Taylor Swift, Elvis Costello and Mary J Blige to Compete in Oscars Song Race

List of 70 eligible songs also includes new work from Diane Warren and Common, Ryan Tedder and T Bone Burnett, Alan Menken and Pasek and Paul

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Taylor Swift and Elvis Costello photos by Getty Images

A roster of big names and legends will be competing in the Oscars race for Best Original Song, with the field including Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Questlove, Nick Jonas, Mariah Carey and the category’s reigning champs, “La La Land” lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Swift is represented by “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” from “Fifty Shades Darker”; Blige by “Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” in which she also stars; Costello by “You Shouldn’t Look at Me That Way” from “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”; Questlove by “It Ain’t Fair” from “Detroit”; Jonas by “Home” from “Ferdinand”; Carey by “The Star” from the animated film of the same name; and Pasek and Paul by “This Is Me” from their musical “The Greatest Showman.”

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