The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song , which had been the first Bond theme to receive an Academy Award nomination since the 1982 song " For Your Eyes Only " and was the first Bond theme to win the award . It also won the Critics ' Choice Award for Best Song , the Golden Globe for Best Original Song , and the Brit Award for British Single of the Year . Adele gave her acceptance speech at the last of those awards through a video message , as she was in Los Angeles preparing for her Academy Award performance . It was also nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Original Song but lost to " Suddenly " from '' Les Misérables '' . " Skyfall " was also named the Best Original Song by the film critics associations of Houston , Las Vegas , and Phoenix . The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Critics ' Choice Award
18th Critics' Choice Awards
Skyfall (Adele song)