Grammy nominees – songs
February 8, 2008
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards is Sunday night on CBS. Of the more than 100 total categories, here are all categories pertaining to various genre’s best song nominees.
For most of the following categories, the first name(s) is the artist(s) who performed the song, and the second group of names are the songwriters, arrangers, producers engineers and/or mixers who, in most Best Song categories, win the award – the performing artist would win in a best vocal performance category. Through Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), if one name appears, it means that artist both performed and wrote the song.
Record of the Year
“Irreplaceable” (Beyoncé; Beyoncé Knowles, S. Smith, Stargate, Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein and Geoff Rice)
“The Pretender” (Foo Fighters; Gil Norton, Adrian Bushby and Rich Costey)
“Umbrella” (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; Kuk Harrell, C. “Tricky” Stewart and Manny Marroquin)
“What Goes Around…Comes Around” (Justin Timberlake; Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Douglass)
“Rehab” (Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson and Tom Elmhirst)
Song of the Year
“Before He Cheats” (Carrie Underwood; Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins)
“Hey There Delilah” (Plain White T’s; Tom Higgenson)
“Like a Star” (Corinne Bailey Rae)
“Rehab” (Amy Winehouse)
“Umbrella” (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash and Christopher Stewart)
Dance Recording
“Do It Again” (The Chemical Brothers; Tom Rowlands and Ed Simon)
“D.A.N.C.E.” (Justice; Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosney)
“Love Today” (Mika; Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika and Greg Wells)
“Don’t Stop the Music” (Rihanna; StarGate and Phil Tan)
“LoveStoned/I Think She Knows” (Justin Timberlake; Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Douglass and Timbaland)
Rock Song
“Come On” (Lucinda Williams)
“Icky Thump” (The White Stripes; Jack White)
“It’s Not Over” (Daughtry; Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson and Brett Young)
“The Pretender” (Foo Fighters; Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett)
“Radio Nowhere” (Bruce Springsteen)
R&B Song
“Beautiful Flower” (India.Arie; India.Arie and Joyce Simpson)
“Hate That I Love You” (Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo; M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen and Shaffer Smith)
“No One” (Alicia Keys; Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers and Alicia Keys)
“Teachme” (Musiq Soulchild; Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II and Corey Latif Williams)
“When I See You” (Fantasia; Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel and Sam Watters)
Rap Song
“Ayo Technology” (50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland; Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake)
“Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)” (T.I.; Clifford Harris and Byron Thomas)
“Can’t Tell Me Nothing” (Kanye West; A. Davis and Kanye West)
“Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
“Good Life” (Kanye West featuring T-Pain; A. Davis, F. Najm and K. West (J. Ingram and Q. Jones))
Country Song
“Before He Cheats” (Carrie Underwood; Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins)
“Give It Away” (George Strait; Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and Jamey Johnson)
“I Need You” (Tim McGraw; Tony Lane and David Lee)
“If You’re Reading This (Tim McGraw; Tim McGraw, Brad Warren and Brett Warren)
“Long Trip Alone” (Dierks Bentley; Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley and Steve Bogard)
Gospel Song
“Blessed & Highly Favored” (The Clark Sisters; Karen Clark-Sheard)
“East to West” (Casting Crowns; Mark Hall and Bernie Herms)
“Encourage Yourself” (Donald Lawrence and The Tri-City Singers; Donald Lawrence)
“Made to Love” (TobyMac; Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore and Aaron Rice)
“Praise on the Inside” (J. Moss)
Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
“Falling Slowly” (from Once) (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
“Guaranteed” (from Into the Wild) (Eddie Vedder)
“Love You I Do” (from Dreamgirls) (Jennifer Hudson; Siedah Garrett and Henry Krieger)
“The Song of the Heart” (from Happy Feet) (Prince)
“You Know My Name” (from Casino Royale) (Chris Cornell; David Arnold and Chris Cornell)
Instrumental Composition
“Ash Wednesday” (Harry Connick, Jr.)
“Cerulean Skies” (Maria Schneider Orchestra; Maria Schneider)
“Deep Six” (Oregon; Mark Walker)
“I Knew Her (from Notes On a Scandal)” (Philip Glass)
“Spectacle” (Chick Corea and Béla Fleck; Béla Fleck)
Instrumental Arrangement
“Ash Wednesday” (Harry Connick, Jr.)
“Besame Mucho” (Maynard Ferguson; Steve Weist)
“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” (Frank Macchia and The Prague Orchestra; Frank Macchia;)
“In a Silent Way” (Joe Zawinul; Vince Mendoza;)
“Yo Tannenbaum (from Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)” (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band; Gordon Goodwin)
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
“Cry Me a River” (Ella Fitzgerald and Jorge Calandrelli; Jorge Calandrelli)
“I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” (Queen Latifah; John Clayton)
“In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” (New York Voices; Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader and Kim Nazarian)
“Overture/Gershwin Medley” (Patti Austin; Michael Abene)
“Smile” (The Pete McGuiness Jazz Orchestra; Pete McGuiness)
Short-Form Music Video
“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” (Johnny Cash)
“1234” (Feist)
“Gone Daddy Gone” (Gnarls Barkley)
“D.A.N.C.E.” (Justice)
“Typical” (Mute Math)
Long-Form Music Video
“Live & Loud at the Fillmore” (Dierks Bentley)
“Trapped In a Closet Chapters 13-22” (R. Kelly)
“The Confessions Tour” (Madonna)
“10 Days Out – Blues from The Backroads” (Kenny Wayne Shepard and Various artists)
“Liberacion – The Songs of the New Cuban Underground” (Various artists)