Best Original Song

Here are the 39 finalist for Best Original Song at this years Academy Awards:

• "The World I Knew," African Cats
• "Lay Your Head Down," Albert Nobbs
• "Star Spangled Man," Captain America: The First Avenger
• "Collision of Worlds," Cars 2
• "Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu," DAM999
• "DAM999," DAM999
• "Mujhe Cho'd Ke," DAM999
• "Rainbird," Dirty Girl
• "Keep On Walking," The First Grader
• "Hello Hello," Gnomeo & Juliet
• "Love Builds a Garden," Gnomeo & Juliet
• "Bridge of Light," Happy Feet 2
• "The Mighty Sven," Happy Feet 2
• "Never Be Daunted," happythankyoumoreplease
• "Hell & Back," Hell & Back Again
• "The Living Proof," The Help
• "Coeur Volant," Hugo
• "It's How We Play," I Don't Know How She Does It
• "When the Heart Dies," In the Land of Blood & Honey
• "Ja Nao Estar," Jose & Pilar
• "The Keeper," Machine Gun Preacher
• "Life's a Happy Song," The Muppets
• "Man or Muppet," The Muppets
• "Pictures in My Head," The Muppets
• "Summer Song," The Music Never Stopped
• "Imaginary Friends," Olive
• "Sparkling Day," One Day
• "Taking Your With Me," Our Idiot Brother
•  "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard," POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold
• "Hot Wings," Rio
• "Let Me Take You to Rio," Rio
• "Real in Rio," Rio
• "Shelter," Take Shelter
• "Pop," White Irish Drinkers
• "Think You Can Wait," Win Win
• "The Backson Song," Winnie the Pooh
• "So Long," Winnie the Pooh

A selection of the some of the possible frontrunners, including the Alan Menkin (he of Disney fame, and several Oscar for The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast and Aladdin) penned anthem of Captain America, the Mary J. Blige ballad at the end of The Help, and the zippy tune for Winnie the Pooh authored by Zooey Deschanel's band He & She.  However, if The Muppets loses this...this means war!  Which by all means, it surely could, their music branch is, well...you know.