It first appeared in August 2008 at the 65th Venice International Film Festival debut of the film '' The Wrestler '' . In December 2008 it received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and won the award during the 66th Golden Globe Awards on January 11 , 2009 . It also won the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and was nominated for , but did not win , the 2008 Satellite Award for Best Original Song . The song was widely expected to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards , where Springsteen would perform it on the awards show , but in what '' Rolling Stone '' termed " shocking news " , it was denied a nomination on January 22 , 2009 , when the Academy nominated only three songs in the category rather than the usual five . It was nominated for a 2009 MTV Movie Award , but lost to Miley Cyrus ' " The Climb "
65th Venice International Film Festival
65th Venice International Film Festival
The Wrestler (song)