cameron Crowe; Performed by My Morning Jacket & I Nine | |||||||||||
| "Seasons of Love" | Rent | Written by Jonathan Larson; Performed by the cast of Rent | |||||||||||
| "Travelin' Thru" | Transamerica | Written and Performed by Dolly Parton | |||||||||||
| "Listen" | *Dreamgirls* | Written by Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger & Anne Preven; Performed by Beyoncé | |||||||||||
| "I Need to Wake Up" | An Inconvenient Truth | Written and Performed by Melissa Etheridge | |||||||||||
| "My Little Girl" | Flicka | Written by Tom Douglas & Tim McGraw; Performed by McGraw | |||||||||||
| "The Neighbor" | Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing | Written and Performed by Dixie Chicks | |||||||||||
| "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Bobby | Written by Bryan Adams; Performed by Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin & Boys Choir of Harlem | |||||||||||
| "Ordinary Miracle" | Charlotte's Web | Written and Performed by Sarah McLachlan | |||||||||||
| "Falling Slowly" | *Once* | Written and Performed by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | |||||||||||
| "Come So Far (So Far to Go)" | Hairspray | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley & Queen Latifah | |||||||||||
| "Do You Feel Me" | American Gangster | Written and Performed by Anthony Hamilton | |||||||||||
| "Guaranteed" | Into the Wild | Written and Performed by Eddie Vedder | |||||||||||
| "That's How You Know" | Enchanted | Written by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Amy Adams | |||||||||||
| "The Wrestler" | *The Wrestler* | Written and Performed by Bruce Springsteen | |||||||||||
| "Another Way to Die" | Quantum of Solace | Written by Jack White; Performed by Alicia Keys & White | |||||||||||
| "Down to Earth" | WALL-E | Written by Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman; Performed by Gabriel | |||||||||||
| "I Thought I Lost You" | Bolt | Written by Miley Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele; Performed by Cyrus & John Travolta | |||||||||||
| "Jai Ho" | Slumdog Millionaire | Written by Gulzar & A. R. Rahman; Performed by Vijay Prakash, Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Tanvi Shah | |||||||||||
| "The Weary Kind" | *Crazy Heart* | Written by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett; Performed by Birgham | |||||||||||
| "All Is Love" | Where the Wild Things Are | Written by Karen O & Nick Zinner; Performed by O | |||||||||||
| "Almost There" | The Princess and the Frog | Written by Randy Newman; Performed by Anika Noni Rose | |||||||||||
| "Cinema Italiano" | Nine | Written by Maury Yeston; Performed by Kate Hudson | |||||||||||
| "(I Want to) Come Home" | Everybody's Fine | Written and Performed by Paul McCartney |
2010s
| Year | Song title | Film | Recipients | 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| 17th | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 18th | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| 19th | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 20th | 2015 | ||||||||||||
| 21st | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| 22nd | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| 23rd | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 24th | 2019 | ||||||||||||
| 25th | |||||||||||||
| "If I Rise" | *127 Hours* | Written by Rollo Armstrong, Dido & A. R. Rahman; Performed by Dido & Rahman | |||||||||||
| "I See the Light" | Tangled | Written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; Performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi | |||||||||||
| "Shine" | Waiting for "Superman" | Written and Performed by John Legend | |||||||||||
| "We Belong Together" | Toy Story 3 | Written and Performed by Randy Newman | |||||||||||
| "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Burlesque | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Cher | |||||||||||
| "Life's a Happy Song" | *The Muppets* | Written by Bret McKenzie; Performed by Amy Adams, Jason Segel & Walter | |||||||||||
| "Hello Hello" | Gnomeo & Juliet | Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Lady Gaga & John | |||||||||||
| "The Living Proof" | The Help | Written by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Thomas Newman & Damon Thomas; Performed by Blige | |||||||||||
| "Man or Muppet" | The Muppets | Written by Bret McKenzie; Performed by Jason Segel & Walter | |||||||||||
| "Pictures in My Head" | Written by Aris Archontis, Jeannie Lurie & Chen Neeman; Performed by Kermit the Frog & The Muppets | ||||||||||||
| "Skyfall" | *Skyfall* | Written by Adele & Paul Epworth; Performed by Adele | |||||||||||
| "For You" | Act of Valor | Written by Keith Urban & Monty Powell; Performed by Urban | |||||||||||
| "Learn Me Right" | Brave | Written by Mumford & Sons; Performed by Birdy & Mumford & Sons | |||||||||||
| "Still Alive" | Paul Williams Still Alive | Written and Performed by Paul Williams | |||||||||||
| "Suddenly" | Les Misérables | Written by Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer & Claude-Michel Schönberg; Performed by Hugh Jackman | |||||||||||
| "Let It Go" | *Frozen* | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Idina Menzel | |||||||||||
| "Atlas" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Written and Performed by Coldplay | |||||||||||
| "Happy" | Despicable Me 2 | Written and Performed by Pharrell Williams | |||||||||||
| "Ordinary Love" | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Written and Performed by U2 | |||||||||||
| "Please Mr. Kennedy" | Inside Llewyn Davis | Written by T Bone Burnett, Coen Brothers, George Cromarty, Ed Rush & Justin Timberlake; Performed by Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac & Timberlake | |||||||||||
