1959: "Volare" – Domenico Modugno 1960: "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood 1961: "Theme from Exodus" – Ernest Gold 1962: "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini 1963: "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 1964: "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini 1965: "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman 1966: "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel 1967: "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney 1968: "Up, Up and Away" – Jimmy Webb 1969: "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell 1970: "Games People Play" – Joe South 1971: "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon 1972: "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King 1973: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl 1974: "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox 1975: "The Way We Were" – Alan e Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch 1976: "Send in the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim 1977: "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston 1978: "Evergreen" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks 1979: "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel 1980: "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald 1981: "Sailing" – Christopher Cross 1982: "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon 1983: "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson 1984: "Every Breath You Take" – Sting 1985: "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten 1986: "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie 1987: "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager 1988: "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 1989: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin 1990: "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar 1991: "From a Distance" – Julie Gold 1992: "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon 1993: "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings 1994: "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice 1995: "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen 1996: "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal 1997: "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims 1998: "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings 2000: "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas
2001: "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson 2002: "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys 2003: "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris 2004: "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross 2005: "Daughters" – John Mayer 2006: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson 2007: "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson 2008: "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse 2009: "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin 2010: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart 2011: "Need You Now" – David Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott 2012: "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth 2013: "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess 2014: "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich-O'Connor 2015: "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith 2016: "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge 2017: "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin 2018: "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip 2019: "This Is America" – Donald Glover & Ludwig Göransson 2020: "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell 2021: "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas 2022: "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars 2023: "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt
