from the album Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Original Soundtrack) and Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side
"She's Only Happy When She's Dancing" (live)
"Cuts Like a Knife" (live)
Written
1990
Released
June 17, 1991 (1991-06-17)
Recorded
March 1991
Studio
Battery, London
Genre
Soft rock[1]
Length
6:34 (album/video version)
4:06 (single version)
Label
A&M
Songwriters
Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Producer
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Only the Strong Survive" (1987)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991)
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (1991)
Music video
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" on YouTube
Audio sample
file
help
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the power ballad was the lead single for both the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Adams's sixth studio album, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). The single was released on June 17, 1991, by A&M Records and the accompanying music video was directed by Julien Temple.
The song was a chart success internationally, reaching the number-one position on the music charts of at least 19 countries. In the United Kingdom, it spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart as of 2026. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks and stayed at number one for 17 consecutive weeks on the sales-only chart.[2] It went on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it Adams's most successful song and one of the best-selling singles of all time.[3] The song has been covered by hundreds of singers and artists around the world.
Background
[edit]
The musicians on the original recording are Adams on lead vocals, backing vocals and rhythm guitar, Bill Payne (piano), Mickey Curry (drums), Larry Klein (bass), Keith Scott (lead guitar and backing vocals), Tommy Mandel (organ), Ed Shearmur and Phil Nicholas (keyboards and programming). The song was based on the film's love theme by Kamen, "Maid Marian".[4] The song was written in London, UK at the studio Adams was working at in 1990, and he and Lange wrote it in 45 minutes, recording it the following March, and releasing it three months later.[5] The song is performed in the key of D♭ major.[6]
Commercial performance
[edit]
In the United Kingdom, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" had the longest unbroken run at number one, spending sixteen consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart from July 7, 1991, to October 27 when it dropped to number four,[7] surpassing the record 11 weeks set by Slim Whitman's hit single "Rose Marie" in 1955.[8] Adams' achievement was celebrated by Whitman in November 1991, when he joined Adams on stage at Wembley Arena to sing "Rose Marie", after which he presented Adams with a plaque commemorating the achievement.[9] "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" also topped the Europe-wide sales chart for eighteen continuous weeks, still an all-time record, and topped the European-wide radio airplay chart for ten weeks.[10]
In the United States, the power ballad[11] spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, which combines radio airplay and sales, the longest running number one song since 1983, and seventeen consecutive weeks at number one on the sales-only chart, which at the time set the all-time record for consecutive weeks at one.[2]Billboard ranked it as the number-one pop song for 1991.[12] It also held the number one spot on the US Adult Contemporary Chart for eight consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart since 1979, and was the number one song of the year on that chart.[13]
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" also spent nine weeks atop the singles chart in Adams's native Canada,[14] eleven weeks atop the Australian Singles Chart, and twelve weeks atop the Sweden Singles Chart. In most of the countries which hit ascended to number one, it was the number one song for the year 1991, exceptions being Germany (number two), Austria (number two) and Switzerland (number three).
