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8 Mile
8 Mile
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Curtis Hanson
Written by	Scott Silver
Produced by	Curtis Hanson; Brian Grazer; Jimmy Iovine;
Starring	Eminem; Kim Basinger; Brittany Murphy; Mekhi Phifer;
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by	Jay Rabinowitz; Craig Kitson
Music by	Eminem
Production; companies	Imagine Entertainment; Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 8, 2002;
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$41 million
Box office	$242.9 million

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8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger and Anthony Mackie, the latter also in his film debut. The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem's life, follows Detroit rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. aka B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in hip hop, a music genre dominated by African Americans. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the road between the predominantly black city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in.

8 Mile was a critical and commercial success. It opened at No. 1 in the US with $51.3 million grossed in its opening weekend and an eventual total of $242.9 million worldwide.^[2] The film's accompanying soundtrack (released by Universal's then subsidiary Universal Music, through Interscope and Shady/Aftermath) was also a commercial success, being certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[3] The film garnered numerous award nominations and wins, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song win for "Lose Yourself" for Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto at the 75th Academy Awards. 8 Mile was named one of the best films of 2002 by several publications.

Plot

In 1995, Jimmy Smith Jr. is an aspiring rapper who performs under the stage name "B-Rabbit". A blue-collar worker, Jimmy has moved to the run-down Detroit trailer home of his alcoholic mother, Stephanie after breaking up with his pregnant girlfriend Janeane. He also lives with his younger sister Lily, and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend, Greg, who is later revealed to be a former schoolmate of Jimmy's as well as his friend David Porter, another aspiring rapper who performs under the stage name "Future". Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. One night, Jimmy develops stage fright during a rap battle at a local venue, the Shelter, hosted by Future, and he leaves the stage humiliated.

During the day, Jimmy works at a car factory. Desperate for money, he asks for extra shifts, but his supervisor bluntly dismisses his request because of his habitual tardiness. Later on, he befriends a woman named Alex and begins to take more responsibility for the direction of his life. Stephanie discovers an eviction notice as Jimmy is getting ready for work.

Jimmy's friendship with fellow trailer park resident Wink, who has ties to a record label promoter, becomes strained after he discovers that Wink does promotional work for Jimmy's rivals, a rap group known as "Leaders of the Free World" who Jimmy had lost the prior rap battle to. At one point, Jimmy and his friends get into a violent brawl with the Free World crew, which is disrupted when Jimmy's friend, Cheddar Bob, threatens them with a gun and accidentally shoots himself in the leg; he survives after being rushed to the hospital.

During a lunch break at work, one of Jimmy's co-workers performs a freestyle rap insulting his co-worker, Paul, insinuating Paul is gay as well as insulting some of the other workers. Jimmy raps a freestyle defending Paul, which improves his confidence after a receiving a positive reception from Jimmy's coworkers. Alex arrives, impressed by Jimmy's talent, and they have sex.

Despite her best attempts to keep the eviction notice a secret, Greg discovers it and confronts Stephanie. When Jimmy punches Greg for pushing his mother to the ground, they fight, ending in Greg leaving Stephanie for good. As Jimmy finds Stephanie lying on the porch, they have an argument, prompting Stephanie to kick Jimmy out of the house.

Wink arranges for Jimmy to meet with producers at a recording studio, but Jimmy finds Wink and Alex having sex. Enraged, Jimmy attacks Wink as Alex tries to stop it. In retaliation, Wink and the Leaders of the Free World assault Jimmy outside his trailer. The leader of the gang, Papa Doc, holds Jimmy at gunpoint and threatens to kill him, but Wink convinces him not to do it. After the group has left Jimmy alone, his mother arrives with enough money to pay to avoid eviction, having won $3,200 at a bingo tournament.

