# Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song

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.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Song Title | Film | Recipients |
| 1998 4th |
| 1998 4th | "When You Believe" | The Prince of Egypt | Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Sally Dworsky & Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 1999 5th |
| 1999 5th | "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 |
| 2000 6th | "My Funny Friend and Me" | The Emperor's New Groove | Written by David Hartley & Sting; Performed by Sting |
| 2001 7th |
| 2001 7th | "May It Be" (TIE) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Written by Enya, Nicky & Roma Ryan; Performed by Enya |
| 2001 7th | "Vanilla Sky" (TIE) | Vanilla Sky | Written and Performed by Paul McCartney |
| 2001 7th | "There You'll Be" | Pearl Harbor | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Faith Hill |
| 2001 7th | "Until" | Kate & Leopold | Written and Performed by Sting |
| 2002 8th |
| 2002 8th | "Lose Yourself" | 8 Mile | Written by Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto; Performed by Eminem |
| 2002 8th | "Father and Daughter" | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Written and Performed by Paul Simon |
| 2002 8th | "Hero" | Spider-Man | Written and Performed by Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott |
| 2003 9th |
| 2003 9th | "A Mighty Wind" | A Mighty Wind | Written by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean; Performed by the cast of A Mighty Wind |
| 2003 9th | "The Heart of Every Girl" | Mona Lisa Smile | Written and Performed by Elton John |
| 2003 9th | "Man of the Hour" | Big Fish | Written by Eddie Vedder; Performed by Pearl Jam |
| 2003 9th | "School of Rock" | School of Rock | Written by Sammy James & Mike White; Performed by the cast of School of Rock |
| 2003 9th | "Time Enough for Tears" | In America | Written by Bono, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer; Performed by Andrea Corr |
| 2004 10th |
| 2004 10th | "Old Habits Die Hard" | Alfie | Written by Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart; Performed by Jagger |
| 2004 10th | "Accidentally in Love" | Shrek 2 | Written and Performed by Counting Crows |
| 2004 10th | "Believe" | The Polar Express | Written by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri; Performed by Josh Groban |
| 2005 11th |
| 2005 11th | "Hustle & Flow" | Hustle & Flow | Written and Performed by Terrence Howard |
| 2005 11th | "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" | Brokeback Mountain | Written by Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Emmylou Harris |
| 2005 11th | "Same in Any Language" | Elizabethtown | Written by Nancy Wilson & Cameron Crowe; Performed by My Morning Jacket & I Nine |
| 2005 11th | "Seasons of Love" | Rent | Written by Jonathan Larson; Performed by the cast of Rent |
| 2005 11th | "Travelin' Thru" | Transamerica | Written and Performed by Dolly Parton |
| 2006 12th |
| 2006 12th | "Listen" | Dreamgirls | Written by Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger & Anne Preven; Performed by Beyoncé |
| 2006 12th | "I Need to Wake Up" | An Inconvenient Truth | Written and Performed by Melissa Etheridge |
| 2006 12th | "My Little Girl" | Flicka | Written by Tom Douglas & Tim McGraw; Performed by McGraw |
| 2006 12th | "The Neighbor" | Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing | Written and Performed by Dixie Chicks |
| 2006 12th | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Bobby | Written by Bryan Adams; Performed by Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin & Boys Choir of Harlem |
| 2006 12th | "Ordinary Miracle" | Charlotte's Web | Written and Performed by Sarah McLachlan |
| 2007 13th |
| 2007 13th | "Falling Slowly" | Once | Written and Performed by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová |
| 2007 13th | "Come So Far (So Far to Go)" | Hairspray | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley & Queen Latifah |
| 2007 13th | "Do You Feel Me" | American Gangster | Written and Performed by Anthony Hamilton |
| 2007 13th | "Guaranteed" | Into the Wild | Written and Performed by Eddie Vedder |
