Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song

List of winners and nominees

1990s

• 1998: "When You Believe" by Stephen Schwartz – The Prince of Egypt
• 1999: "Music of My Heart" by Diane Warren – Music of the Heart

  2000s

• 2000: "My Funny Friend and Me" by David Hartley & Sting – The Emperor's New Groove
• 2001: "May It Be" by Enya, Nicky & Roma Ryan – ' / "Vanilla Sky" : by McCartney – Vanilla Sky
• * "There You'll Be" by Diane Warren – Pearl Harbor
• * "Until" by Sting – Kate & Leopold
• 2002: "Lose Yourself" by Jeff Bass, Eminem, & Luis Resto – 8 Mile
• * "Father and Daughter" by Simon – The Wild Thornberrys Movie
• * "Hero" by Kroeger & Scott – Spider-Man
• 2003: "A Mighty Wind" by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, & Michael McKean – A Mighty Wind
• * "The Heart of Every Girl" by John – Mona Lisa Smile
• * "Man of the Hour" by Eddie Vedder – Big Fish
• * "School of Rock" by Sammy James & Mike White – School of Rock
• * "Time Enough for Tears" by Bono, Gavin Friday, & Maurice Seezer – In America
• 2004: "Old Habits Die Hard" – Alfie
• * "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows – Shrek 2
• * "Believe" by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri – The Polar Express
• 2005: "Hustle & Flow" by Howard – Hustle & Flow
• * "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" by Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin – Brokeback Mountain
• * "Same in Any Language" by Nancy Wilson & Cameron Crowe – Elizabethtown
• * "Seasons of Love" by Jonathan Larson – Rent
• * "Travelin' Thru" by Parton – Transamerica
• 2006: "Listen" by Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger & Anne Preven – Dreamgirls
• * "I Need to Wake Up" by Etheridge – An Inconvenient Truth
• * "My Little Girl" by Tom Douglas & McGraw – Flicka
• * "The Neighbor" by Dixie Chicks – '
• * "Never Gonna Break My Faith" by Bryan Adams – Bobby
• * "Ordinary Miracle" by McLachlan – Charlotte's Web
• 2007: "Falling Slowly" by Hansard & Irglová – Once
• * "Come So Far " by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman – Hairspray
• * "Do You Feel Me" by Hamilton – American Gangster
• * "Guaranteed" by Vedder – Into the Wild
• * "That's How You Know" by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz – Enchanted
• 2008: "The Wrestler" by Springsteen – The Wrestler
• * "Another Way to Die" by White – Quantum of Solace
• * "Down to Earth" by Gabriel & Thomas Newman – WALL-E
• * "I Thought I Lost You" by Cyrus & Jeffrey Steele – Bolt
• * "Jai Ho" by Gulzar & A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
• 2009: "The Weary Kind" by Bingham & T Bone Burnett – Crazy Heart
• * "All Is Love" by O & Nick Zinner – Where the Wild Things Are
• * "Almost There" by Randy Newman – The Princess and the Frog
• * "Cinema Italiano" by Maury Yeston – Nine
• * " Come Home" by McCartney – Everybody's Fine

  2010s

• 2010: "If I Rise" by Rollo Armstrong, Dido & Rahman – 127 Hours
• * "I See the Light" by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled
• * "Shine" by Legend – Waiting for "Superman"
• * "We Belong Together" by Newman – Toy Story 3
• * "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" by Diane Warren – Burlesque
• 2011: "Life's a Happy Song" by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
• * "Hello Hello" by John & Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
• * "The Living Proof" by Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Thomas Newman & Damon Thomas – The Help
• * "Man or Muppet" by McKenzie – The Muppets
• * "Pictures in My Head" by Aris Archontis, Jeannie Lurie & Chen Neeman – The Muppets
• 2012: "Skyfall" by Adele & Paul Epworth – Skyfall
• * "For You" by Monty Powell & Urban – Act of Valor
• * "Learn Me Right" by Mumford & Sons – Brave
• * "Still Alive" by Williams – Paul Williams Still Alive
• * "Suddenly" by Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer & Claude-Michel Schönberg – Les Misérables
• 2013: "Let It Go" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez – Frozen
• * "Atlas" by Coldplay – '
• * "Happy" by Williams – Despicable Me 2
• * "Ordinary Love" by U2 – '
• * "Please Mr. Kennedy" by T Bone Burnett, Coen Brothers, George Cromarty, Ed Rush & Timberlake – Inside Llewyn Davis
• * "Young and Beautiful" by Del Rey – The Great Gatsby
• 2014: "Glory" by Common & Legend – Selma
• * "Big Eyes" by Del Rey – Big Eyes
• * "Everything Is Awesome" by The Lonely Island, Jo Li & Shawn Patterson – The Lego Movie
• * "Lost Stars" by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley & Nick Southwood – Begin Again
• * "Yellow Flicker Beat" by Lorde & Joel Little – '
• 2015: "See You Again" by Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Khalifa & Puth – Furious 7
• * "Love Me like You Do" by Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin & Ali Payami – Fifty Shades of Grey
• * "One Kind of Love" by Scott Bennett & Wilson – Love & Mercy
• * "Simple Song #3" by David Lang – Youth
• * "Til It Happens to You" by Gaga & Diane Warren – The Hunting Ground
• * "Writing's on the Wall" by Jimmy Napes & Smith – Spectre
• 2016: "City of Stars" by Justin Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul – La La Land
• * "Audition" by Hurwitz & Pasek & Paul – La La Land
• * "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake – Trolls
• * "Drive It Like You Stole It" by Gary Clark – Sing Street
• * "How Far I'll Go" by Lin-Manuel Miranda — Moana
• * "The Rules Don't Apply" by Eddie Arkin & Lorraine Feather – Rules Don't Apply
• 2017: "Remember Me" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez – Coco
• * "Evermore" by Alan Menken & Tim Rice – Beauty and the Beast
• * "Mystery of Love" by S. Stevens – Call Me by Your Name
• * "Stand Up for Something" by Common & Diane Warren – Marshall
• * "This Is Me" by Pasek & Paul – The Greatest Showman
• 2018: "Shallow" by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, & Andrew Wyatt – A Star Is Born
• * "All the Stars" by Top Dawg, Lamar, Al Shux, Sounwave & SZA - Black Panther
• * "Girl in the Movies" by Parton & Linda Perry - Dumplin
• * "I'll Fight" by Diane Warren - RBG
• * "The Place Where Lost Things Go" by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman - Mary Poppins Returns
• * "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" by Shaiman & Wittman - Mary Poppins Returns
• 2019: "Glasgow " by Mary Steenburgen – Wild Rose / " Love Me Again" by Elton John & Bernie Taupin – Rocketman
• * "I'm Standing With You" by Diane Warren – Breakthrough
• * "Into the Unknown" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez – Frozen II
• * "Speechless" by Alan Menken & Pasek & Paul – Aladdin
• * "Spirit by Beyoncé, Ilya & Labrinth – The Lion King
• * "Stand Up" by Joshuah Brian Campbell & Erivo – Harriet''