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2006 single by James Taylor

"Our Town"

Single byJames Taylor

from the albumCars: The Soundtrack

Language

English

Released

2006

Recorded

2005

Genre

Country

Length

4:07

Randy Newman

James Taylor singles chronology

"September Grass"
(2003)

"Our Town"
(2006)

"It's Growing"
(2008)

Audio

"Our Town" onYouTube

"Our Town" is asong used in the2006 Disney/Pixar animated filmCars. It was written by longtime Pixar contributorRandy Newman and recorded byJames Taylor.

Story

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The song is aballad that recounts theeconomic decline of the fictional town ofRadiator Springs after the creation ofInterstate 40.

Awards and nominations

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At the49th Grammy Awards, the song won theGrammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The same night, Newman's work forCars won forMusic in an Animated Feature Production at the34th Annie Awards.^[1] The song was also nominated forAcademy Award for Best Original Song.

International version

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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"
Spanish (European)	Toni Cruz	"Tu ciudad"	"Your Town"
Portuguese (European)	Manuel Rebelo	"O Meu Lar"	"My Town"

References

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^"'Cars' wins best animated feature award".USA Today. February 12, 2007. RetrievedJanuary 31, 2014.

Cars

Films

Cars	Cars (2006) Cars 2 (2011) Cars 3 (2017)
Planes	Planes (2013) Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

Short films

Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)

Television series

Cars Toons (2008–2014)
Cars on the Road (2022)

Characters

Music

Cars
- "Real Gone"
- "Life Is a Highway"
- "Our Town"
Cars 2
Cars 3
- "Ride"

Video games

Related	Rush: A Disney–Pixar Adventure Disney Infinity Lego The Incredibles

Attractions

Category

v t e Pixar music
Albums	Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo The Incredibles Cars Ratatouille WALL-E Up Toy Story 3 Cars 2 Brave Monsters University Inside Out The Good Dinosaur Finding Dory Cars 3 Coco Incredibles 2 Toy Story 4 Onward Soul Luca Turning Red Lightyear Elemental Inside Out 2 Elio
Songs	"You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "If I Didn't Have You" "Real Gone" "Our Town" "Down to Earth" "We Belong Together" "Ride" "Remember Me" "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" "Nobody Like U" "Steal the Show"
Other albums	Woody's Roundup: A Rootin' Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites

v t e Randy Newman
Studio albums	Randy Newman 12 Songs Sail Away Good Old Boys Little Criminals Born Again Trouble in Paradise Land of Dreams Bad Love Harps and Angels Dark Matter
Live albums	Randy Newman Live
Compilations	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman The Best of Randy Newman The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3
Musicals	Randy Newman's Faust
Soundtracks	Avalon Toy Story James and the Giant Peach A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Meet the Parents Monsters, Inc. Cars The Princess and the Frog Toy Story 3 Monsters University Cars 3 The Meyerowitz Stories Toy Story 4 Marriage Story
Songs	"Have You Seen My Baby?" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "Sail Away" "He Gives Us All His Love" "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" "Political Science" "You Can Leave Your Hat On" "Louisiana 1927" "Rednecks" "Short People" "I Love L.A." "You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "If I Didn't Have You" "It's a Jungle Out There" "Our Town" "When We're Human" "Friends on the Other Side" "Down in New Orleans" "Almost There" "We Belong Together" "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"
Related	Discography Accolades Nilsson Sings Newman Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman
Category

Awards for "Our Town"

