When the nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards are announced on Friday, November 8, we're likely to see significant overlap between the nominations for Record of the Year (which honors a specific recording of a song) and Song of the Year (which honors the song). The “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish's “Birds of a Feather” and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' “Die With a Smile,” among others, are likely to end up with nominations in both categories.
There is usually a fairly high degree of overlap in the nominations for these two high-profile awards. Last year, for example, five of the eight nominees for record of the year were also nominated for song of the year.
But that was not the case when the nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 7, 2004. For the first and only time in Grammy history, there was no overlap in nominations in these two marquee categories.
One of the contenders for record of the year, Ray Charles' “Here We Go Again” (featuring Norah Jones), was ineligible for song of the year. It was a remake of a Charles hit from 1967, which had reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Grammy rules, which have fluctuated at this point over the years, do not allow songs that were already prominent to be considered a song of the year.
The other four Song of the Year nominees competed for Song of the Year nominations and just didn't receive enough votes. It was the Black Eyed Peas' “Let's Get It Started,” Green Day's “American Idiot,” Los Lonely Boys' “Heaven,” and “Yeah!” by Usher. (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris).
Three of these songs were nominated for songwriting awards in genre categories. “American Idiot” was nominated for Best Rock Song. “Yes!” for Best R&B Song. and “Let's Get It Started” for Best Rap Song. “Heaven” was classified as pop in the Grammy process. There wasn't (and still isn't) a Best Pop Song category.
The song of the year nominees, who also claimed the nod for record of the year (and also just didn't receive enough votes to land a nomination in that category) were John Mayer's “Daughters,” “If I” Alicia Keys' Ain't Got You', Kanye West's 'Jesus Walks', Tim McGraw's 'Live Like You Were Dying' and Hoobastank's 'The Reason'.
When the Grammy Awards were presented on February 13, 2005, the Charles/Jones collaboration won record of the year. Mayer's ballad won song of the year.
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