Jeff Goldblum Just Declared This the Best Movie Song Ever

It's It Goes Like It Goes, the 1979 Oscar-winning track from Norma Rae, sung by Jennifer Warnes.

In a conversation with the Grammys, Goldblum didn't just praise the song—he basically melted over it.
His words:

"It's originally from the movie Norma Rae from 1979, that Sally Field won the Oscar for. The title song is sung by Jennifer Warnes. It knocks me out. I get weepy, rich tears of delicious joy and sorrow."

Goldblum's affection for music isn't just a side hobby—it's practically a second career. He's released multiple jazz albums and often slips into full crooner mode between movie gigs. And yes, he really did once put a grand piano in Frank Sinatra's swimming pool for an album cover shoot.

Some other highlights from the interview:

• One of the first songs he ever learned on piano was Moon River.

"That was one of the first songs my first piano teacher, Tommy Emmel, gave me the sheet music for. I really sat and worked on that, and I started to get better at playing by playing that song."

• He's still infatuated with Frank Sinatra, musically and sartorially.

"I have always loved Frank Sinatra... He's such a good actor, and the gift of his voice. He acts all of these songs so deeply, originally and spontaneously."

• And yes, he's still dressing like someone who just left a 1960s Vegas lounge and refused to update his wardrobe.

Of all the songs in all the films, it's It Goes Like It Goes—a quiet, aching ballad from a union drama starring Sally Field—that made Goldblum cry "rich tears of delicious joy and sorrow." The track won Best Original Song at the 1980 Oscars, beating out songs from The Muppet Movie and 10, and has since been mostly forgotten by anyone who wasn't around for the Carter administration.

But Goldblum doesn't care about trendiness. He never has. He picked the song that emotionally gut-punched him—and then gave it the highest possible honor: a full Goldblum meltdown.

Say what you will about the man, but he commits.