| "Young and Beautiful" | The Great Gatsby | Written and Performed by Lana Del Rey | |||||||||||
| "Glory" | *Selma* | Written and Performed by Common & John Legend | |||||||||||
| "Big Eyes" | Big Eyes | Written and Performed by Lana Del Rey | |||||||||||
| "Everything Is Awesome" | The Lego Movie | Written by The Lonely Island, Jo Li & Shawn Patterson; Performed by The Lonely Island & Tegan and Sara | |||||||||||
| "Lost Stars" | Begin Again | Written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley & Nick Southwood; Performed by Keira Knightley & Adam Levine | |||||||||||
| "Yellow Flicker Beat" | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Written by Lorde & Joel Little; Performed by Lorde | |||||||||||
| "See You Again" | *Furious 7* | Written by Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Andrew Cedar & DJ Frank E; Performed by Khalifa & Puth | |||||||||||
| "Love Me like You Do" | Fifty Shades of Grey | Written by Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin & Ali Payami; Performed by Ellie Goulding | |||||||||||
| "One Kind of Love" | Love & Mercy | Written by Brian Wilson & Scott Bennett; Performed by Wilson | |||||||||||
| "Simple Song #3" | Youth | Written by David Lang; Performed by Sumi Jo | |||||||||||
| "Til It Happens to You" | The Hunting Ground | Written by Lady Gaga & Diane Warren; Performed by Gaga | |||||||||||
| "Writing's on the Wall" | Spectre | Written by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes; Performed by Smith | |||||||||||
| "City of Stars" | *La La Land* | Written by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone | |||||||||||
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Trolls | Written by Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake; Performed by the cast of Trolls | |||||||||||
| "Audition" | La La Land | Written by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Emma Stone | |||||||||||
| "Drive It Like You Stole It" | Sing Street | Written by Gary Clark; Performed by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo | |||||||||||
| "How Far I'll Go" | Moana | Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Performed by Auliʻi Cravalho | |||||||||||
| "The Rules Don't Apply" | Rules Don't Apply | Written by Eddie Arkin & Lorraine Feather; Performed by Lily Collins | |||||||||||
| "Remember Me" | *Coco* | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Benjamin Bratt | |||||||||||
| "Evermore" | Beauty and the Beast | Written by Alan Menken & Tim Rice; Performed by Dan Stevens | |||||||||||
| "Mystery of Love" | Call Me by Your Name | Written and Performed by Sufjan Stevens | |||||||||||
| "Stand Up for Something" | Marshall | Written by Common & Diane Warren; Performed by Common & Andra Day | |||||||||||
| "This Is Me" | The Greatest Showman | Written by Pasek & Paul; Performed by Keala Settle | |||||||||||
| "Shallow" | *A Star Is Born* | Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Bradley Cooper & Gaga | |||||||||||
| "All the Stars" | Black Panther | Written by Top Dawg, Kendrick Lamar, Al Shux, Sounwave & SZA; Performed by Lamar & SZA | |||||||||||
| "Girl in the Movies" | Dumplin' | Written by Dolly Parton & Linda Perry; Performed by Parton | |||||||||||
| "I'll Fight" | RBG | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Jennifer Hudson | |||||||||||
| "The Place Where Lost Things Go" | Mary Poppins Returns | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Emily Blunt | |||||||||||
| "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Emily Blunt, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Tarik Frimpong, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Nathaniel Selah | ||||||||||||
| "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" (TIE) | *Wild Rose* | Written by Mary Steenburgen; Performed by Jessie Buckley | |||||||||||
| "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (TIE) | *Rocketman* | Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Taron Egerton & John | |||||||||||
| "I'm Standing With You" | Breakthrough | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Chrissy Metz | |||||||||||
| "Into the Unknown" | Frozen 2 | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Idina Menzel | |||||||||||
| "Speechless" | Aladdin | Written by Alan Menken & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Naomi Scott | |||||||||||
| "Spirit" | The Lion King | Written by Beyoncé, Ilya & Labrinth; Performed by Beyoncé | |||||||||||
| "Stand Up" | Harriet | Written by Cynthia Erivo & Joshuah Brian Campbell; Performed by Erivo |
2020s
| Year | Song title | Film | Recipients | 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th | ||||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||
| 27th | ||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||
| 28th | ||||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||
| 29th | ||||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||||
| 30th | ||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||
| 31st | ||||||||||
| "Speak Now" | *One Night in Miami...* | Written by Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr.; Performed by Odom Jr. | ||||||||
| "Everybody Cries" | The Outpost | Written by Larry Groupé, Rod Lurie & Rita Wilson; Performed by Wilson | ||||||||
| "Fight for You" | Judas and the Black Messiah | Written by D'Mile, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas; Performed by H.E.R. | ||||||||
| "Húsavík" | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Written by Fat Gus Max, Rickard Göransson & Savan Kotecha; Performed by Will Ferrell & My Marianne | ||||||||
| "lo sì" | The Life Ahead | Written by Niccolò Agliardi, Laura Pausini & Diane Warren; Performed by Pausini | ||||||||
