Penghargaan Grammy untuk Lagu Terbaik Tahun Ini
1970-an

| Tahun | Pemenang | Nominasi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1970 | Joe South for "Games People Play" performed by Joe South |  Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder & Nino Rota for "A Time For Us" performed by Henry Mancini  David Clayton-Thomas for "Spinning Wheel" performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears  Burt Bacharach & Hal David for "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" performed by Dionne Warwick  Burt Bacharach & Hal David for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" performed by B. J. Thomas |
| 1971 | Paul Simon for "Bridge over Troubled Water"* performed by Simon & Garfunkel |  Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful" performed by Ray Stevens  James Taylor for "Fire and Rain" performed by James Taylor  John Lennon & Paul McCartney for "Let it Be" performed by The Beatles  Roger Nichols & Paul Williams for "We've Only Just Begun" performed by The Carpenters |
| 1972 | Carole King for "You've Got a Friend" performed by James Taylor & Carole King |  Kris Kristofferson for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Kris Kristofferson  Sid Wayne & Armando Manzanero for "It's Impossible" performed by Perry Como  Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster for "Me and Bobby McGee" performed by Janis Joplin  Joe South for "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" performed by Lynn Anderson |
| 1973 | Ewan MacColl for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"* performed by Roberta Flack |  Gilbert O'Sullivan for "Alone Again (Naturally)" performed by Gilbert O'Sullivan  Don McLean for "American Pie" performed by Don McLean  Neil Diamond for "Song Sung Blue" performed by Neil Diamond  Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman & Michel Legrand for "The Summer Knows" performed by Michel Legrand |
| 1974 | Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox for "Killing Me Softly with His Song"* performed by Roberta Flack |  Kenny O'Dell for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich  Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" performed by Stevie Wonder  Carly Simon for "You're So Vain" performed by Carly Simon  Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" performed by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
| 1975 | Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch for "The Way We Were" performed by Barbra Streisand |  Gene McDaniels for "Feel Like Makin' Love" performed by Roberta Flack  Jeff Barry & Peter Allen for "I Honestly Love You" performed by Olivia Newton-John  David Nichtern for "Midnight at the Oasis" performed by Maria Muldaur  Paul Williams & Ken Ascher for "You and Me Against the World" performed by Helen Reddy |
| 1976 | Stephen Sondheim for "Send in the Clowns" performed by Judy Collins |  Janis Ian for "At Seventeen" performed by Janis Ian  Morris Albert for "Feelings" performed by Morris Albert  Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield for "Love Will Keep Us Together" performed by Captain & Tennille  Larry Weiss for "Rhinestone Cowboy" performed by Glen Campbell |
| 1977 | Bruce Johnston for "I Write the Songs" performed by Barry Manilow |  Bill Danoff for "Afternoon Delight" performed by Starland Vocal Band  Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield for "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" performed by Neil Sedaka  Leon Russell for "This Masquerade" performed by George Benson  Gordon Lightfoot for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" performed by Gordon Lightfoot |
| 1978 | Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams for "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" performed by Barbra Streisand Joe Brooks for "You Light Up My Life" performed by Debby Boone |  Richard Leigh for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed by Crystal Gayle  Don Felder, Don Henley & Glenn Frey for "Hotel California" performed by the Eagles  Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager for "Nobody Does It Better" performed by Carly Simon  Allen Toussaint for "Southern Nights" performed by Glen Campbell |
| 1979 | Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are"* performed by Billy Joel |  Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb for "Stayin' Alive" performed by Bee Gees  Lionel Richie for "Three Times a Lady" performed by the Commodores  Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman for "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" performed by Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand  Randy Goodrum for "You Needed Me" performed by Anne Murray |