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39-412: "Blame Canada" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards . Parker and Matt Stone arrived at the ceremony in dresses previously worn by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow , and later claimed to be under the influence of LSD while on the red carpet. An 8-bit remix of the song appears in the 2014 game South Park: The Stick of Truth , included as one of

78-457: A Look at Me Now) ". According to representatives of both Collins' record company and Columbia Pictures, this was because the producers of the telecast were not familiar with his work. Ann Reinking performed the song instead, with Collins sitting in the audience. At the 80th Academy Awards , " That's How You Know " from the film Enchanted was performed by Kristin Chenoweth , rather than

117-409: A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credits." The original requirement was only that the nominated song appear in a motion picture during the previous year. This rule was changed after the 1941 Academy Awards, when "The Last Time I Saw Paris", from

156-744: A song as long as the film version was recorded before then. Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated. From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points. Only those songs that received an average score of 8.25 or more were eligible for nomination. If no song qualified, there would be no nominees. And if only one song achieved that score, it and

195-471: The 18th Academy Awards in 1946, in which performers included Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Dinah Shore , and Dick Haymes . In the early years, the songs were usually not performed by the original artists, as in the film. For example, in 1965, Robert Goulet performed all the nominated songs at the ceremony. (In the case of " The Look Of Love ", sung by Dusty Springfield in Casino Royale ,

234-409: The 85th Academy Awards , only three of the five nominees were performed, with the eventual winner, the theme from Skyfall , being the only song performed separately on its own (by Adele ) as opposed to being part of a musical montage sequence. The 88th Academy Awards also had three of the five nominees performed. Anohni , performer and writer of "Manta Ray", one of the two nominated songs cut from

273-699: The Hindi song " Jai Ho " from Slumdog Millionaire , and in 2022 for the Telugu song " Naatu Naatu " from RRR . 7th Academy Awards The 7th Academy Awards , honoring the best films for 1934 , was held on February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , California . They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb . As of this ceremony, the Academy 's award eligibility period coincided with

312-434: The 1995 film Dangerous Minds , are also ineligible. This rule means that when a film is adapted from a previously produced stage musical , none of the existing songs from the musical are eligible. As a result, many recent film adaptations of musicals have included original songs which could be nominated, such as " You Must Love Me " in the 1996 film Evita (won award), and " Listen ", " Love You I Do ", " Patience " in

351-465: The 2006 film Dreamgirls , and "Suddenly" in the 2012 film Les Misérables . There was a debate whether Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova , who were awarded the Oscar in 2008 for " Falling Slowly ", were in fact eligible. "Falling Slowly" had been released on two other albums – The Swell Season , Hansard and Irglova's duo project, and The Cost , by Hansard's band The Frames . The Swell Season

390-591: The Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991 . It also was the first romantic comedy to win Best Picture, and the first film to win two acting Oscars. The categories of Best Film Editing , Best Original Score , and Best Original Song were first introduced this year. This was the first of only two years in which write-in candidates were permitted, a response to the controversy surrounding

429-549: The Oscar broadcast, but the song contained the word fuck , which the FCC prohibits using in prime time broadcasts. At the awards ceremony, comedian Robin Williams performed the song with a chorus that gasped when the word was to be sung (Williams turned around at the crucial moment and did not actually sing it). He included digs at Margaret Trudeau and Bryan Adams , partially taken from lyrics of Sheila Broflovski 's reprise of

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468-533: The Stars" the only nominee of the four not to be performed live. Rapper Eminem 's song " Lose Yourself ", which won the award in 2003 , was the only nominated song not performed at the ceremony that year. Eminem later gave a surprise performance of the song at the Oscars in 2020 . He received a standing ovation following his performance. In 2021, performances of the nominees for Best Original Song were shown during

507-473: The best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards , the ceremony honoring

546-423: The best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers , and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. As of 2019 , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the motion picture. There must be

585-459: The calendar year (with temporary exceptions for the 93rd and 94th Academy Awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). Frank Capra's influential romantic comedy It Happened One Night became the first of three films to date to "sweep" the top five awards : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress , and Best Screenplay . This feat would later be matched by One Flew Over