| "Tigress & Tweed" | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Written by Raphael Saadiq & Andra Day; Performed by Day | ||||||||
| "No Time to Die" | *No Time to Die* | Written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell; Performed by Eilish | ||||||||
| "Be Alive" | King Richard | Written by Beyoncé & DIXSON; Performed by Beyoncé | ||||||||
| "Dos Oruguitas" | Encanto | Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Performed by Sebastián Yatra | ||||||||
| "Guns Go Bang" | The Harder They Fall | Written by Jeymes Samuel, Kid Cudi & Jay-Z; Performed by Cudi & Jay-Z. | ||||||||
| "Just Look Up" | Don't Look Up | Written by Ariana Grande, Taura Stinson, Kid Cudi & Nicholas Britell; Performed by Grande & Cudi | ||||||||
| "Naatu Naatu" | *RRR* | Written by M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose; Performed by Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava | ||||||||
| "Carolina" | Where the Crawdads Sing | Written and Performed by Taylor Swift | ||||||||
| "Ciao Papa" | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Written by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz & Guillermo del Toro; Performed by Gregory Mann | ||||||||
| "Hold My Hand" | Top Gun: Maverick | Written by Lady Gaga & BloodPop; Performed by Gaga | ||||||||
| "Lift Me Up" | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Written by Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler & Tems; Performed by Rihanna | ||||||||
| "New Body Rhumba" | White Noise | Written by Pat Mahoney, James Murphy & Nancy Whang; Performed by LCD Soundsystem | ||||||||
| "I'm Just Ken" | *Barbie* | Written by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Ryan Gosling | ||||||||
| "Dance the Night" | Barbie | Written by Caroline Ailen, Dua Lipa Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Lipa | ||||||||
| "Peaches" | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond & John Spiker; Performed by Black | ||||||||
| "Road to Freedom" | Rustin | Written & Performed by Lenny Kravitz | ||||||||
| "This Wish" | Wish | Written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice; Performed by Ariana DeBose | ||||||||
| "What Was I Made For?" | Barbie | Written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell; Performed by Eilish | ||||||||
| "El Mal" | *Emilia Pérez* | Written by Clément Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard; Performed by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón & Camille | ||||||||
| "Beautiful That Way" | The Last Showgirl | Written by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus & Lykke Li; Performed by Cyrus | ||||||||
| "Compress/ Repress" | Challengers | Written by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino; Performed by Reznor & Ross | ||||||||
| "Harper and Will Go West" | Will & Harper | Written by Sean Douglas, Josh Greenbaum & Kristen Wiig; Performed by Wiig | ||||||||
| "Kiss the Sky" | The Wild Robot | Written by Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi; Performed by Morris | ||||||||
| "Mi Camino" | Emilia Pérez | Written by Clément Ducol & Camille; Performed by Selena Gomez | ||||||||
| "Golden" | *KPop Demon Hunters* | Written by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, and Teddy | ||||||||
| "Clothed by the Sun" | The Testament of Ann Lee | Written by Daniel Blumberg | ||||||||
| "Drive" | F1 | Written by Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Blake Slatkin | ||||||||
| "The Girl in the Bubble" | Wicked: For Good | Written by Stephen Schwartz | ||||||||
| "I Lied to You" | Sinners | Written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson | ||||||||
| "Train Dreams" | Train Dreams | Written by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner |
References
References
- (December 5, 2025). "Nominations Announced for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards Hosted by Chelsea Handler". Critics Choice Association.
- Tapley, Kristopher. (December 1, 2016). "'La La Land,' 'Arrival,' 'Moonlight' Lead Critics' Choice Movie Nominations". [[Variety (magazine).
- Kilday, Gregg. (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- Nordyke, Kimberley. (December 10, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Favourite' Leads With 14 Nominations". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- Hammond, Pete. (December 8, 2019). "'The Irishman', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Critics' Choice Nominations; Netflix Dominates With 61 Noms In Movies And TV". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- Davis, Clayton. (February 8, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Mank' Leads With 12 Nominations, Netflix Makes History With Four Best Picture Nominees". [[Variety (magazine).
- Ramos, Dino-Ray. (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- (March 13, 2022). "Critics Choice Awards 2022: 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'Succession' Win Big (Full Winners List)". [[Variety (magazine).
- (January 15, 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". [[Variety (magazine).
- Shanfeld, Ethan. (January 14, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards with 8 wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List". [[Variety (magazine).
- Evans, Greg. (December 12, 2024). "‘Conclave’ And ‘Wicked’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations – Full List". [[Deadline Hollywood.
- Lewis, Hilary. (December 5, 2025). "Critics Choice Awards Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads With 17 Nods". [[Hollywood Reporter]].
Info: Wikipedia Source
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up free
Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report