{"id":200406,"date":"2025-10-14T22:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200406\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:23:08","slug":"f1-team-tate-mcrae-ed-sheeran-doja-cat-submit-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200406\/","title":{"rendered":"‘F1’ Team, Tate McRae, Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat Submit Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTate McRae<\/a>, Ed Sheeran<\/a> and Doja Cat<\/a> just got one step closer to the Oscars.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s because the team behind F1, the acclaimed summer blockbuster from Warner Bros. and Apple that stars Brad Pitt<\/a> as an unlikely Formula 1 race car driver, has chosen their songs \u2014 \u201cJust Keep Watching,\u201d \u201cDrive\u201d and \u201cLose My Mind,\u201d respectively\u00a0\u2014 as its submissions for the best original song Oscar race.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the implementation of \u201cthe Menken rule\u201d in June 2008, the Academy\u2019s music branch capped the number of songs that any single film can submit at three (and dictated that no more than two from any single film can ultimately be nominated), which has forced films with killer soundtracks, like F1, to make some tough decisions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe F1 soundtrack \u2014 F1 The Album \u2014\u00a0certainly offered plenty of options, with seven of its high-octane tracks cracking the top ten of Billboard\u2019s Top Movie Songs chart. But it\u2019s hard to argue with the trio of tunes that are being put forward.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJust Keep Watching,\u201d which McRae wrote with Tyler Spry and Ryan Tedder, and performs in the film, is a pop anthem that celebrates the glamour and energy of the F1 racing circuit. At the 2025 MTV VMAs, it was awarded \u201cSong of the Summer\u201d and \u201cBest Editing\u201d prizes. And McRae is currently performing it during the encore portion of her \u201cMiss Possessive Tour.\u201d The song, which will soon be certified platinum, has sold in the U.S. over one million single equivalents and accumulated some 500 million global streams.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDrive,\u201d which Grammy winner Sheeran wrote with Blake Slatkin and John Mayer, and performs in the film, is a rocker that mirrors the intensity and swagger of an old school racer like the one Pitt plays in the film. Mayer contributes to the song on guitar, Pino Palladino on bass and Foo Fighters legend Dave Grohl steps behind the drums, giving the song its classic sound. It has accumulated 92 million global streams.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd \u201cLose My Mind,\u201d which Doja Cat, as Amala Dlamini, wrote with Tedder, two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Caleb Toliver and Grant Boutin, and performs in the film alongside Grammy nominee Don Toliver, complements Zimmer\u2019s propulsive, electoronic-infused score, and echoes the racing team\u2019s emotional journey.\u00a0The song, which is on track to hit gold certification in the coming months, has sold in the U.S. approximately 400,000 single equivalents and accumulated 315 million global streams.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s worth noting that many songs featured in prior Jerry Bruckheimer-produced films have been recognized by the Academy\u2019s music branch. Among the past nominees: \u201cFlashdance\u2026 What a Feeling\u201d (which won) and \u201cManiac\u201d from 1983\u2019s Flashdance, \u201cTake My Breath Away\u201d from 1986\u2019s Top Gun, \u201cShakedown\u201d from 1987\u2019s Beverly Hills Cop II, \u201cHow Do I Live\u201d from 1997\u2019s Con Air, \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Miss a Thing\u201d from 1998\u2019s Armageddon, \u201cThere You\u2019ll Be\u201d from 2001\u2019s Pearl Harbor and \u201cHold My Hand\u201d from 2022\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tate McRae, Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat just got one step closer to the Oscars. That\u2019s because the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8077,36220,2083,1687,52755,372,6537,101,75442,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-200406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-brad-pitt","9":"tag-doja-cat","10":"tag-ed-sheeran","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-the-movie","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tate-mcrae","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}