Future encourages Jimmy to get revenge by competing against the Leaders of the Free World at the next rap battle. Jimmy agrees, but his boss, having noticed his improved efforts at work, asks Jimmy to work a late-night shift. Jimmy agrees, but it conflicts with the battle at the Shelter. Alex unexpectedly visits Jimmy at work. She says goodbye, as she is going to New York, and she is hoping to see Jimmy at the Shelter later. This motivates Jimmy to do the battle. He asks Paul to cover the start of his shift as a favor while Jimmy goes to the battle.

In all rounds of the battle, Jimmy has to compete against one member of the Free World crew. After handily winning the first two rounds against Lyckety-Splyt and Lotto, he faces Papa Doc. Going first, Jimmy pre-empts Papa Doc's potential insults, acknowledging his own "white trash" roots and difficult life as well as the events of the film involving his prior loss, Cheddar Bob, Wink and Alex. He ends his battle repudiating Papa Doc's image as a thug by exposing his privileged background, having grown up in a wealthy suburb, attended a private school, his parents having a stable marriage, and him living with them, and the fact that his real name is Clarence. Embarrassed and with nothing to say in rebuttal, Papa Doc hands the microphone back to Future, conceding the battle.

After being congratulated by Alex and his friends, Jimmy is offered a position by Future to co-host battles at the Shelter. Jimmy declines, saying that hosting is Future's thing, and he needs to do his own, and leaves to return to work.

Cast

Eminem as James "Jimmy" Smith Jr., a rapper who uses the stage name "B-Rabbit"
Kim Basinger as Stephanie Smith, Jimmy and Lily's mother
Mekhi Phifer as David Porter a.k.a. Future, Jimmy's best friend and the rap battle host
Brittany Murphy as Alex, Jimmy's love interest
Evan Jones as Cheddar Bob, Jimmy's slow-witted yet loyal friend
Omar Benson Miller as Sol George, Jimmy's friend and Iz's brother
De'Angelo Wilson as DJ Iz, Jimmy's friend and Sol's brother
Eugene Byrd as Wink, a radio DJ who betrays B-Rabbit by having sex with Alex
Taryn Manning as Janeane, Jimmy's ex-girlfriend
DJ Head as Battle DJ
Michael Shannon as Greg Buehl, Stephanie's abusive boyfriend and former classmate of Jimmy and Future
Chloe Greenfield as Lily, Jimmy's sister
Anthony Mackie as Clarence a.k.a. Papa Doc, leader of the Free World
Multiple cameos including:

Production

8 Mile started production in 2000.^[4] Shooting began in September 2001 in Highland Park, Michigan.^[5] Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle were considered to direct the film, but Curtis Hanson was hired as Eminem was a fan of L.A. Confidential and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.^[6]^[7] Eminem turned down both roles for Training Day and The Fast and the Furious in order to star in the movie.^[8] Seth Rogen and Jason Segel both auditioned for Cheddar Bob.^[9]

Music

8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to 8 Mile. Eminem features on five tracks from the album. It was released under the Shady/Interscope label and spawned Eminem's first number 1 US single^[10] "Lose Yourself". The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart that year, with over 702,000 copies sold, and a further 507,000 copies were sold in the second week, also finishing the year as the fifth-best-selling album of 2002, with US sales of 3.2 million despite being on the market for only two months.

Reception

Box office

8 Mile opened with $51,240,555 in its opening weekend, the then second-highest opening for an R-rated movie in the U.S., after Hannibal.^[11] It topped the box office upon opening, beating The Santa Clause 2.^[12] During its second weekend, the film dropped into second place behind Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, making $21.3 million.^[13] The film would go on to gross $116,750,901 domestically and $126,124,177 overseas, for a total of $242,875,078 worldwide.^[2] The film's final domestic gross would hold the film at No. 3 in Box Office Mojo's "Pop Star Debuts" list, behind Austin Powers in Goldmember (Beyoncé) and The Bodyguard (Whitney Houston).