| 2007 13th | "That's How You Know" | Enchanted | Written by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Amy Adams |
| 2008 14th |
| 2008 14th | "The Wrestler" | The Wrestler | Written and Performed by Bruce Springsteen |
| 2008 14th | "Another Way to Die" | Quantum of Solace | Written by Jack White; Performed by Alicia Keys & White |
| 2008 14th | "Down to Earth" | WALL-E | Written by Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman; Performed by Gabriel |
| 2008 14th | "I Thought I Lost You" | Bolt | Written by Miley Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele; Performed by Cyrus & John Travolta |
| 2008 14th | "Jai Ho" | Slumdog Millionaire | Written by Gulzar & A. R. Rahman; Performed by Vijay Prakash, Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Tanvi Shah |
| 2009 15th |
| 2009 15th | "The Weary Kind" | Crazy Heart | Written by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett; Performed by Birgham |
| 2009 15th | "All Is Love" | Where the Wild Things Are | Written by Karen O & Nick Zinner; Performed by O |
| 2009 15th | "Almost There" | The Princess and the Frog | Written by Randy Newman; Performed by Anika Noni Rose |
| 2009 15th | "Cinema Italiano" | Nine | Written by Maury Yeston; Performed by Kate Hudson |
| 2009 15th | "(I Want to) Come Home" | Everybody's Fine | Written and Performed by Paul McCartney |

### 2010s

| Year | Song Title | Film | Recipients |
| 2010 16th |
| 2010 16th | "If I Rise" | 127 Hours | Written by Rollo Armstrong, Dido & A. R. Rahman; Performed by Dido & Rahman |
| 2010 16th | "I See the Light" | Tangled | Written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; Performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi |
| 2010 16th | "Shine" | Waiting for "Superman" | Written and Performed by John Legend |
| 2010 16th | "We Belong Together" | Toy Story 3 | Written and Performed by Randy Newman |
| 2010 16th | "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Burlesque | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Cher |
| 2011 17th |
| 2011 17th | "Life's a Happy Song" | The Muppets | Written by Bret McKenzie; Performed by Amy Adams, Jason Segel & Walter |
| 2011 17th | "Hello Hello" | Gnomeo & Juliet | Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Lady Gaga & John |
| 2011 17th | "The Living Proof" | The Help | Written by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Thomas Newman & Damon Thomas; Performed by Blige |
| 2011 17th | "Man or Muppet" | The Muppets | Written by Bret McKenzie; Performed by Jason Segel & Walter |
| 2011 17th | "Pictures in My Head" | The Muppets | Written by Aris Archontis, Jeannie Lurie & Chen Neeman; Performed by Kermit the Frog & The Muppets |
| 2012 18th |
| 2012 18th | "Skyfall" | Skyfall | Written by Adele & Paul Epworth; Performed by Adele |
| 2012 18th | "For You" | Act of Valor | Written by Keith Urban & Monty Powell; Performed by Urban |
| 2012 18th | "Learn Me Right" | Brave | Written by Mumford & Sons; Performed by Birdy & Mumford & Sons |
| 2012 18th | "Still Alive" | Paul Williams Still Alive | Written and Performed by Paul Williams |
| 2012 18th | "Suddenly" | Les Misérables | Written by Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer & Claude-Michel Schönberg; Performed by Hugh Jackman |
| 2013 19th |
| 2013 19th | "Let It Go" | Frozen | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Idina Menzel |
| 2013 19th | "Atlas" | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Written and Performed by Coldplay |
| 2013 19th | "Happy" | Despicable Me 2 | Written and Performed by Pharrell Williams |
| 2013 19th | "Ordinary Love" | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Written and Performed by U2 |
| 2013 19th | "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 |
| 2013 19th | "Young and Beautiful" | The Great Gatsby | Written and Performed by Lana Del Rey |
| 2014 20th |
| 2014 20th | "Glory" | Selma | Written and Performed by Common & John Legend |
| 2014 20th | "Big Eyes" | Big Eyes | Written and Performed by Lana Del Rey |
| 2014 20th | "Everything Is Awesome" | The Lego Movie | Written by The Lonely Island, Jo Li & Shawn Patterson; Performed by The Lonely Island & Tegan and Sara |