624-511: The ceremony's pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight. The live performances returned for the next year's ceremony . The award has only been given to songs in languages other than English four times: in 1960 for " Never on Sunday " (Greek title "Ta Pediá tou Pireá") from Never on Sunday , in 2004 for the Spanish song " Al otro lado del río " from The Motorcycle Diaries , in 2008 for

663-447: The ceremony, boycotted the ceremony for this reason. It was originally announced that the 91st Academy Awards would only feature two live performances due to time constraints: " Shallow " from A Star is Born and " All the Stars " from Black Panther . However, this decision was reversed days later. It was announced soon after that Kendrick Lamar and SZA would no longer perform due to "logistics and timing" issues, making "All

702-548: The ceremony, with John Legend performing the song in his place, backed by the Soweto Gospel Choir . The 84th Academy Awards did not feature performances from either nominated song (" Man or Muppet " from The Muppets or "Real in Rio" from Rio ). No reason for this was given by Oscar producers. This was only the third time that Best Original Song nominees were not performed (the others were in 1989 and 2010). At

741-572: The film Lady Be Good , with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , won. Kern was upset that his song won because it had been published and recorded before it was used in the film. Kern was upset because he thought that " Blues in the Night " by Harold Arlen (Music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) should have won. Kern's song was actually written in 1940, after the Germans occupied Paris at

780-440: The film's star, Amy Adams . However, Adams performed " Happy Working Song ", which was nominated from the same film. In 2009, Peter Gabriel , who was originally scheduled to perform his nominated song " Down to Earth " during the live broadcast, declined to perform after learning that he would be allowed to sing only 65 seconds of the song during the ceremony's Best Original Song nominee performance medley. Gabriel still attended

819-458: The nominated songs from Dreamgirls , while " Falling Slowly " from Once defeated all three of Enchanted ' s nominations. After these two consecutive defeats, a new rule was instated in June 2008 that a film could have no more than two songs nominated. While up to five songs from a single film can be submitted, studios sometimes submit only one, for fear that having two nominated might split

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858-578: The number received by the Academy there would be five, three or no nominations each year. Since then, there have always been five nominees, except in 2013 when one was disqualified. The first film to receive multiple nominations was Fame in 1980. Only four films have featured three nominated songs: Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , Dreamgirls , and Enchanted . Dreamgirls and Enchanted lost on every nomination: An Inconvenient Truth original song " I Need to Wake Up " defeated all three of

897-702: The overworld themes for the Canada level. The song appears again in the game's 2017 sequel, South Park: The Fractured but Whole , near the Canadian wall. Shaiman wrote new lyrics for the song in 2023 reflecting conspiracy theories about the Canadian wildfires that year . The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards (1999). This created controversy because all nominated songs are traditionally performed during

936-495: The positive reaction to the performance by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 on the 1968 telecast led to their version being released as a single and eventually becoming the bigger hit.) In 1970, this was reversed and only the people who had performed the piece in the film were permitted to perform the song on the live telecast, even if a hit version was performed by another act. However, since Oscar nominees for 1970, 1971 and 1972 had all been major hit records by other artists, in 1973

975-524: The respective films. That same year, the song " Al otro lado del río " (On The Other Side Of The River), which was featured in the film The Motorcycle Diaries , won the award, becoming the first song in Spanish and the second in a non-English language to receive such an honor (the first winner was the title tune to Never on Sunday , which was sung in Greek in the film by its star, Melina Mercouri ). It

1014-425: The rule was amended again, and it became standard to first offer either the original artist or artists who performed the song in the film a chance to perform it at the ceremony, followed by the artist or artists who had the hit record with it. When neither of those is able to do so (or in rare cases where the telecast producers decide to go with someone else), the Academy chooses more well-known entertainers to perform

1053-425: The snub of Bette Davis for Of Human Bondage . The Academy, inundated by calls, letters and editorials decrying this slight, told members they could vote in names on a printed ballot or write in any other name that was desired. Claudette Colbert declared that this announcement would give Davis the win in a walk. However, in final voting, Davis came in fourth place. Colbert, who viewed herself as having no chance,