In Slovenia, the film made an opening gross of $18,000, making it the fourth-highest opening for a Universal film in the country, behind Twister, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Bridget Jones's Diary.^[14] In Austria, it was Universal's second-highest opening in the country at the time, behind American Pie 2.^[15] Then, 8 Mile beat The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers to reach the number one spot in the UK, collecting a total of $7.2 million in its opening weekend.^[16]

Critical reception

8 Mile received positive reviews, with critics praising the music and Eminem's debut performance.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports the film has 75% of 214 professional critics giving it a positive review, with a rating average of 6.70/10. The site's consensus is that "Even though the story is overly familiar, there's enough here for an engaging ride."^[21] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, the film has a "generally favorable" rating of 77 based on 38 reviews.^[22] CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave 8 Mile was "B+" on an A+ to F scale, with the core under-21 demographics giving it an A.^[23]

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four. He said that we "are hardly started in 8 Mile, and already we see that this movie stands aside from routine debut films by pop stars" and that it is "a faithful reflection of his myth". He said that Eminem, as an actor, is "convincing without being too electric" and "survives the X-ray truth-telling of the movie camera".^[24] In the At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper review, both Ebert and Richard Roeper gave the film a thumbs up; Roeper said that Eminem has a "winning screen presence" and "raw magic" to him. He was happy with Rabbit's "tender side" presented through his relationship with the "adorable" Greenfield as his sister, but felt that Basinger was "really miscast". Roeper said: "8 Mile probably won't win converts to rap, but it should thrill Eminem fans".^[17] Eleanor Ringel Cater of The Atlanta Constitution gave the film a C, saying "As music star movie debuts go, 8 Mile is hardly A Hard Day's Night, but it's not Crossroads, either".^[25]

Peter Travers gave the film three and a half out of four. He said that 8 Mile "is a real movie, not a fast-buck package to exploit the fan base of a rap nonentity" that "qualifies as a cinematic event by tapping into the roots of Eminem and the fury and feeling that inform his rap." He praised Hanson's directing and the performances and compared the final battle with Papa Doc to the fight between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in Rocky.^[26]

Top lists

8 Mile has been named in various year-end and all-time top lists:

2nd – Billboard (Erika Ramirez): Top 10 Best Hip-Hop Movies Ever^[27]
7th – The New York Observer (Andrew Sarris): The 10 Best English-Language Films of 2002^[28]
9th – Time (Richard Schickel): Top 10 Movies of 2002^[29]
10th – Rolling Stone (Peter Travers): The Best Movies of 2002^[30]
N/A – The Daily Californian: Best Films of 2002^[31]

Awards and honors

In 2003, Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 75th Academy Awards, for his single "Lose Yourself" from the soundtrack of 8 Mile,^[32]^[33] becoming the first rapper ever to win an Academy Award.^[34] He was not present at the ceremony, but co-writer Luis Resto accepted the award.^[35] The film has been nominated for 32 awards, winning 11.^[36] 17 years later, Eminem performed the song in a surprise appearance at the 2020 Academy Awards.^[37]^[38]