Music videos
[edit]
The official music video for the song was directed by British film, documentary and music video director Julien Temple.[15] It shows Adams and his band performing the song in a forest with a silk mill in the background, and Adams alone performing on a rocky beachside, intercut with scenes from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The video was filmed in a forest with a derelict silk mill near Holford in the Quantock Hills and on a beach with geological cliff formations near Kilve, Somerset.[16][17] A video was also commissioned for a live version of the song, directed by Andy Morahan.[18]
Awards and accolades
[edit]
Adams, Kamen, and Lange won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television,[19] and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1992. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "Beauty and the Beast" from the Disney film of the same name.[20] As recently as July 2020, it placed at number 13 on YouTube's "Most Listened to Rock Countdown", a monthly tally of the most viewed and listened to songs of the rock genre, both in current release and from the past; this was the second highest song by Adams' after "Please Forgive Me" at number 10.[21] The song was placed 18th in a survey of the favourite songs of British readers of the Guinness Book of Records.[22]
Personnel
[edit]
Bryan Adams – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Keith Scott – lead guitar, backing vocals
Mickey Curry – drums
Bill Payne – piano
Larry Klein – bass
Tommy Mandel – Hammond organ
Ed Shearmur – keyboards
Phil Nicholas – keyboards, programming
Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
Bob Clearmountain – mixing
Nigel Green – engineer
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts
[edit]
Chart (1991–1993)
Peakposition
Australia (ARIA)[23]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[24]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[25]
1
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)[26]
1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14]
1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[27]
1
Denmark (IFPI)[28]
1
El Salvador (UPI)[29]
7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[30]
1
Europe (European Hit Radio)[31]
1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[32]
1
France (SNEP)[33]
1
Germany (GfK)[34]
1
Greece (IFPI)[35]
1
Ireland (IRMA)[36]
1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[37]
3
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)[38]
1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40]
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[41]
1
Norway (VG-lista)[42]
1
Panama (UPI)[43]
6
Portugal (AFP)[44]
1
Spain (AFYVE)[45]
4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[46]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[47]
1
UK Singles (OCC)[48]
1
UK Airplay (Music Week)[49]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[50]
1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[51]
1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[52]
10
US Cash Box Top 100[53]
1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[54]
2
Chart (2021)
Peakposition
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[55]
34
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[56]
19
Year-end charts
[edit]
Chart (1991)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[57]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[58]
2
Belgium (Ultratop)[59]
1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[60]
1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[61]
1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[62]
1
Europe (European Hit Radio)[63]
1
Germany (Media Control)[64]
2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[65]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[66]
1
New Zealand (RIANZ)[67]
1
Sweden (Topplistan)[68]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[69]
3
UK Singles (OCC)[70]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[12]
1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[71]
1
US Cash Box Top 100[72]
1
Chart (1992)
Position
Germany (Media Control)[73]
69
Decade-end charts
[edit]
Chart (1990–1999)
Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[74]
7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[75]
5
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[76]
8
Canada (Canadian Artists Digital Songs)[77]
4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[78]
10
UK Singles (OCC)[79]
7
US Billboard Hot 100[80]
37
All-time charts
[edit]
All-time chart rankings for "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)"
Chart
Position
Dutch Love Songs (Dutch Top 40)[81]
12
UK Singles (OCC)[82]
15
US Billboard Hot 100[83]
21
Certifications and sales
[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57]
2× Platinum
140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[84]
Platinum
50,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[85]
Platinum
50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[86]
Platinum
60,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[87]
2× Platinum
200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[88]
Platinum
90,000‡
France (SNEP)[89]
Gold
250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[90]
Platinum
500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[91]
Platinum
100,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[92]
Platinum
100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[93]
2× Platinum
60,000‡
Spain (Promusicae)[94]
Platinum
60,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[95]
Platinum
50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[97]
3× Platinum
1,850,000[96]
United States (RIAA)[98]
3× Platinum
4,100,000[2]
* Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Release history
[edit]
Region
Date
Format(s)
Label(s)
Ref.
United Kingdom
June 17, 1991
7-inch vinyl
12-inch vinyl
CD
cassette
A&M
[99]
Australia
July 8, 1991
CD
cassette
[100]
Japan
July 21, 1991
Mini-CD
[101]
Fatima Mansions version
[edit]
The Irish band Fatima Mansions released a heavily altered cover of the song as part of an NME tribute album in aid of the charity, the Spastics Society.[102] The single was a double A-side with the Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless". The single entered the UK top ten in 1992,[102] and reached number 12 in the Republic of Ireland.[103] However, the Manic Street Preachers song received most of the UK radio airplay.[102][104]
Brandy version
[edit]
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Single by Brandy
from the album Never Say Never
Released
November 1999
Studio
Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA)
Sony Studios (Culver City, CA)
Genre
R&B[105]
Length
4:09
Label
Atlantic
Songwriters
Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Producer
David Foster
Brandy singles chronology
"U Don't Know Me" (1999)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1999)
"Another Day in Paradise" (2001)
Audio
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" on YouTube
American singer Brandy rerecorded "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" for the standard version of her second studio album, Never Say Never (1998). Producer David Foster reworked the arrangement of the original song, with Dean Parks playing the acoustic guitar.
