A controversial song from an even more controversial movie has made history as being the only song to have their Oscars ballot revoked. 

Jezebel.com is reporting that the song "Alone, Yet Not Alone," from the obscure Christian film of the same name, has been removed from the Oscars' ballot for Best Original Song because the composer, Bruce Broughton, used his undue influence as a former Academy board member to let decision-makers know about the song's presence on the ballot, which is a clear violation of Academy rules. "The academy said that Bruce Broughton, a music branch executive committee member who wrote the song's music, had emailed members of the branch during the voting period, a rule violation. No new nominee will be named; only four nominees will be eligible for the Oscar. In a release Wednesday, the academy said the board of governors had made the decision in a vote Tuesday night after concluding that Broughton 'had emailed members of the branch to make them aware of his submission during the nominations voting period,'" reports the site.

But there's more to the story: according to the Alt Film Guide, this nomination raised eyebrows in the first place because the film wasn't even out for a week before its song hit the ballots for Best Original Song. And even though the song has been disqualified from the Academy's ballot, no additional songs will be nominated. 

Again, it's worth pointing out that this is an unprecedented move for the Academy. In the past, Nicholas Chartier's Oscar night tickets were revoked when The Hurt Locker producer sent out a mass e-mail referring to Avatar (which was also on the ballot that year) as "that $500 million movie." This is the first time in history that a song has literally been removed from the ballots for consideration.