"Unchained Melody," 'Unchained' (1955)

Nominee: Alex North & Hy Zaret

I know I am going to catch some flak for this one, as "Unchained Melody" is a much beloved song. The title track to a little-known prison film from the mid-50s, it's gone on to chart several times via several different covers -- including the Righteous Brothers' 1965 version that was included in soundtrack to the 1990 film "Ghost." But if you go out for awkward karaoke with your co-workers, and you all get too drunk, and someone breaks down and starts bawling about their ex-husband and chooses a song to weep-sing along to while you all are frozen in place, queasy and horrified -- without fail, they will perform misery karaoke to this song. And maybe none of this would have ever happened if the Academy hadn't saved it from obscurity with this Oscar nomination.