# Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year

The Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year (Chinese: 金曲獎年度歌曲獎) is presented by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to honor outstanding vocal recording tracks in the pop music genre. The Song of the Year award is one of the most prestigious categories at the awards presented annually since the 1st Golden Melody Awards in 1990. The award was presented for additional years until being discontinued in 1997, and was then revived in 2006. It is awarded to a single or for a track from an album, and goes to the performing artist for that song.

## Recipients

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 1990 (Jan.) | Eagle Pan | "I Want a Home" | Wang Wei-fang – "This Life and the Afterlife" Chao Chuan – "I May Be Ugly but I Am Tender" Jenny Tseng – "Still Your Hands" Fei Yu-ching – "I Want to Loose Your Hands" Li Tai-hsiang – "Needle and Thread" Augustine Yeh – "Remember We Agreed to Meet" Cyndi Chou – "Never Willing to Tell You" Wang Wei-fang – "Talk About the Past" Fei Yu-ching – "Who Says Juveniles Don't Know What Are Woes and Grief" |
| 1990 (Oct.) | Emil Chau | "There Is Love in This City" | Chang Ho-chirl – "North Wind" Chiang Yu-heng – "I Still Have a Dream" Lesley Lee – "Desert, Camel, Man, Woman" Tseng Shu-ching – "Autumn Melancholy on the Trip" Oriental Express – "Connect Your Soul to My Lines" Chen Hsiao-yun – "Have the Opportunity to be President" Zheng Zhihua – "Repentance" Lesley Lee – "Skirt Flying" Sarah Chen – "Dream to Awakening" |
| 1991 | Lim Giong | "Marching Forward" | Liu Ping-fang – "A Stick" Jonathan Lee – "Song of Ordinary People" Fong Fei-fei – "Lovely Baby" Chao Chuan – "I Were a Little Bird" Yeh Chi-tien – "Hometown" Tracy Huang – "Crying Sand" Sky Wu – "Give My Special Love to the Special You" Chao Chuan – "Appear on Stage with Make-up" Christine Hsu – "I Love Taiwan" |
| 1992 | Sally Yeh | "Merry Go Round" | Lo Ta-yu – "Train" Christine Hsu – "Where Are You From" Top Partner – "Ode to Joy" Yang Chung-hsien – "Dad Was Closed Like a Mountain" Christine Hsu – "Vagrancy Life" Chen Mei-lien – "Lost Child" Ardor Huang – "Chiang Chiang Guen" Tracy Huang – "Buried Heart" Little Tigers – "Fly Butterfly Fly" |
| 1993 | Jacky Cheung | "The Goodbye Kiss" | Stella Chang & Ukulele – "Wedding" Dave Wang – "Going Home" Chang Hsiu-ching – "Station" Jody Chiang – "Words After Drinking" Julie Sue – "Holding Hands" Huang An – "The New Butterfly Dream" Tseng Wei-yuan – "Fortune Teller" Yang Chung-hsien – "Theatre Feet" Andy Lau – "Thank You for Your Love" |
| 1994 | Jacky Cheung | "Best Wishes for You" | Phil Chang – "Well-intentioned" Jonathan Lee – "Hope" Yu Tai-yan – "I'd Rather" Cyndi Chou – "Marriage Proposal" Sally Yeh – "Friends" Winnie Hsin – "Try to Forget" Cheng Gin-yi – "Rouge Horse" Sky Wu – "Favorite Is You" Pan Li-li – "Eyebrow Make-up" |
| 1996 | Yeh Chi-tien | "Butterfly Dreams Fly" | Tom Chang – "We Are Still Friends" Roger Wang – "Daydream" Andy Lau – "Forever True" George Lam – "Appreciate" Ang It-hong – "Father" Cheng Gin-yi – "The Secular World" Tsai Chin – "Light Up the Neon Lights" Winnie Hsin – "Understanding" Sandy Lam – "Fragrance of Roses" |
| 2006 | Ara Kimbo | "Pacific Wind" | Jody Chiang – "Fish Likes Dreaming" Wu Bai – "Made in Taiwan" David Tao – "The Art of War" |
| 2007 | David Tao & Jolin Tsai | "Marry Me Today" | Lin Sheng-hsiang – "Planting Trees" Jay Chou & Fei Yu-ching – "Faraway" Karen Mok – "Same World" Deserts Chang – "Baby (In the Night)" Sodagreen – "Little Universe" |
| 2008 | Jay Chou | "Blue and White Porcelain" | Sodagreen – "Incomparable Beauty" Tanya Chua – "Darwin" Khalil Fong – "Love Song" Stefanie Sun – "Against the Light" A-Mei – "A Moment" |
| 2009 | Jay Chou | "Rice Field" | Jody Chiang – "Hold You Tightly" Claire Kuo – "The Next Dawn" Crowd Lu – "100 Kinds of Life" Mayday – "You Are Not Truly Happy" Van Fan – "South of the Border" |
