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Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Descriptionquality song containing both lyrics and melody
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1959
Last awarded2017
Currently held byTop Gun Who Stars ?
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."

History and description

The Song of the Year awards have been awarded since 1959. It is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards. Despite both the Record of the Year award and Song of the Year being awarded for a single or for one track from an album, this award goes only to the composer(s) of the song whereas the Record of the Year award goes to the performer and production team of the song. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is given to the songwriter(s) of a song that "must contain melody and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. Songs containing prominent samples or interpolations are not eligible".

Since the late 1960s other songwriter's awards have been presented for genre-specific categories including Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and most recently in Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (since 2004), Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song (since 2006), Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song (since 2012) and Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song (since 2014).

Achievements

Twenty nine of the winning songs have also won the award for Record of the Year.

In many cases, the songwriters were also the performers. (Domenico Modugno, Henry Mancini, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Joe South, Paul Simon, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Christopher Cross, Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Seal, Shawn Colvin, James Horner, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, John Mayer, U2, Dixie Chicks, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Lady Antebellum, Adele, Fun, Lorde, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.)

Christopher Cross is the first artist to receive the Grammy Award for Song of the Year as well as for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist in one ceremony. Adele is the first female artist to receive the award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year, nonconsecutively. Only five artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross (1981), Alicia Keys (2002), Amy Winehouse (2008), Fun (2013), and Sam Smith. Adele and Christopher Cross are the only recipients of the four Grammys for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist.

Multiple winners in this category include Henry Mancini (1962 and 1964), Johnny Mercer (1962 and 1964), James Horner (1988 and 1999), Will Jennings (1993 and 1999) U2 (2001 and 2006) and Adele (2012 and 2017), winning two times each. However, songs written for Andy Williams, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Roberta Flack have received this award twice.

The song "Volare", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner "Michelle" by the Beatles has a critical part of its lyrics in French.

As of 2017, no songwriter has won Song of the Year twice in a row.

2013 was the last year a singer of American nationality won the award.

Recipients

An asterisk (*) indicates this recording also won Record of the Year.
Year Songwriter(s) Nationality Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
1959 Domenico Modugno
Franco Migliacci 		 Italy "Volare" * Domenico Modugno
1960 Jimmy Driftwood  United States "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton
1961 Ernest Gold  United States
 Austria 		"Theme of Exodus" Instrumental
(Various artists)
1962 Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer 		 United States "Moon River" * Henry Mancini
1963 Leslie Bricusse
Anthony Newley 		 United Kingdom "What Kind of Fool Am I?" Sammy Davis, Jr.
1964 Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer 		 United States "Days of Wine and Roses" * Henry Mancini
1965 Jerry Herman  United States "Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong
1966 Paul Francis Webster
Johnny Mandel 		 United States "The Shadow of Your Smile" Tony Bennett
1967 John Lennon
Paul McCartney 		 United Kingdom "Michelle" The Beatles
1968 Jimmy Webb  United States "Up, Up, and Away" * The 5th Dimension
1969 Bobby Russell  United States "Little Green Apples" O.C. Smith
1970 Joe South  United States "Games People Play" Joe South
1971 Paul Simon  United States "Bridge over Troubled Water" * Simon & Garfunkel
1972 Carole King  United States "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor & Carole King
1973 Ewan MacColl  United Kingdom "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" * Roberta Flack
1974 Norman Gimbel
Charles Fox 		 United States "Killing Me Softly with His Song" * Roberta Flack
1975 Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Marvin Hamlisch 		 United States "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
1976 Stephen Sondheim  United States "Send in the Clowns" Judy Collins
1977 Bruce Johnston  United States "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow
1978 Barbra Streisand
Paul Williams /
Joe Brooks (Tie) 		 United States "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" /
"You Light Up My Life" (Tie) 		Barbra Streisand /
Debby Boone
1979 Billy Joel  United States "Just the Way You Are" * Billy Joel
1980 Kenny Loggins
Michael McDonald 		 United States "What a Fool Believes" * The Doobie Brothers
1981 Christopher Cross  United States "Sailing" * Christopher Cross
1982 Donna Weiss
Jackie DeShannon 		 United States "Bette Davis Eyes" * Kim Carnes
1983 Johnny Christopher
Mark James
Wayne Carson 		 United States "Always on My Mind" Willie Nelson
1984 Sting  United Kingdom "Every Breath You Take" The Police
1985 Graham Lyle
Terry Britten 		 United Kingdom
 Australia 		"What's Love Got to Do with It" * Tina Turner
1986 Michael Jackson
Lionel Richie 		 United States "We Are the World" * USA for Africa
1987 Burt Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager 		 United States "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick & Friends
1988 James Horner
Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil 		 United States "Somewhere Out There" Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
1989 Bobby McFerrin  United States "Don't Worry, Be Happy" * Bobby McFerrin
1990 Larry Henley
Jeff Silbar 		 United States "Wind Beneath My Wings" * Bette Midler
1991 Julie Gold  United States "From a Distance" Bette Midler
1992 Irving Gordon  United States "Unforgettable" * Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
1993 Eric Clapton
Will Jennings 		 United Kingdom
 United States 		"Tears in Heaven" * Eric Clapton
1994 Alan Menken
Tim Rice 		 United States
 United Kingdom 		"A Whole New World" Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
1995 Bruce Springsteen  United States "Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen
1996 Seal  United Kingdom "Kiss from a Rose" * Seal
1997 Gordon Kennedy
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Tommy Sims 		 United States "Change the World" * Eric Clapton
1998 Shawn Colvin
John Leventhal 		 United States "Sunny Came Home" * Shawn Colvin
1999 James Horner
Will Jennings 		 Canada "My Heart Will Go On" * Celine Dion
2000 Itaal Shur
Rob Thomas 		 United States "Smooth" * Santana featuring Rob Thomas
2001 Adam Clayton
David Evans
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Paul Hewson 		 Ireland "Beautiful Day" * U2
2002 Alicia Keys  United States "Fallin'" Alicia Keys
2003 Jesse Harris  United States "Don't Know Why" * Norah Jones
2004 Richard Marx
Luther Vandross 		 United States "Dance with My Father" Luther Vandross
2005 John Mayer  United States "Daughters" John Mayer

2006 Adam Clayton
David Evans
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Paul Hewson 		 Ireland "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" U2
2007 Emily Robison
Martie Maguire
Natalie Maines
Dan Wilson 		 United States "Not Ready to Make Nice" * Dixie Chicks
2008 Amy Winehouse  United Kingdom "Rehab" * Amy Winehouse
2009 Guy Berryman
Jonny Buckland
Will Champion
Chris Martin 		 United Kingdom "Viva la Vida" Coldplay
2010 Thaddis Harrell
Beyoncé Knowles
Terius Nash
Christopher Stewart 		 United States "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé
2011 Dave Haywood
Josh Kear
Charles Kelley
Hillary Scott 		 United States "Need You Now" * Lady Antebellum
2012 Adele Adkins
Paul Epworth 		 United Kingdom "Rolling in the Deep" * Adele
2013 Nate Ruess
Jack Antonoff
Jeff Bhasker
Andrew Dost 		 United States "We Are Young" Fun featuring Janelle Monáe
2014 Joel Little
Ella Yelich-O'Connor
 New Zealand "Royals" Lorde
2015 James Napier
William Phillips
Sam Smith 		 United Kingdom "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) * Sam Smith
2016 Ed Sheeran
Amy Wadge 		 United Kingdom "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran
2017 Adele Adkins
Greg Kurstin 		 United Kingdom "Hello" * Adele
  • Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
  • The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.

See also

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