The Golden Globes may be the award show best known for television and film trophies, but that doesn't mean music is completely out of the picture. Tonight (Jan. 12), among some of the biggest names in movie music, legendary rock band U2 took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for its contribution to the Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, "Ordinary Love."
The U2 win comes in a highly emotional time for the band and the rest of Mandela's supporters. The South African president just passed away on Dec. 5, and his death was greatly reflected in Bono and The Edge's thank you speech.
"It's taken us 35 years to write this song," said The Edge, acknowledging the band's longtime work with Mandela, which began in the 1970s.
"This is really personal for us. Very, very personal," said Bono.. "This man turned our life upside down, right side up. We wrote a love song because it's what's extraordinary about the film: it is this dysfunctional love story. We're good at the dysfunctional love stories."
The U2/Danger Mouse collaboration bested a very diverse group of nominees, from Coldplay ("Atlas," The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ("Let It Go," Frozen), T Bone Burnett and co. ("Please Mr. Kennedy," Inside Llewyn Davis) and Taylor Swift and .fun's Jack Antonoff ("Sweeter Than Fiction," One ChanceI).
This is U2's second Golden Globe win. The band previously won in 2003 for "The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York.
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