Licencing body APRA (Australasian Performing Rights Association) have revealed the nominations for the top 20 Aussie songs of the past year in the lead up to the 2014 APRA Music Awards.
Featuring a diverse range of artists, this year’s candidates include Hottest 100 winner Vance Joy, Australia’s No.1 played song of 2013 in ‘Laterns’ from Birds Of Tokyo, the head thrashing Violent Soho single ‘Covered In Chrone’ and the breakout track from The Preatures.
A Moat You Can Stand In – The Drones
Written by Fiona Kitchin/Gareth Liddiard/Dan Luscombe/Mike Noga/Stephen Hesketh
Alive – Empire Of The Sun
Written by Jonathan Sloan/Luke Steele/Nick Littlemore/Peter Mayes/Steven Bach
Avenger – The Bamboos
Written by Lance Ferguson/Ella Thompson
Battleships – Bernard Fanning
Written by Bernard Fanning
Bayini – Gurrumul Yunupingu
Written by Corey Noll/Galarrwuy Yunupingu
Covered In Chrome – Violent Soho
Written by Michael Richards/Luke Boerdam/James Tidswell/Luke Henery
Drop The Game – Flume & Chet Faker
Written by Flume & Chet Faker
God Fearing – Sarah Blasko & The Slavery Folklore Quartet
Written by Sarah Blasko
Harlequin Dream – Boy & Bear
Written by David Hosking/Killian Gavin/Jonathon Hart/Timothy Hart
Is This How You Feel? – The Preatures
Written by Isabella Manfredi/Luke Davison/Thomas Champion/Jack Moffitt
Jubilee Street – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Written by Nick Cave/Warren Ellis
Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Written by Adam Spark/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Ian Berney/Adam Weston
Only One – John Butler Trio
Written by John Butler
Resolution – Matt Corby
Written by Matt Corby/Dominic Salole
Rip Tide – Vance Joy
Written by Vance Joy
Southern Sun – Boy & Bear
Written by David Hosking/Killian Gavin/Jonathon Hart/Timothy Hart
Steal The Light – The Cat Empire
Written by Harry Angus/Felix Riebl
Under Your Skin – Dan Sultan
Written by Alexander Burnett/Phillip Norman/Dan Sultan
We Are – Karnivool
Written by Andrew Goddard/Mark Hosking/Ian Kenny/Stephen Judd/Jonathan Stockman
We No Who U R – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Written by Nick Cave/Warren Ellis
APRA, representing some 87,000 artists, publishers and rights holders, will run the poll for another two weeks before announcing the 2014 APRA Music Awards nominees in late May.
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