Oscar Winning Tears

"Oscar Winning Tears"
Single by Raye
from the album My 21st Century Blues
Released8 November 2024 (2024-11-08)
GenreJazz
Length3:03
LabelHuman Re Sources
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Sabath
Raye singles chronology
"Moi"
(2024)
"Oscar Winning Tears"
(2024)
"Born Again"
(2025)
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"Oscar Winning Tears" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Raye from her debut studio album, My 21st Century Blues (2023). She wrote it alongside its producer, Mike Sabath. It first became available as the album's second track on 3 February 2023, when it was released independently through Human Re Sources. On 8 November 2024, it was digitally issued as the album's seventh single. Musically, "Oscar Winning Tears" is a theatrical jazz song led by strings, piano, and drums. Its lyrics see the narrator ending an emotionally abusive and toxic relationship while confronting a former partner.

Upon its release as a single, the song peaked at numbers 52 in the United Kingdom and 58 in Ireland; it also reached airplay charts in the United States. Raye included "Oscar Winning Tears" on the set list of the My 21st Century Blues Tour (2023–2024). Other events where she performed the song include the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards and the 67th Annual Grammy Awards; at the latter ceremony, it was included in a medley of songs from the Best New Artist nominees. Another live rendition of the song was included on her live album My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) (2023).