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Songs Not in the English Language That Won Oscars for Best Original Song: Complete List

Here’s a complete list of songs not in the English language that won Oscars for best original song.

Notes: The song is performed in Spanish by an uncredited troubadour in the 1950 film, though it is best known for Nat King Cole’s smash cover version in English. Drexler had the last word on this “snub”: When Prince announced him as the winner, he sang lyrics from his winning song in his acceptance speech before signing off with “Ciao. I grew up listening to the Carpenters, and now here I am with the Oscars.” He then began singing to the familiar ditty: “There was only one wish on my mind/ So was Rajamouli’s and my family’s/ RRR has to win/ Pride of every Indian/ And must put me on the top of the world.”

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