Madonna has sung two Best Original Songs, neither of which she actually won the Oscar for, and at least one of them will not be this year's ATRL March Madness champion. In the first round of match-ups from the
Beauty Division of our draw, her #14 "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" went down in defeat to
#3 "Flashdance...What a Feeling". Other top seeds
#1 "Beauty and the Beast",
#2 "Streets of Philadelphia" and
#6 "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)" also advanced easily, but the remainder of the showdowns were tight battles decided by one or two votes.
#4 "Theme From Shaft",
#5 "Under the Sea",
#8 "Jai Ho" and
#10 "Up Where We Belong" ultimately proved victorious.
Results (Round One: Beauty Division)
(1) "Beauty and the Beast" Beauty and the Beast def. (16) "I'm Easy" Nashville [14-5]
(8) "Jai Ho" Slumdog Millionaire def. (9) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Song of the South [10-9]
(5) "Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid def. (12) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing [10-9]
(4) "Theme From Shaft" Shaft def. (13) "Things Have Changed" Wonder Boys [10-8]
(3) "Flashdance… What a Feeling" Flashdance def. (14) "Sooner or Later (I Always
Get My Man)" Dick Tracy [14-5]
(6) "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)" The Man Who Knew Too Much def. (11) "You'll Never Know" Hello, Frisco, Hello [17-1]
(10) "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman def. (7) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Arthur [10-9]
(2) "Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia def. (15) "It Goes Like It Goes" Norma Rae [14-4]
Today we move on to the
Tiffany Division, where our top seed is
"Moon River", from the eternally iconic 1961 romantic comedy
Breakfast at Tiffnay's. In each of the match-ups below, please pick the song
whose way you're going. Happy voting!
Round One: Tiffany Division
Vote
"Moon River" vs. "Never On Sunday"
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" vs. "Say You, Say Me"
"Falling Slowly" vs. "The Windmills of Your Mind"
"Secret Love" vs. "You'll Be In My Heart"
"You Must Love Me" vs. "The Weary Kind"
"Born Free" vs. "For All We Know"
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" vs. "Let the River Run"
"Writing's On the Wall" vs. "The Way We Were"
both are brilliant, and I want to support both, but will pick NOS as it will likely to receive zero votes