Our Town (James Taylor song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Our Town
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = James Taylor
| album = Cars: The Soundtrack
| language = English
| released = 2006
| recorded = 2005
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| length = 4:07
| label = Walt Disney
| writer = Randy Newman
| producer = Randy Newman
| prev_title = September Grass
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = It's Growing
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|fP8JS-MjG5c|"Our Town"}}}}
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"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.{{cite news|title='Cars' wins best animated feature award|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-02-12-annie-awards_x.htm|access-date=January 31, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 12, 2007}} 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.
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| colspan="4" |All official versions of "Our Town" |
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| Language version
!Performer !Title !Translation |
| German
|OleSoul |"Unsere Stadt" |"Our Town" |
| English
| colspan="2" |"Our Town" |
| Spanish (European)
|"Tu ciudad" |"Your Town" |
| Portuguese
(European) |"O Meu Lar" |"My Town" |
References
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Category:Songs written by Randy Newman
Category:Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Category:Walt Disney Records singles
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