In 1999, her cover version was released as the album's final single on a double A-side with "U Don't Know Me" on the Oceanic music market, where it reached the top 30 of New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart. That same year, she performed the song live at VH1 Divas Live '99 alongside Faith Hill.
Track listings
[edit]
Australian CD single
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – 4:10
"U Don't Know Me" – 4:29
"Have You Ever?" (Soul Skank Remix) – 5:40
Credits and personnel
[edit]
Credits are taken from Never Say Never liner notes.[106]
Composer – Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, R.J. Lange
Production – David Foster
Acoustic guitar – Dean Parks
Electric guitar – Michael Thompson
Programming – Felipe Elgueta
Mixing – Tom Bender
Recording – Al Schmitt
Charts
[edit]
Chart (1999)
Peakposition
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[107]
28
Yuridia version
[edit]
Mexican singer Yuridia released a Spanish cover of the song titled Todo lo que hago lo hago por ti. Released as part of her album titled Habla El Corazón in 2006.
See also
[edit]
List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1991
List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s
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Bryan Adams
Discography
Videography
Awards and nominations
Backing band
Studio albums
Bryan Adams
You Want It You Got It
Cuts Like a Knife
Reckless
Into the Fire
Waking Up the Neighbours
18 til I Die
On a Day Like Today
Room Service
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Tracks of My Years
Get Up
Shine a Light
Pretty Woman – The Musical
So Happy It Hurts
Classic / Classic Pt. II
Roll with the Punches
Live albums
Live! Live! Live!
Unplugged
Live at the Budokan
Bare Bones
Live at Sydney Opera House
Wembley 1996 Live
Soundtrack albums
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Colour Me Kubrick
Compilation albums
So Far So Good
The Best of Me
Anthology
Ultimate
Singles
"Let Me Take You Dancing"
"Straight from the Heart"
"Cuts Like a Knife"
"This Time"
"I'm Ready"
"Run to You"
"Somebody"
"Heaven"
"Summer of '69"
"One Night Love Affair"
"It's Only Love"
"Diana"
"Christmas Time"
"Heat of the Night"
"Hearts on Fire"
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven"
"Do I Have to Say the Words?"
"Please Forgive Me"
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"
"Let's Make a Night to Remember"
"Star"
"18 til I Die"
"Back to You"
"I'm Ready"
"On a Day Like Today"
"When You're Gone"
"Cloud Number Nine"
"The Best of Me"
"Inside Out"
"Here I Am"
"Open Road"
"Flying"
"Room Service"
"This Side of Paradise"
"I Thought I'd Seen Everything"
"Tonight We Have the Stars"
"One World, One Flame"
"So Happy It Hurts"
Collaborations
"All for Love"
"Rock Steady"
"I Finally Found Someone"
"Don't Give Up"
"Bang the Drum"
"Feels Like Home"
Videography
Unplugged
Live at Slane Castle
Live at the Budokan
Live in Lisbon
Live at Sydney Opera House
Wembley 1996 Live
Tours
Ultimate Tour
Other topics
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Queen Elizabeth II domestic rate stamp (Canada)
"Young Lust"
Category
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Robin Hood
Characters and settings
Characters
Main
Robin Hood
Maid Marian
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
Sheriff of Nottingham
Guy of Gisbourne
Prince John
Bishop of Hereford
Richard at the Lee
King Richard
Merry Men
Little John
Much the Miller's Son
Will Scarlet
Arthur a Bland
David of Doncaster
Will Stutely
Friar Tuck
Alan-a-Dale
Gilbert Whitehand
Settings
Sherwood Forest
Major Oak
Nottingham
Loxley
St Mary's Abbey, York
Barnsdale
Wentbridge
Media
Screen
Film
Robin Hood (1912)
Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
The Prince of Thieves (1948)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
The Story of Robin Hood (1952)
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)
A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
Long Live Robin Hood (1971)
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973)
The Arrows of Robin Hood (1975)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Aaj Ka Robin Hood (1988)
O Mistério de Robin Hood (1990)
Robin Hood (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Princess of Thieves (2001)
Robin Hood (2010)
Robin Hood (2018)
The Death of Robin Hood (2026)
TV
Robin Hood (1953)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
Robin of Sherwood (1984)
The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1997)
Robin Hood (2006,
episodes,
characters)
Robyn Hood (2023)
