Robbie Williams sees his dreams of winning an Oscar crushed as his biopic track is disqualified from Best Song shortlist for similarities to 1973 tune

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Robbie Williams sees his dreams of winning an Oscar crushed as his biopic track is disqualified from Best Song shortlist for similarities to 1973 tune

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Robbie Williams' hopes of scoring his first Academy Award have been shattered after his latest song was deemed ineligible for a nomination. The singer's track Forbidden Road, from his upcoming biopic Better Man, was shortlisted earlier this week in the for Best Original Song category. However, Oscar bosses have since disqualified the song, saying it shares too many similarities with another tune from 1973, according to Variety. The melody of Forbidden Road has been compared to I Got a Name by Charles Fox-Norman Gimbel, which was performed by Jim Croce in the film, The Last American Hero.
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