5 songs that won over the public, but didn’t win the Oscar statuette

The 96th Oscar ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes place on March 10th and “I’m Just Ken”in Barbiethe highest-grossing film of 2023, is one of the favorites to win the Best Original Song category.

However, everything indicates that, even with the popularity of the song, another song by Barbie, “What Was I Made For?”in Billie Eilish, which means that the public’s favorite doesn’t always end up winning. Therefore, the Rolling Stone Brazildecided to remember some “wrongful” songs from recent years. Comfort:

“Accidentally in Love”by Counting Crows, from Sherk 2

The emblematic song, by the alternative rock band Counting Crowsmarked the love story between Sherk It is Fionathe second film about cinema’s most beloved ogre, went beyond cinema screens and became one of the biggest musical hits at the time of the film’s release.

“Accidentally in Love” It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2005 Oscars and, for many, it already had the statuette in its pocket. However, on the night of the awards ceremony, “On the Other Side of the River”in Motorcycle Diaries (2004), ended up winning and won the “golden bald”.

“Happy”by Pharrell Williams, from Despicable Me 2

“Happy”which played everywhere until no one could take the song’s lively chorus any longer, took Pharrell Williams to compete for the Best Original Song category at the 2014 Oscars. However, even with all the success of the song, present on the soundtrack of Despicable Me 2(2013), the victory went to another hit gum of the time: “Let It Go”in Frozen (2013).

“Can’t Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake, from Trolls

Perhaps Justin Timberlake delivered one of the best openings at the Oscars by starting the 2017 awards with the presentation of “Can’t Stop The Feeling”. The film’s theme song Trolls (2016) was another song that, like “Happy”, won over people around the world and even ended up at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, when it came to “let’s see”, he lost the award for Best Original Song to “City of Stars”from the beloved musical La La Land: Singing Seasons (2016).

“This Is Me”by Keala Settle, from The Greatest Showman

Great highlight of The Greatest Showmanfeature film starring Hugh Jackman (from the franchise X-Men) and launched in 2017, “This Is Me” was the big favorite for the Best Original Song award in 2018. In fact, the performance of Keala Settle During the ceremony, the audience gave a standing ovation. However, the one who won the prize was “Remember Me”animation “Viva: Life is a Party” (2017).

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno”in Charm

Charm (2021) even appeared in the Best Original Song category, but with “Dos Oruguitas”, theme song from the Disney film. However, shortly after the nomination deadline, the film arrived on Disney+ and another song from the soundtrack exploded: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”.

Some justifications were given for the absence of hit among the category finalists: second Lin-Manuel Mirandaresponsible for the animation’s soundtrack, the music was centered on a single character and did not fully represent the film.

The truth is that no one expected the success that “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” ended up doing, at a level equal to or even greater than “Let It Go”2014 champion. In the end, Charm and yours “Dos Oruguitas” they ended up losing to another strong candidate in 2022: “No Time to Die”song by Billie Ellish for the film 007 – No Time to Die (2021).

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