Song of the Year Grammy Awards
Songwriter(s) Award


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1999

Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
For: Smooth

1998

James Horner & Will Jennings
For: My Heart Will Go On

1997

Shawn Colvin, James Leventhal
For: Sunny Came Home

1996

Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims
For: Change the World

1995

Seal
For: Kiss From a Rose

1994

Bruce Springsteen
For: Streets of Philadelphia

1993

Alan Menken, Tim Rice
For: A Whole New World (Alladin's Theme)

1992

Eric Clapton, Will Jennings
For: Tears in Heaven

1991

Irving Gordon
For: Unforgettable

1990

Julie Gold
For: From a Distance

1989

Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
For: Wind Beneath My Wings

1988

Bobby McFerrin
For: Don't Worry, Be Happy

1987

James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
For: Somewhere Out There

1986

Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer Sager
For: That's What Friends Are For

1985

Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie
For: We Are the World

1984

Graham Lyle, Terry Britten
For: What's Love Got to Do With It

1983

Sting
For: Every Breath You Take

1982

Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Thompson
For: Always on My Mind

1981

Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon
For: Bette Davis Eyes

1980

Christopher Cross
For: Sailing

1979

Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins
For: What a Fool Believes

1978

Billy Joel
For: Just the Way You Are

1977

Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
For: Evergreen

AND

Joe Brooks
For: You Light Up My Life

1976

Bruce Johnson
For: I Write the Songs

1975

Stephen Sondheim
For: Send in the Clowns

1974

Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
For: The Way We Were

1973

Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox
For: Killing Me Softly With His Song

1972

Ewan MacColl
For: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

1971

Carole King
For: You've Got a Friend

1970

Paul Simon
For: Bridge Over Troubled Water

1969

Joe South
For: Games People Play

1968

Bobby Russell
For: Little Green Apples

1967

Jimmy Webb
For: Up, Up and Away

1966

John Lennon and Paul McCartney
For: Michelle

1965

Paul Francis Webber, Johnny Mandel
For: The Shadow of Your Smile (Theme from The Sandpiper)

1964

Jerry Herman
For: Hello, Dolly!

1963

Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
For: The Days of Wine and Roses

1962

Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
For: What Kind of Fool Am I?

1961

Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
For: Moon River

1960

Ernest Gold
For: Theme From Exodus

1959

Jimmy Driftwood
For: The Battle of New Orleans

1958

Domenico Modugno
For: Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)



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