You've Got a Friend in Me was a featured song in Toy Story.
Toy Story . The film received three Academy Award nominations , including Best Original Screenplay , Best Original Score , and Best Original Song for `` You 've Got a Friend in Me '' , as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award . You've Got a Friend in Me . Originally written as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story , it has since become the theme song for its sequels , Toy Story 2 ( 1999 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole Toy Story franchise .