Top Ten Songs You Won’t Believe Didn’t Win the Oscar

Every award season there is a momentous amount of time and energy dedicated to “who won”? Yet, equally as fascinating (often more), are those albums, artists, and films that don’t manage to court their industries’ accolades.

This year, as the Oscars crept up on us once again, we found ourselves collectively aghast at the nerve of the Academy. No, not for its crippling racism, but because it denied The Lego Movie a nod! Everything was not awesome…

So, in thinking about all the snubs and losers throughout American Award Show history, I’ve compiled a list of those “Best Original Song” nominees that somehow missed the top prize.

Some of these oversights are understandable, like “Circle of Life” losing to another song from The Lion King. And the some of these are “Ghostbusters”:

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten “Best Original Song” Winners

There have been a lot of great tunes written for films over the years…and even more crap. But in the aftermath of John Legend and Common’s victory at Sunday night’s Oscars, I began to think about what the best songs ever to win the Academy Award are.
Here is my list of the top ten “Best Original Song” winners. I had to reduce the amount of Disney in it, because (let’s be honest) it would probably sweep this list and the category as a whole:

1. “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz
2. “A Whole New World” from Aladdin
3. “Skyfall” from Skyfall
4. “White Christmas” from Holiday Inn
5. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys
6. “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Pinocchio
7. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were
8. “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” from The Man Who Knew Too Much
9. “Falling Slowly” from Once
10. “The Way You Look Tonight” from Swing Time

Next week I’ll be doing a list of the Top 10 “Best Original Song” nominees that should be winners!