MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie

MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie
Awarded for	Quality songs
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	1992
Last awarded	2012
Official website	www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/

The MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie is an award presented to singers/groups for quality songs in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public votes.^[1] The MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie was first given out in 1992 for Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do I Do It For You" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The award was last given out in 1999 and was replaced with Best Musical Sequence, but made a return in 2009. It was then retired afterwards.^[2] It later returned in 2012 renamed as Best Music. In 1996, Batman Forever and Waiting to Exhale each had two songs nominated in this category, with the latter winning for "Sittin' Up In My Room". Bryan Adams, Bush and Whitney Houston have each won the Best Song honor from two nominations. Eric Clapton had received three nominations, and Boyz II Men, Céline Dion, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Sting have each been nominated twice.

Best Song from a Movie

Year	Song	Artist	Film	Other nominees	Ref.
1992	"Everything I Do I Do It For You"	Bryan Adams	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	MC Hammer – "Addams Groove" (The Addams Family) Color Me Badd – "I Wanna Sex You Up" (New Jack City) Eric Clapton – "Tears in Heaven" (Rush) Guns N' Roses – "You Could Be Mine" (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)	[3]
1993	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	Boyz II Men – "End of the Road" (Boomerang) Sting and Eric Clapton – "It's Probably Me" (Lethal Weapon 3) Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle – "A Whole New World" (Aladdin) Alice in Chains – "Would?" (Singles)	[4]
1994	"Will You Be There"	Michael Jackson	Free Willy	Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting – "All for Love" (The Three Musketeers) UB40 – "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Sliver) The Proclaimers – "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (Benny & Joon) Bruce Springsteen – "Streets of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia) Céline Dion and Clive Griffin – "When I Fall in Love" (Sleepless in Seattle)	[5]
1995	"Big Empty"	Stone Temple Pilots	The Crow	Elton John – "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" (The Lion King) Urge Overkill – "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (Pulp Fiction) Madonna – "I'll Remember" (With Honors) Warren G and Nate Dogg – "Regulate" (Above the Rim)	[6]
1996	"Sittin' Up In My Room"	Brandy	Waiting to Exhale	Seal – Kiss From a Rose (Batman Forever) Coolio – "Gangsta's Paradise" (Dangerous Minds) U2 – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Batman Forever) Whitney Houston – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (Waiting to Exhale)	[7]
1997	"Machinehead"	Bush	Fear	Eric Clapton and Babyface – "Change the World" (Phenomenon) Garbage – "#1 Crush" (Romeo + Juliet) Madonna – "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" (Evita)	[8]
1998	"Men In Black"	Will Smith	Men in Black	Boyz II Men – "A Song for Mama" (Soul Food) Bush – "Mouth" (An American Werewolf in Paris) Céline Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" (Titanic) Beck – "Deadweight" (A Life Less Ordinary)	[9]
1999	"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"	Aerosmith	Armageddon	Aaliyah – "Are You That Somebody?" (Dr. Dolittle) Goo Goo Dolls – "Iris" (City of Angels) Green Day – "Nice Guys Finish Last" (Varsity Blues) Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil – "Can I Get A..." (Rush Hour)	[10]
2009	"The Climb'"	Miley Cyrus	Hannah Montana: The Movie	A. R. Rahman – "Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire) Bruce Springsteen – "The Wrestler" (The Wrestler) Paramore – "Decode" (Twilight)	[11]
2012	"Party Rock Anthem"	LMFAO	21 Jump Street	College and Electric Youth – "A Real Hero" (Drive) Chemical Brothers – "The Devil Is in the Details" (Hanna) Figurine – "IMpossible" (Like Crazy) Kid Cudi – "Pursuit of Happiness (Steven Aoki remix)" (Project X)	[12]

Best Musical Sequence

Year	Song	Artist	Film	Other nominees	Ref.
2000	"Uncle F**ka"	Terrence and Philip	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Heath Ledger – "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (10 Things I Hate About You) Mike Myers and Verne Troyer – "Just the Two of Us" (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) Matt Damon, Jude Law and Rosario Fiorello – "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano" (The Talented Mr. Ripley)	[13]
2001	"One Way or Another"	Piper Perabo	Coyote Ugly	Jack Black – "Let's Get It On" (High Fidelity) George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro – "Man of Constant Sorrow" (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Paulo Costanzo and DJ Qualls – "I Wanna Rock" (Road Trip) Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee and Anna Paquin – "Tiny Dancer" (Almost Famous)	[14]
2002	"Elephant Love Medley"	Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor	Moulin Rouge!	Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon – "Golden Years" (A Knight's Tale) Chris Tucker – "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (Rush Hour 2) Nicole Kidman – "Sparkling Diamonds" (Moulin Rouge!)	[15]
2005	"Canned Heat"	Jon Heder	Napoleon Dynamite	Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo – "Thriller" (13 Going on 30) Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and David Koechner – "Afternoon Delight" (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) John Cho and Kal Penn – "Hold On" (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle)	[16]
2014	"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson	This Is the End	Jennifer Lawrence – "Live and Let Die" (American Hustle) Leonardo DiCaprio – "Pretty Thing" (The Wolf of Wall Street) Melissa McCarthy – "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Milkshake" and "Barracuda" (Identity Thief) Will Poulter – "Waterfalls" (We're the Millers)	[17]

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