v t e Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
1980s	"Somewhere Out There" –James Horner,Barry Mann &Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988) "Two Hearts" –Phil Collins &Lamont Dozier (songwriters) (1989)
1990s	"Let the River Run" –Carly Simon (songwriter) (1990) "Under the Sea" –Alan Menken &Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1991) "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" –Robert John "Mutt" Lange,Michael Kamen &Bryan Adams (songwriters) (1992) "Beauty and the Beast" –Alan Menken &Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1993) "A Whole New World" –Alan Menken &Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" –Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995) "Colors of the Wind" –Alan Menken &Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) (1996) "Because You Loved Me" –Diane Warren (songwriter) (1997) "I Believe I Can Fly" –R. Kelly (songwriter) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" –James Horner &Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999)
2000s	"Beautiful Stranger" –Madonna &William Orbit (songwriters) (2000) "When She Loved Me" –Randy Newman (songwriter) (2001) "Boss of Me" –John Flansburgh &John Linnell (songwriters) (2002) "If I Didn't Have You" –Randy Newman (songwriter) (2003) "A Mighty Wind" –Christopher Guest,Eugene Levy &Michael McKean (songwriters) (2004) "Into the West" –Annie Lennox,Howard Shore &Fran Walsh (songwriters) (2005) "Believe" –Glen Ballard &Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (2006) "Our Town" –Randy Newman (songwriter) (2007) "Love You I Do" –Siedah Garrett &Henry Krieger (songwriters) (2008) "Down to Earth" –Peter Gabriel &Thomas Newman (songwriters) (2009)
2010s	"Jai Ho" –Gulzar,A. R. Rahman &Tanvi Shah (songwriters) (2010) "The Weary Kind" –Ryan Bingham &T Bone Burnett (songwriters) (2011) "I See the Light" –Alan Menken &Glenn Slater (songwriters) (2012) "Safe & Sound" –T Bone Burnett,Taylor Swift,Joy Williams &John Paul White (songwriters) (2013) "Skyfall" –Adele Atkins &Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2014) "Let It Go" –Kristen Anderson-Lopez &Robert Lopez (songwriters) (2015) "Glory" –Common,Che Smith &John Legend (songwriters) (2016) "Can't Stop the Feeling!" –Max Martin,Shellback &Justin Timberlake (songwriters) (2017) "How Far I'll Go" –Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2018) "Shallow" –Lady Gaga,Mark Ronson,Anthony Rossomando &Andrew Wyatt (songwriters) (2019)
2020s	"I'll Never Love Again" –Lady Gaga,Natalie Hemby,Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2020) "No Time to Die" –Billie Eilish O'Connell &Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2021) "All Eyes on Me" –Bo Burnham (songwriter) (2022) "We Don't Talk About Bruno" –Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2023) "What Was I Made For?" –Billie Eilish O'Connell &Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2024) "It Never Went Away" –Jon Batiste &Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2025)

v t e World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song
2000s	"Come What May" – Written byDavid Baerwald andKevin Gilbert (2001) "If I Didn't Have You" – Written byRandy Newman (2002) "The Hands That Built America" – Written byAdam Clayton,The Edge,Bono, andLarry Mullen, Jr. (2003) "You Will Be My Ain True Love" – Written byAlison Krauss andSting (2004) "Old Habits Die Hard" – Written byDave Stewart andMick Jagger (2005) "Our Town" – Written byRandy Newman (2006) "You Know My Name" – Written byChris Cornell andDavid Arnold (2007) "Down to Earth" – Written byPeter Gabriel andThomas Newman (2008) "Jai Ho" – Written byA. R. Rahman,Gulzar, andTanvi Shah (2009)
2010s	"The Weary Kind" – Written byRyan Bingham andT Bone Burnett (2010) "We Belong Together" – Written byRandy Newman (2011) "Lay Your Head Down" – Written byBrian Byrne andGlenn Close (2012) "Skyfall" – Written byAdele andPaul Epworth (2013) "Happy" – Written byPharrell Williams (2014) "The Apology Song" – Written byGustavo Santaolalla andPaul Williams (2015) "None of Them Are You" – Written byCarter Burwell andCharlie Kaufman (2016) "City of Stars" – Written byJustin Hurwitz,Benj Pasek, andJustin Paul (2017) "Black Panther" – Written byKendrick Duckworth,Mark Spears,Kevin Gomringer,Tim Gomringer, and Matt Schaeffer (2018) "Shallow" – Written byLady Gaga,Andrew Wyatt,Anthony Rossomando, andMark Ronson (2019)
2020s	"Stand Up" – Written by Joshuah Brian Campbell andCynthia Erivo (2020) "Call Me Cruella" – Written byNicholas Britell,Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers, andTaura Stinson (2021) "No Time to Die" – Written byBillie Eilish andFinneas O'Connell (2022) "Your Personal Trash Man Can" – Written by Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Written byBillie Eilish andFinneas O'Connell (2024) "El Mal" – Written byClément Ducol,Camille, andJacques Audiard (2025)

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