Best Song Oscar Winners (stolen from Tex's blog)
1973: "The Way We Were" stole it from "Live and Let Die".
1977: "You Light Up My Life" stole it from "Nobody Does It Better"
1980: "Fame" beat "On the Road Again" and "9 to 5". I wonder if the country vote was split, though I might have voted the same way.
1981: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" beat "Endless Love" and "For Your Eyes Only". It's not as bad as a steal, but it's definitely a mistake.
1982: "Up Where We Belong" beat "Eye of the Tiger" and "It Might Be You". I'm okay with this. Not enthused, but accepting.
1983: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" won, of course. "Maniac" was also nominated.
1984: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" won. "Against All Odds", "Footloose", "Ghostbusters", and "Let's hear It for the Boy" were all nominated this year. I always thought "Ghostbusters" was overrated. "Footloose" and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" were good songs, but "Holding Out for a Hero" was better, from the same film. So it's the winner vs. "Against All Odds", and I can see an argument either way.
1985: "Say You, Say Me" beat "Power of Love" and "Separate Lives". I think the Academy got this one right. "Separate Lives" chose the wrong year. "Power of Love" was a worthy nom, but not quite best of the year material.
2000: "Things Have Changed" won. Dylan. Good stuff.
2013: "Let It Go" beat "Happy". So the writers' song beat the fun song.
