"Our Town"
Single by James Taylor
from the album Cars: The Soundtrack
LanguageEnglish
Released2006
Recorded2005
Genre
Length4:07
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)Randy Newman
Producer(s)Randy Newman
James Taylor singles chronology
"September Grass"
(2003)		 "Our Town"
(2006)		 "It's Growing"
(2008)
Audio
"Our Town" on YouTube

"Our Town" is a song used in the 2006 Disney/Pixar animated film Cars. It was written by longtime Pixar contributor Randy Newman and recorded by James Taylor.

Story

The song is a ballad that recounts the economic decline of the fictional town of Radiator Springs after the creation of Interstate 40.

Awards and nominations

At the 49th Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The same night, Newman's work for Cars won for Music in an Animated Feature Production at the 34th Annie Awards.[1] The song was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song.

International version

As the track is a background song, not key for the understanding of the plot, "Our Town" was left untranslated in most foreign dubbings. However, it numbers a few translations in various language versions.

All official versions of "Our Town"
Language version Performer Title Translation
German OleSoul "Unsere Stadt" "Our Town"
English James Taylor "Our Town"
Portuguese (European) "A Nossa Cidade" "Our Town"

References

  1. ↑ "'Cars' wins best animated feature award". USA Today. February 12, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2014.


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