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We all know about our stars competing for the likes of Brits, Grammys and EMAs. But in the quest for gongs of note, how many recording artists can boast an Oscar on the mantelpiece? Here are ten songs that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Elton John's ballad accompanied Disney's 1994 animated smash hit movie, The Lion King.
Fame
The theme to the 1980 movie from which it took it's name and sung by cast member Irene “leg warmers” Cara.
I Just Called to say I Love You
Stevie Wonder's little ode to romance won one of the coveted gongs for it's part in 1984's Woman in Red, starring Gene Wilder
My Heart Will Go On
...and so did this Celine Dion tear jerker from the 1997 mega-movie, Titanic...
Streets of Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen's haunting soundtrack to 1993 film Philadelphia which dealt with the realities of HIV and starred Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
Take My Breath Away
Berlin's soft rock power ballad provided the perfect accompaniment to shots of Tom Cruise zooming around in fighter jets and on motorbikes in 1987's Top Gun
Up Where We Belong
The combination of Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes worked a treat on this Jack Nitzsche-penned track for 1982's An Officer and a Gentleman
The Time of My Life
Warnes was at it again a few years later, this time with Bill Medley. Their duet helped propel Dirty Dancing to the top of the tree as far as chick flicks go...
White Christmas
Irving Berlin's song, definitely performed by Bing Crosby, won an Academy Award for its part in wartime movie, Holiday Inn.
Moon River
Sung by Audrey Hepburn in 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's, the song is now seen as a timeless standard that has been covered many times.