| | 2008 - Rehab - performed by Amy Winehouse |
| | 2007 - Not Ready to Make Nice - performed by Dixie Chicks |
| | 2006 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams performed by Green Day |
| | 2005 - Here We Go Again performed by Ray Charles and Norah Jones |
| | 2004 - Clocks performed by Coldplay |
| | 2003 - Don't Know Why - performed by Norah Jones |
| | 2002 - Walk On performed by U2 |
| | 2001 - Beautiful Day - performed by U2 |
| | 2000 - Smooth - performed by Santana featuring Rob Thomas |
| | 1999 - My Heart Will Go On - performed by Celine Dion |
| | 1998 - Sunny Came Home - performed by Shawn Colvin |
| | 1997 - Change the World - performed by Eric Clapton |
| | 1996 - Kiss from a Rose - performed by Seal |
| | 1995 - All I Wanna Do performed by Sheryl Crow |
| | 1994 - I Will Always Love You performed by Whitney Houston |
| | 1993 - Tears in Heaven - performed by Eric Clapton |
| | 1992 - Unforgettable - performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole |
| | 1991 - Another Day in Paradise performed by Phil Collins |
| | 1990 - Wind Beneath My Wings performed by Bette Midler |
| | 1989 - Don't Worry performed by Bobby McFerrin |
| | 1988 - Graceland performed by Paul Simon |
| | 1987 - Higher Love performed by Steve Winwood |
| | 1986 - We Are the World - performed by USA for Africa |
| | 1985 - What's Love Got to Do with It - performed by Tina Turner |
| | 1984 - Beat It performed by Michael Jackson |
| | 1983 - Rosanna performed by Toto |
| | 1982 - Bette Davis Eyes - performed by Kim Carnes |
| | 1981 - Sailing - performed by Christopher Cross |
| | 1980 - What a Fool Believes - performed by The Doobie Brothers |
| | 1979 - Just the Way You Are - performed by Billy Joel |
| | 1978 - Hotel California performed by The Eagles |
| | 1977 - This Masquerade performed by George Benson |
| | 1976 - Love Will Keep Us Together performed by Captain & Tennille |
| | 1975 - I Honestly Love You performed by Olivia Newton-John |
| | 1974 - Killing Me Softly with His Song - performed by Roberta Flack |
| | 1973 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - performed by Roberta Flack |
| | 1972 - It's Too Late performed by Carole King |
| | 1971 - Bridge over Troubled Water - performed by Simon and Garfunkel |
| | 1970 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In performed by The Fifth Dimension |
| | 1969 - Mrs. Robinson performed by Simon and Garfunkel |
| | 1968 - Up performed by The Fifth Dimension |
| | 1967 - Strangers in the Night performed by Frank Sinatra |
| | 1966 - A Taste of Honey performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass |
| | 1965 - The Girl from Ipanema performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto |
| | 1964 - Days of Wine and Roses - performed by Henry Mancini |
| | 1963 - I Left My Heart in San Francisco performed by Tony Bennett |
| | 1962 - Moon River - performed by Henry Mancini |
| | 1961 - Theme from A Summer Place performed by Percy Faith |
| | 1960 - Mack the Knife performed by Bobby Darin |
| | 1959 - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) performed by Domenico Modugno |