| 2014 20th | "Lost Stars" | Begin Again | Written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley & Nick Southwood; Performed by Keira Knightley & Adam Levine |
| 2014 20th | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Written by Lorde & Joel Little; Performed by Lorde |
| 2015 21st |
| 2015 21st | "See You Again" | Furious 7 | Written by Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Andrew Cedar & DJ Frank E; Performed by Khalifa & Puth |
| 2015 21st | "Love Me like You Do" | Fifty Shades of Grey | Written by Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin & Ali Payami; Performed by Ellie Goulding |
| 2015 21st | "One Kind of Love" | Love & Mercy | Written by Brian Wilson & Scott Bennett; Performed by Wilson |
| 2015 21st | "Simple Song #3" | Youth | Written by David Lang; Performed by Sumi Jo |
| 2015 21st | "Til It Happens to You" | The Hunting Ground | Written by Lady Gaga & Diane Warren; Performed by Gaga |
| 2015 21st | "Writing's on the Wall" | Spectre | Written by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes; Performed by Smith |
| 2016 22nd |
| 2016 22nd | "City of Stars" | La La Land | Written by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone |
| 2016 22nd | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Trolls | Written by Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake; Performed by the cast of Trolls |
| 2016 22nd | "Audition" | La La Land | Written by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Emma Stone |
| 2016 22nd | "Drive It Like You Stole It" | Sing Street | Written by Gary Clark; Performed by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo |
| 2016 22nd | "How Far I'll Go" | Moana | Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Performed by Auliʻi Cravalho |
| 2016 22nd | "The Rules Don't Apply" | Rules Don't Apply | Written by Eddie Arkin & Lorraine Feather; Performed by Lily Collins |
| 2017 23rd |
| 2017 23rd | "Remember Me" | Coco | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Benjamin Bratt |
| 2017 23rd | "Evermore" | Beauty and the Beast | Written by Alan Menken & Tim Rice; Performed by Dan Stevens |
| 2017 23rd | "Mystery of Love" | Call Me by Your Name | Written and Performed by Sufjan Stevens |
| 2017 23rd | "Stand Up for Something" | Marshall | Written by Common & Diane Warren; Performed by Common & Andra Day |
| 2017 23rd | "This Is Me" | The Greatest Showman | Written by Pasek & Paul; Performed by Keala Settle |
| 2018 24th |
| 2018 24th | "Shallow" | A Star Is Born | Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Bradley Cooper & Gaga |
| 2018 24th | "All the Stars" | Black Panther | Written by Top Dawg, Kendrick Lamar, Al Shux, Sounwave & SZA; Performed by Lamar & SZA |
| 2018 24th | "Girl in the Movies" | Dumplin' | Written by Dolly Parton & Linda Perry; Performed by Parton |
| 2018 24th | "I'll Fight" | RBG | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Jennifer Hudson |
| 2018 24th | "The Place Where Lost Things Go" | Mary Poppins Returns | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Emily Blunt |
| 2018 24th | "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" | Mary Poppins Returns | Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman; Performed by Emily Blunt, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Tarik Frimpong, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Nathaniel Selah |
| 2019 25th |
| 2019 25th | "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" (TIE) | Wild Rose | Written by Mary Steenburgen; Performed by Jessie Buckley |
| 2019 25th | "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (TIE) | Rocketman | Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin; Performed by Taron Egerton & John |
| 2019 25th | "I'm Standing With You" | Breakthrough | Written by Diane Warren; Performed by Chrissy Metz |
| 2019 25th | "Into the Unknown" | Frozen II | Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez; Performed by Idina Menzel |
| 2019 25th | "Speechless" | Aladdin | Written by Alan Menken & Pasek & Paul; Performed by Naomi Scott |
| 2019 25th | "Spirit" | The Lion King | Written by Beyoncé, Ilya & Labrinth; Performed by Beyoncé |
