" Patience " was one of three '' Dreamgirls '' songs nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 79th Academy Awards . The others were " Love You I Do " and " Listen " . All three '' Dreamgirls '' songs ( as well as the piece " Our Town " that Randy Newman penned for '' Cars '' ) lost the Oscar to " I Need to Wake Up " by Melissa Etheridge , which the songwriter created for '' An Inconvenient Truth ''
79th Academy Awards
79th Academy Awards
Patience (Dreamgirls song)