Year	Award	Category	Result	Recipient
2003	Academy Award	Best Original Song – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass
	Black Reel Awards	Best Original Soundtrack	Nominated	8 Mile
	BMI	Film Award for Music	Won	Eminem
	BMI	Most Performed Song from a Film – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Eminem
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Critics Choice Award for Best Song – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Eminem
	CNOMA Awards	Best Make-Up Artist for a Feature Film	Nominated	Donald Mowat
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Performer	Nominated	Eminem
	European Film Awards	Screen International Award	Nominated	Curtis Hanson
	Golden Globe Award^[39]^[40]	Best Original Song – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Eminem
		Best Music	Nominated	8 Mile
		Best of Show	Nominated	8 Mile
	Golden Trailer Awards^[40]	Most Original	Nominated	8 Mile
	Golden Reel Award	Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Musical	Nominated	Carlton Kaller
	Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards	Best Contemporary Makeup - Feature	Nominated	Donald Mowat, Ronnie Specter, Matiki Anoff
	MTV Movie Awards^[41]	Best Movie	Nominated	8 Mile
		Best Male Performance	Won	Eminem
		Breakthrough Male Performance	Won	Eminem
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	Nominated	Eminem
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Song – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Eminem
	Satellite Awards	Best Original Song – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Eminem
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Drama	Nominated	8 Mile
		Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Won	Eminem
		Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star	Won	Eminem
		Choice Crossover Artist	Nominated	Eminem
		Choice Movie: Liplock	Nominated	Eminem and Brittany Murphy
	World Soundtrack Awards	Best Original Song Written for a Film – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Eminem
2004	ASCAP Awards	Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Eminem
	Grammy Award^[42]	Grammy Award for Record of the Year – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Eminem
		Grammy Award for Song of the Year – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto
		Grammy Award for Best Rap Song – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto
		Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance – "Lose Yourself"	Won	Eminem
		Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Lose Yourself"	Nominated	Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
- "Lose Yourself" – No. 93^[43]

Home media

8 Mile was first released on VHS and DVD on March 18, 2003.^[44] A UMD version was released on November 15, 2005.^[45] The DVD release generated $75 million in sales and rentals in its first week, making it the biggest DVD debut ever for an R-rated movie and putting it in the all-time Top 10 for first week home video sales for a movie.^[46]^[47]^[48] The film was later released on Blu-ray on April 14, 2009.^[49] It was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 8, 2022, for the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release.^[50]^[51]

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External links

[1] "8 Mile". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-29.

[boxofficemojo-2] 8 Mile at Box Office Mojo

[3] "Soundtrack, 8 Mile". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[4] "Eminem bringing life story to big screen". June 6, 2000. Archived from the original on January 9, 2001. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

[5] "Eminem Movie Aims to Put Detroit Back on the Film Map". hive4media.com. July 25, 2001. Archived from the original on August 9, 2001. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

[6] Kennedy, John (2012-10-18). "8 Things You Didn't Know About 8 Mile… According to Paul Rosenberg". VIBE.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[7] Hebron, Sandra (2002-11-16). "Curtis Hanson (part 2)". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-28.

[8] "7 incredible movies Eminem turned down to have a main role". 16 February 2023.

[9] "Seth Rogen Was Almost in '8 Mile': It Was the 'Weirdest Audition I Ever Did'". 2021-05-15. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[10] "Eminem." Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed. Ed. Colin Larkin. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 27 Sep. 2016.

[11] "Eminem movie tops at US box office". RTÉ. 2002-11-12. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-10-06.

[12] Linder, Brian (November 11, 2002). "Weekend Box Office: Slim Shady Shines Theaters". IGN. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[13] Lyman, Rick (18 November 2002). "'Harry Potter' Is Back in School and Still Performing Magic at the Box Office". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[14] "8 Mile opens big in Korea for Universal/UIP". Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-26.

[15] "8 Mile has record-breaking Australian opening day".

[16] "8 Mile dethrones The Lord Of The Rings".

[roeper-17] ttps://apps.tvplex.go.com/ebertandthemovies/audioplayer.cgi?file=021111_8_mile^{[permanent dead link]}

[18] "Eminem shows guile in his debut '8 Mile'". Burbank Leader. 13 November 2002. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. Believe it or not, Eminem's acting is quite good.

[19] Travers, Peter (8 November 2002). "8 Mile". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. Eminem holds the camera by natural right. His screen presence is electric. His sulk — hooded eyes that suddenly spark with danger — has an intensity to rival James Dean's. And he reads lines with an offbeat freshness.

[20] Clinton, Paul (December 28, 2002). "Review: '8 Mile' a winning debut for Eminem". CNN. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. Eminem appears to be a natural as he conveys the emotional turmoil experienced by his character. The love for his music and his yearning to better himself is burning in is eyes.