| 2019 25th | "Stand Up" | Harriet | Written by Cynthia Erivo & Joshuah Brian Campbell; Performed by Erivo |

### 2020s

| Year | Song Title | Film | Recipients |
| 2020 26th |
| 2020 26th | "Speak Now" | One Night in Miami... | Written by Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr.; Performed by Odom Jr. |
| 2020 26th | "Everybody Cries" | The Outpost | Written by Larry Groupé, Rod Lurie & Rita Wilson; Performed by Wilson |
| 2020 26th | "Fight for You" | Judas and the Black Messiah | Written by D'Mile, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas; Performed by H.E.R. |
| 2020 26th | "Húsavík" | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Written by Fat Gus Max, Rickard Göransson & Savan Kotecha; Performed by Will Ferrell & My Marianne |
| 2020 26th | "lo sì" | The Life Ahead | Written by Niccolò Agliardi, Laura Pausini & Diane Warren; Performed by Pausini |
| 2020 26th | "Tigress & Tweed" | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Written by Raphael Saadiq & Andra Day; Performed by Day |
| 2021 27th |
| 2021 27th | "No Time to Die" | No Time to Die | Written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell; Performed by Eilish |
| 2021 27th | "Be Alive" | King Richard | Written by Beyoncé & DIXSON; Performed by Beyoncé |
| 2021 27th | "Dos Oruguitas" | Encanto | Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Performed by Sebastián Yatra |
| 2021 27th | "Guns Go Bang" | The Harder They Fall | Written by Jeymes Samuel, Kid Cudi & Jay-Z; Performed by Cudi & Jay-Z. |
| 2021 27th | "Just Look Up" | Don't Look Up | Written by Ariana Grande, Taura Stinson, Kid Cudi & Nicholas Britell; Performed by Grande & Cudi |
| 2022 28th |
| 2022 28th | "Naatu Naatu" | RRR | Written by M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose; Performed by Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava |
| 2022 28th | "Carolina" | Where the Crawdads Sing | Written and Performed by Taylor Swift |
| 2022 28th | "Ciao Papa" | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Written by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz & Guillermo del Toro; Performed by Gregory Mann |
| 2022 28th | "Hold My Hand" | Top Gun: Maverick | Written by Lady Gaga & BloodPop; Performed by Gaga |
| 2022 28th | "Lift Me Up" | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Written by Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler & Tems; Performed by Rihanna |
| 2022 28th | "New Body Rhumba" | White Noise | Written by Pat Mahoney, James Murphy & Nancy Whang; Performed by LCD Soundsystem |
| 2023 29th |
| 2023 29th | "I'm Just Ken" | Barbie | Written by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Ryan Gosling |
| 2023 29th | "Dance the Night" | Barbie | Written by Caroline Ailen, Dua Lipa Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt; Performed by Lipa |
| 2023 29th | "Peaches" | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond & John Spiker; Performed by Black |
| 2023 29th | "Road to Freedom" | Rustin | Written & Performed by Lenny Kravitz |
| 2023 29th | "This Wish" | Wish | Written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice; Performed by Ariana DeBose |
| 2023 29th | "What Was I Made For?" | Barbie | Written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell; Performed by Eilis |
| 2024 30th |
| 2024 30th | "El Mal" | Emilia Pérez | Written by Clément Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard; Performed by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón & Camille |
| 2024 30th | "Beautiful That Way" | The Last Showgirl | Written by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus & Lykke Li; Performed by Cyrus |
| 2024 30th | "Compress/ Repress" | Challengers | Written by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino; Performed by Reznor & Ross |
| 2024 30th | "Harper and Will Go West" | Will & Harper | Written by Sean Douglas, Josh Greenbaum & Kristen Wiig; Performed by Wiig |
| 2024 30th | "Kiss the Sky" | The Wild Robot | Written by Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi; Performed by Morris |
| 2024 30th | "Mi Camino" | Emilia Pérez | Written by Clément Ducol & Camille; Performed by Selena Gomez |