Academy Award for Best Original Song 1981
53rd Academy Awards · held March 31, 1981 · 5 nominees
- Winner Fame from Fame · Dean Pitchford
- Nominee 9 to 5 from 9 to 5 · Dolly Parton
- Nominee On the Road Again from Honeysuckle Rose · Willie Nelson
- Nominee Out Here on My Own from Fame · Lesley Gore, Michael Gore
- Nominee People Alone from The Competition · Lalo Schifrin, Will Jennings