On her review of '' Evita '' , Janet Maslin from '' The New York Times '' commented that " Mr. Lloyd Webber and Mr. Rice have contributed a lilting new song , ' You Must Love Me ' , that 's as suitable for weddings as it is for running South American countries " . '' Entertainment Weekly '' s David Browne gave the song a rating of B and opined that " ' You Must Love Me ' is no ' Live to Tell ' or ' Take a Bow ' . But this simple , elegantly arranged showpiece from '' Evita '' is clearly intended to promote both the film and her new adult , matriarchal image " . Peter Travers from '' Rolling Stone '' called it " sympathy-begging " . The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 54th ceremony , which took place on January 19 , 1997 . Two months later , it was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 69th Academy Awards . While ranking Madonna 's singles , in honor of her 60th birthday , '' The Guardian '' s Jude Rogers placed " You Must Love Me " at number 50 , calling it the singer 's best performance from the film and pointing out the " emotional quaking desperation " in her voice . Negative criticism came from the '' San Francisco Chronicle '' s Barbara Shulgasser , who wrote that " ' You Must Love Me ' did n't help a bit . Rice writes lazy , dumb lyrics that make no effort to correspond to the rhythms of the music " . Also negative was '' Slant Magazine '' s Eric Henderson , who wrote that it " just barely misses taking the dishonor of being ranked the worst of the singles released from the soundtrack , it certainly chides that its entire mad existence was to push Andrew Lloyd Webber to an EGOT "
69th Academy Awards
69th Academy Awards
You Must Love Me