[RT-21] "8 Mile Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

[22] "8 Mile". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[23] "Box Office Prophets: Box Office Report for November 8–10, 2002". Box Office Prophets. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[24] "8 Mile". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2011-02-27.

[25] Cater, Eleanor Ringel (November 8, 2002). "In simplistic but shrewd '8 Mile,' Eminem's rebel rap is his way out". The Atlanta Constitution. p. P1. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[26] "8 Mile". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[27] Ramirez, Erika (November 8, 2012). "Top 10 Best Hip-Hop Movies Ever". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

[28] Sarris, Andrew (January 13, 2003). "The Best Films of 2002, And a Few Honorable Mentions". The New York Observer. The New York Observer, LLC. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

[29] Schickel, Richard (December 12, 2002). "Top 10 Everything 2002: Movies (Schickel)". Time. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

[30] Travers, Peter (December 26, 2002). "The Best and Worst Movies of 2002". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media, LLC. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

[31] "Best Films of 2002". The Daily Californian. Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc. January 21, 2003. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

[oscar-32] "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-09-12.

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[34] "Winners: Big upsets". Detroit Free Press. March 24, 2003. p. 21. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[35] Bozza 2003, p. 174

[36] "8 Mile". IMDB. 8 November 2002. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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v t e Brian Grazer
Films produced	Night Shift (1982) Real Genius (1985) Spies Like Us (1985) Like Father Like Son (1987) Parenthood (1989) Kindergarten Cop (1990) Closet Land (1991) My Girl (1991) Far and Away (1992) Boomerang (1992) For Love or Money (1993) My Girl 2 (1994) Greedy (1994) The Paper (1994) The Cowboy Way (1994) Apollo 13 (1995) Sgt. Bilko (1996) Fear (1996) The Nutty Professor (1996) The Chamber (1996) Ransom (1996) Liar Liar (1997) Inventing the Abbotts (1997) Mercury Rising (1998) Psycho (1998) EDtv (1999) Life (1999) Bowfinger (1999) Beyond the Mat (1999) Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Undercover Brother (2002) Blue Crush (2002) 8 Mile (2002) Intolerable Cruelty (2003) The Cat in the Hat (2003) The Missing (2003) Friday Night Lights (2004) Inside Deep Throat (2005) Cinderella Man (2005) Flightplan (2005) Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) Inside Man (2006) The Da Vinci Code (2006) American Gangster (2007) Changeling (2008) Frost/Nixon (2008) Angels & Demons (2009) Robin Hood (2010) The Dilemma (2011) Restless (2011) Cowboys & Aliens (2011) J. Edgar (2011) Tower Heist (2011) Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) Rush (2013) Get on Up (2014) The Good Lie (2014) In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Lowriders (2016) Inferno (2016) American Made (2017) The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) Pavarotti (2019) Dads (2019) Rebuilding Paradise (2020) Hillbilly Elegy (2020) Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) Thirteen Lives (2022) The Beanie Bubble (2023) Candy Cane Lane (2023) Eden (2024) Music by John Williams (2024) After the Hunt (TBA) The Shrinking of Treehorn (TBA)
Films produced and written	Splash (1984) Armed and Dangerous (1986) Housesitter (1992)
TV series created	Shadow Chasers (1985)
Related	Imagine Entertainment Ron Howard

