OSCAR WINNERS Movie theme songs

Highlights from the Oscar winners for best original song since the 1970s. As asterisk indicates the song also reached the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart:

1971 “Theme from Shaft” from “Shaft”

1972 “The Morning After” from “The Poseidon Adventure”

1973 “The Way We Were” from “The Way We Were”

1976 “Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)” from “A Star Is Born”

1977 “You Light Up My Life” from “You Light Up My Life”

1978 “Last Dance” from “Thank God It’s Friday”

1980 “Fame” from “Fame”

1981 “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” from “Arthur”

1982 “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman”

1983 “Flashdance ... What a Feeling” from “Flashdance”

1984 “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from “The Woman in Red”

1985 “Say You, Say Me” from “White Knights”

1986 “Take My Breath Away” from “Top Gun”

1987 “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from “Dirty Dancing”

1988 “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl”

1991 “Beauty and the Beast” from “Beauty and the Beast”

1992 “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin”

1993 “Streets of Philadelphia” from “Philadelphia”

1994 “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King”

1997 “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic”

1999 “You’ll Be in My Heart” from “Tarzan”