Robin Hood (2025)
Animated
Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
Rabbit Hood (1949)
Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
Robin Hoodwinked (1958)
Rocket Robin Hood (1966)
Robin Hood (1973)
Robin Hood (1990)
Young Robin Hood (1991)
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012)
Sherwood (2019)
Parody
About Seven Brothers (1968)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Alternatesettings
Mexicali Rose (1939 film)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964 film)
Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 Tamil film)
Nyayam Meere Cheppali (1985 Telugu film)
Robin of Locksley (1996 film)
Catch Me Now (2008 Chinese TV series)
Alyas Robin Hood (2016 Philippines TV series)
Popular culture
Statue of Robin Hood
Robin Hood (DC Comics character)
Robin Hood (Disney character)
Child ballads
8: Erlinton
102: Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter
103: Rose the Red and White Lily
115: Robyn and Gandeleyn
117: A Gest of Robyn Hode
118: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
119: Robin Hood and the Monk
120: Robin Hood's Death
121: Robin Hood and the Potter
123: Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
124: The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
126: Robin Hood and the Tanner
127: Robin Hood and the Tinker
128: Robin Hood Newly Revived
129: Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
130: Robin Hood and the Scotchman
131: Robin Hood and the Ranger
132: The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
136: Robin Hood's Delight
138: Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale
139: Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham
140: Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires
141: Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
142: Little John a Begging
143: Robin Hood and the Bishop
144: Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
145: Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
146: Robin Hood's Chase
147: Robin Hood's Golden Prize
148: The Noble Fisherman
151: The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood
152: Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
153: Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight
154: A True Tale of Robin Hood
Stage / theatre
The Downfall and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington (1598 and 1601 plays)
The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest (1871 operetta)
Robin Hood (1890 De Koven opera)
The Foresters (1892 play)
Twang!! (1965 musical parody)
Robin Hood (1934 Tippett opera)
Robin Hood (1998 ballet)
Robin des Bois (2013 musical)
Video games
Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon (1985)
Robin of the Wood (1985)
Super Robin Hood (1986)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1991)
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (1991)
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood (2002)
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown (2003)
Robin Hood's Quest (2007)
Volume (2015)
Hood: Outlaws & Legends (2021)
Literature
A Gest of Robyn Hode (probably 15th century)
Ivanhoe (1819)
Maid Marian (1822)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883)
Bows against the Barons (1934)
The Once and Future King (1958)
The Outlaws of Sherwood (1988)
Through a Dark Mist (1991)
Lady of the Forest (1992)
In the Shadow of Midnight (1994)
The Last Arrow (1997)
Lady of Sherwood (1999)
King Raven Trilogy (2006)
Music
Legend (1984 soundtrack)
"Robin (The Hooded Man)"
"Love" (song)
"Not in Nottingham" (song)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (song)
The Tale of Gamelyn
Robin Hood (2018 soundtrack)
Alan Dale
Outlaw (2009)
Holy Warrior (2010)
King's Man (2011)
The Outlaw Chronicles (2012-2016)
Related
Miss Robin Hood
Son of the Guardsman
The Son of Robin Hood
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood's Larder
Robin Hood Morality Test
"Robot of Sherwood"
"Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men"
Once Upon a Time
The Tales of Robin Hood (former Nottingham attraction)
Once Upon a Studio
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Brandy Norwood songs
Brandy
"Baby"
"Best Friend"
"Brokenhearted"
"I Wanna Be Down"
Never Say Never
"Almost Doesn't Count"
"Angel in Disguise"
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
"Have You Ever?"
"The Boy Is Mine"
"Top of the World"
"U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)"
Full Moon
"Another Day in Paradise"
"Die Without You"
"Full Moon"
"He Is"
"What About Us?"