v t e Academy Award for Best Original Song
1934–1940	"The Continental" Music: Con Conrad Lyrics: Herb Magidson (1934) "Lullaby of Broadway" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin (1935) "The Way You Look Tonight" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (1936) "Sweet Leilani" Music and lyrics: Harry Owens (1937) "Thanks for the Memory" Music: Ralph Rainger Lyrics: Leo Robin (1938) "Over the Rainbow" Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg (1939) "When You Wish Upon a Star" Music: Leigh Harline Lyrics: Ned Washington (1940)
1941–1950	"The Last Time I Saw Paris" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1941) "White Christmas" Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin (1942) "You'll Never Know" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Mack Gordon (1943) "Swinging on a Star" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1944) "It Might as Well Be Spring" Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1945) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1946) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Music: Allie Wrubel Lyrics: Ray Gilbert (1947) "Buttons and Bows" Music: Jay Livingston Lyrics: Ray Evans (1948) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser (1949) "Mona Lisa" Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (1950)
1951–1960	"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1951) "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" Music: Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics: Ned Washington (1952) "Secret Love" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1953) "Three Coins in the Fountain" Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1954) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1955) "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1956) "All the Way" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1957) "Gigi" Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner (1958) "High Hopes" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1959) "Never on Sunday" Music and lyrics: Manos Hatzidakis (1960)
1961–1970	"Moon River" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1961) "Days of Wine and Roses" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1962) "Call Me Irresponsible" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1963) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1964) "The Shadow of Your Smile" Music: Johnny Mandel Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1965) "Born Free" Music: John Barry Lyrics: Don Black (1966) "Talk to the Animals" Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse (1967) "The Windmills of Your Mind" Music: Michel Legrand Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David (1969) "For All We Know" Music: Fred Karlin Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin (1970)
1971–1980	"Theme from Shaft" Music and lyrics: Isaac Hayes (1971) "The Morning After" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1972) "The Way We Were" Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973) "We May Never Love Like This Again" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1974) "I'm Easy" Music and lyrics: Keith Carradine (1975) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Music: Barbra Streisand Lyrics: Paul Williams (1976) "You Light Up My Life" Music and lyrics: Joseph Brooks (1977) "Last Dance" Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara (1978) "It Goes Like It Goes" Music: David Shire Lyrics: Norman Gimbel (1979) "Fame" Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford (1980)
1981–1990	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Music and lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen (1981) "Up Where We Belong" Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie Lyrics: Will Jennings (1982) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara (1983) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1984) "Say You, Say Me" Music and lyrics: Lionel Richie (1985) "Take My Breath Away" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Tom Whitlock (1986) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics: Franke Previte (1987) "Let the River Run" Music and lyrics: Carly Simon (1988) "Under the Sea" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1989) "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" Music and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (1990)
1991–2000	"Beauty and the Beast" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1991) "A Whole New World" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" Music and lyrics: Bruce Springsteen (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Tim Rice (1994) "Colors of the Wind" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1995) "You Must Love Me" Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice (1996) "My Heart Will Go On" Music: James Horner Lyrics: Will Jennings (1997) "When You Believe" Music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" Music and lyrics: Phil Collins (1999) "Things Have Changed" Music and lyrics: Bob Dylan (2000)
2001–2010	"If I Didn't Have You" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2001) "Lose Yourself" Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics: Eminem (2002) "Into the West" Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (2003) "Al otro lado del río" Music and lyrics: Jorge Drexler (2004) "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" Music and lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul (2005) "I Need to Wake Up" Music and lyrics: Melissa Etheridge (2006) "Falling Slowly" Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007) "Jai Ho" Music: A. R. Rahman Lyrics: Gulzar (2008) "The Weary Kind" Music and lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009) "We Belong Together" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2010)
2011–2020	"Man or Muppet" Music and lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011) "Skyfall" Music and lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012) "Let It Go" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013) "Glory" Music and lyrics: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (2014) "Writing's on the Wall" Music and lyrics: James Napier and Sam Smith (2015) "City of Stars" Music: Justin Hurwitz Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016) "Remember Me" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017) "Shallow" Music and lyrics: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin (2019) "Fight for You" Music: D'Mile and H.E.R. Lyrics: H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (2020)
2021–present	"No Time to Die" Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021) "Naatu Naatu" Music: M. M. Keeravani Lyrics: Chandrabose (2022) "What Was I Made For?" Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2023)