| 2010 | A-Mei | "Bold for My Love" | Lala Hsu – "White Horse" Claire Kuo – "Singing in the Trees" Superband – "Desperado" Cheer Chen – "The Edge" |
| 2011 | Jonathan Lee | "Jonathan's Song" | Yao Hung – "Flower Love" Jay Chou – "Superman Can't Fly" Karen Mok – "Perfect Loneliness" Freya Lim – "Wounded" Jody Chiang – "When I Wanted to Marry" Wang Leehom – "All the Things You Never Knew" |
| 2012 | Mayday | "Noah's Ark" | Luantan Ascent – "Perfect Landing" R-chord – "Growing Up" Tanya Chua – "Sing It Out of Love" Hu Xia – "Those Years" |
| 2013 | Jolin Tsai | "The Great Artist" | Kay Huang – "Retrospection" Sandy Lam – "Wordless Song" Yonlon Chen – "Coastline" Deserts Chang – "Rose-colored" |
| 2014 | Jonathan Lee | "Hills" | Tizzy Bac – "It's Because We Can Feel Pain" Cheer Chen – "Gypsy in Memory" Jeannie Hsieh – "Sister" Mayday – "Song of Battle" |
| 2015 | Fire EX. | "Island's Sunrise" | Lala Hsu – "Missing" Jacky Cheung – "The Rest of Time" A-Mei – "Faces of Paranoia" Jolin Tsai – "Play" |
| 2016 | Suming | "Aka Pisawad" | A-Mei – "Matriarchy" JJ Lin – "Twilight" Sodagreen – "Rainy Night" Hebe Tien – "A Little Happiness" |
| 2017 | No Party for Cao Dong | "Simon Says" | Jay Chou – "Love Confession" Rainie Yang – "Traces of Time in Love" Wu Bai – "Peng Kung" Eve Ai – "The Sum of Us" Mayday – "Tough" Faith Yang – "Centrifugal Force" Yoga Lin – "Spoiled Innocence" |
| 2018 | Crowd Lu | "He-R" | Lin Sheng Xiang – "To Have, or Not to Have" Fire EX. – "Southbound Night Bus" Lo Ta-yu – "Guan Yin Shan" JJ Lin – "Little Big Us" |
| 2019 | Jolin Tsai | "Womxnly" | "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Chthonic and Denise Ho "To Be Together" (from L.O.V.E) – Eason Chan "Core" (from 0) – Sandy Lam "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – S.H.E "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee "Waves Wandering" (from Waves Wandering) – EggPlantEgg |
| 2020 | Abao | "Thank You" | "Airplane Mode" (from Beyond Mediocrity) – 9m88 and Leo Wang "Distant Journey" (from a Sun original Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng Xiang "Without You" (from #osnrap) – OSN "City Zoo" (from City Zoo) – G.E.M. "Ghost Island" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee "Waves Wandering" (from Calling Asia) – Namewee and Dwagie "City of Sadness" (from Stand Up Like A Taiwanese) – Fire EX. |
| 2021 | Crowd Lu | "Your Name Engraved Herein" | "A Vacant Seat" (from Dear All) – Wanfang "Bo Fu" (from Outta Body) – E.SO "When Tomorrow Comes feat. ?te" (from tsu-pun) – Olivia Tsao and ?te "Where I Lost Us" (from Easy Come, Easy Go) – Accusefive "Embrace" (from Gain Strength) – Sangpuy "Because Of You" (from Because Of You) – Mayday |
| 2022 | EggPlantEgg | "Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined" | "Mountain of Doom" (from Mountain of Doom) – Ayugo Huang, Sangpuy "Bluebirds" (from Depart) – Tanya Chua "Dear Grandma" (from Have a Nice Day) – Waa Wei "Fragile " (from Ghoscian) – Namewee, Kimberley Chen "Red Scarf" (from Red Scarf) – WeiBird "DEATH TRIP" (from DEATH TRIP) – ØZI feat. Soft Lipa "Prototype" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu |
| 2023 | Deserts Chang | "A Flash and How It Lasts" | "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Pei-Yu Hung "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou "Daughters feat. Chunho" (from Mercury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng "Semane sepi" (from Ita) – Kasiwa |

## Category facts

Most wins
| Rank | 1st | 2nd |
| Artist | Jolin Tsai | Jacky Cheung Jay Chou Jonathan Lee |
| Total wins | 3 wins | 2 wins |
Most nominations
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Artist | Jonathan Lee | Jay ChouMayday | Jody Chiang A-Mei Jolin Tsai |
| Total nominations | 6 nominations | 5 nominations | 4 nominations |