Afrodisiac
"Afrodisiac"
"Should I Go"
"Talk About Our Love"
"Turn It Up"
"Who Is She 2 U"
Human
"Long Distance"
"Right Here (Departed)"
"True"
Two Eleven
"Put It Down"
"Scared of Beautiful"
"Wildest Dreams"
B7
"Baby Mama"
"Borderline"
"Love Again"
"No Tomorrow, Pt. 2"
Collaborations
"It All Belongs to Me"
"Magic"
"Missing You"
"Optimistic"
"Talk to Me"
"The Girl Is Mine"
"Wake Up Everybody"
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
"The Boy Is Mine (Remix)"
Other songs
"Sittin' Up in My Room"
"Beggin & Pleadin"
"Freedom Rings"
"Somebody's Son"
Awards for "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
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American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Song
1970s
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)
"I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1975)
"Rhinestone Cowboy" – Glen Campbell (1976)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John and Kiki Dee (1977)
"You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone (1978)
"Three Times a Lady" – Commodores (1979)
1980s
"Bad Girls" – Donna Summer (1980)
"Another One Bites the Dust" – Queen (1981)
"Endless Love" – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross (1982)
"Truly" – Lionel Richie (1983)
"Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson (1984)
"Dancing in the Dark" – Bruce Springsteen (1985)
"The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis and the News (1986)
"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" – Billy Ocean (1987)
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" – Whitney Houston (1988)
"Sweet Child o' Mine" – Guns N' Roses (1989)
1990s
"Girl You Know It's True" – Milli Vanilli (1990)
"Blaze of Glory" – Jon Bon Jovi (1991)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams (1992)
"End of the Road" – Boyz II Men (1993)
"I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1994)
"I'll Make Love to You" – Boyz II Men (1995)
2010s
"Love Yourself" – Justin Bieber (2016)
"Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (2017)
"Havana" – Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug (2018)
"Without Me" – Halsey (2019)
2020s
"Don't Start Now" – Dua Lipa (2020)
"Butter" – BTS (2021)
"As It Was" – Harry Styles (2022)
"Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish (2025)
Between 1996–2015, the category was retired.
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Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Awarded to songwriters
1980s
"Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (1988)
"Two Hearts" – Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier (1989)
1990s
"Let the River Run" – Carly Simon (1990)
"Under the Sea" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (1991)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams (1992)
"Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (1993)
"A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (1994)
"Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (1995)
"Colors of the Wind" – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (1996)
"Because You Loved Me" – Diane Warren (1997)
"I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly (1998)
"My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (1999)
2000s
"Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna & William Orbit (2000)
"When She Loved Me" – Randy Newman (2001)
"Boss of Me" – John Flansburgh & John Linnell (2002)
"If I Didn't Have You" – Randy Newman (2003)
"A Mighty Wind" – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean (2004)
"Into the West" – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (2005)
"Believe" – Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (2006)
"Our Town" – Randy Newman (2007)
"Love You I Do" – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger (2008)
"Down to Earth" – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (2009)
2010s
"Jai Ho" – Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah (2010)
"The Weary Kind" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (2011)
"I See the Light" – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater (2012)
"Safe & Sound" – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White (2013)
"Skyfall" – Adele Atkins & Paul Epworth (2014)
"Let It Go" – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (2015)
"Glory" – Common, Che Smith & John Legend (2016)
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (2017)
"How Far I'll Go" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (2018)
"Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (2019)
2020s
"I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (2020)
"No Time to Die" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (2021)
"All Eyes on Me" – Bo Burnham (2022)
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (2023)
"What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (2024)
"It Never Went Away" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (2025)
"Golden" – EJAE, Park Hong-jun, Joong Gyu-kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick (2026)
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Billboard Year-End number one singles (1980–1999)
1980: "Call Me" – Blondie
1981: "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes
1982: "Physical" – Olivia Newton-John
1983: "Every Breath You Take" – The Police
1984: "When Doves Cry" – Prince
1985: "Careless Whisper" – Wham! featuring George Michael
1986: "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne & Friends
1987: "Walk Like an Egyptian" – The Bangles
1988: "Faith" – George Michael
1989: "Look Away" – Chicago
1990: "Hold On" – Wilson Phillips
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams