The list of 82 tracks eligible for the best original song at the upcoming Academy Awards is in and it includes some of the leading recording artists working today. Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift are among the artists who made the cut, while Doja Cat is surprisingly not included on the list.
The list of most talked-about songs from the year’s popular soundtracks includes Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, Rhianna’s “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “Nobody Like U” from Turning Red, and Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing.
One song that shockingly didn’t make the cut? Doja Cat’s “Vegas” from Elvis. This viral hit was apparently deemed ineligible because it interpolates Elvis Presley’s ’50s classic “Hound Dog”, thus breaking Academy’s strict rules.
Songs by Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga have been nominated for Golden Globe earlier this year, together with two more tracks included on Oscar’s list—”Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and “Naatu Naatu” from the Indian smash hit RRR.
The list of contenders also includes the likes of Selena Gomez, the Weeknd, Rihanna, Shawn Mendes, and Brandi Carlile, and we’ll see if any of them manage to make the cut when the 15-title song shortlist is announced on December 21.
FULL LIST OF SONGS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2023 ACADEMY AWARDS:
“Amsterdam”: “Time”
“The Automat”: “(There Was Nothing Like the Coffee) at the Automat”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”: “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength),” “The Songcord”
“The Bad Guys”: “We’re Gonna Be Good Tonight”
“Beast”: “N’na Duniyaa”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”: “Lift Me Up”
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie”: “Sunny Side Up Summer”
“Bodies Bodies Bodies”: “Hot Girl”
“Bones and All”: “(You Made It Feel Like) Home”
“Bootyology”: “We Are All But Men”
“Bros”: “Love Is Not Love”
“Bullet Train”: “La Despedida”
“DC League of Super-Pets”: “Count on Me”
“Devotion”: “Not Alone”
“Don’t Worry Darling”: “With You All the Time”
“18 1/2”: “Brasilia Bella,” “Deadly Butterfly,” “Wonder Bread”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: “This Is a Life”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”: “Heaven”
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”: “Ciao Papa”
“The Inspection”: “The Hands”
“Iravin Nizhal”: “Kaayam”
“Jacir”: “Unicorn N*****”
“A Jazzman’s Blues”: “Paper Airplanes”
“Kantara: A Legend”: “Karma,” “Varaha Roopam”
“Killing Me Softly With His Songs”: “At the Movies,” “On N’aime Qu’une Fois Comme Ça,” “Sing a Brand New Song”
“Let Me Be Me”: “Feels Like Me”
“Luckiest Girl Alive”: “I Know Where I’ve Been”
“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”: “Carried Away,” “Take a Look at Us Now”
“A Man Calld Otto”: “Til You’re Home”
“Marry Me”: “On My Way”
“Me Vasantrao”: “Kaivalya Gaan,” “Le Chali Taqdeer,” “Ram Ram Lori”
“Minions: The Rise of Gru”: “Turn Up the Sunshine”
“My Father’s Dragon”: “Lift Your Wings”
“On the Come Up”: “On the Come Up”
“Persuasion”: “Quietly Yours”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”: “Fearless Hero,” “La Vida Es Una”
“RRR”: “Naatu Naatu”
“Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story”: “Faith to Carry Me,” “La Di Da”
“The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile”: “Ready As I’ll Never Be”
“Return to Seoul”: “Anybody”
“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical”: “Still Holding My Hand”
“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect”: “It Hurts”
“Saving Ana”: “Missing Children”
“The School for Good and Evil”: “Who Do You Think You Are”
“The Sea Beast”: “Captain Crow”
“Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me: “My Mind & Me”
“1660 Vine”: “Already Gone,” “Lucky,” “Rodanthe”
“Sonic the Hedgehog 2”: “Stars in the Sky”
“The Sound of Violet”: “You Could Be Anywhere”
“Spirited”: “Do a Little Good,” “Good Afternoon”
“Tell It Like a Woman”: “Applause”
“13: The Musical”: “It Would Be Funny”
“Three Thousand Years of Longing”: “Cautionary Tale”
“Till”: “Stand Up”
“Tomorrow’s Today”: “Tomorrow’s Today”
“Top Gun: Maverick”: “Hold My Hand”
“A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting”: “A Tree of Life”
“Turning Red”: “Nobody Like U”
“Tuzhyasathi Kahihi”: “Bharat Mata Ki Jay,” “Grishmat Kasa Vasant Ful La,” “Khota Dev Mazha”
“Tyson’s Run”: “If You Believe”
“The Voice of Dust and Ash”: “Dust and Ash”
“We Are Art Through the Eyes of Annalaura”: “We Are Art”
“Wendell & Wild”: “Raising the Dead”
“Where the Crawdads Sing”: “Carolina”
“White Noise”: “New Body Rhumba”
“Wildcat”: “A Sky Like I’ve Never Seen”