1092-456: The song at the ceremony. For example, Robin Williams performed " Blame Canada " from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut at the 72nd Academy Awards instead of the film's voice actors, Trey Parker and Mary Kay Bergman (Bergman died a few months before the show). Beyoncé Knowles sang three nominated songs (one of which was a duet with Josh Groban ) during the 77th Academy Awards even though she had not performed those songs in any of

1131-524: The song in " La Resistance ". He referenced Celine Dion as well. Mary Kay Bergman , the voice actress who sang the female parts in the song, died months before the performance, forcing the organizers to search for a replacement for her and Trey Parker , who did the male voices. Williams introduced the song by speaking with duct tape over his mouth so that his speech resembled that of Kenny McCormick , then tearing it off and finally saying Stan Marsh 's trademark line, " Oh my god! They killed Kenny! " There

1170-434: The song receiving the next highest score would be the two nominees. This system usually resulted in five nominations each year, except for 2010 when four were nominated, 1988, 2005, and 2008, when only three were nominated; and 2011 when only two were nominated. Following the two song competition in 2011, the rules were changed once more. The number of nominations is now contingent upon the number of submissions. Depending on

1209-465: The song's eligibility". The same issue arose two years earlier with " In the Deep " from Crash , which appeared on Bird York 's 2003 album The Velvet Hour after being written for Crash , but before the film was released. The current Academy rule says an eligible song "must be recorded for use in the motion picture prior to any other usage", so recordings released prior to the film will not disqualify

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1248-472: The start of World War II. It was recorded by Kate Smith and peaked at No. 8 on the bestseller list before it was used in the film. Kern got the Academy to change the rule so that only songs that are "original and written specifically for the motion picture" are eligible to win. Songs that rely on sampled or reworked material along with cover versions, remixes and parodies, such as " Gangsta's Paradise " (which samples " Pastime Paradise " by Stevie Wonder ) in

1287-430: The vote . By the time " We Don't Talk About Bruno " became the breakout hit from Encanto , the producers had for the 94th Academy Awards submitted " Dos Oruguitas ", which was nominated but did not win. Nominated songs are usually performed live at the televised Academy Awards ceremonies. Although pre-televised ceremonies were broadcast on the radio, the tradition of performing the nominated songs did not begin until

1326-479: Was also some concern about the fact the song referred to well-known Canadian singer Anne Murray as a "bitch", but Murray indicated that she was not offended by the tongue-in-cheek lyric (Murray was invited to sing the song herself on the Oscar telecast but had to decline due to a prior commitment). When asked, the Canadian Consul General (and former prime minister ) Kim Campbell said that she

1365-440: Was informed of her victory upon boarding a train for New York. She hastily rushed into the ceremony to collect her award, then went back to the waiting train. This was the last time that all Best Actor nominees were first time acting nominees until the 95th Academy Awards , and the last time until the 43rd Academy Awards where either lead acting category was entirely first-time nominees. Six-year-old Shirley Temple received

1404-731: Was not offended by the song since it was clearly a silly satirical piece and not intended to insult her country. This is made clear in the final line of the song: We must blame them and cause a fuss. Before somebody thinks of blaming us! Coincidentally, the Canadian Oscar telecast in which Williams sang the song included the premiere of the Molson Canadian " I Am Canadian " rant advertisement, which counters many perceived Canadian stereotypes . The song lost to Phil Collins ' song " You'll Be in My Heart " from Tarzan , which

1443-456: Was parodied on an episode of South Park released the following year, " Timmy 2000 ", as "You'll Be in Me". Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed

1482-678: Was released in August 2006, and The Cost in February 2007, before the release of Once . It was also used in the movie Beauty in Trouble and released on its soundtrack in September 2006. However, the AMPAS music committee determined that, in the course of the film's protracted production, the composers had "played the song in some venues that were deemed inconsequential enough to not change

1521-468: Was written by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler , but the producers would not let Drexler perform the song during the show for fear of losing ratings. Instead, the song was performed by Carlos Santana and Antonio Banderas . Drexler's acceptance speech for the award consisted of him singing a few lines a cappella and closed by simply saying "thank you". In 1985, Phil Collins was passed over to perform his nominated composition " Against All Odds (Take

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