The shortlist of 24 songs selected for a shot at APRA’s Song Of The Year Award has been unveiled, with golden boy Chet Faker leading the pack with three entries. AC/DC and Courtney Barnett have two songs apiece.
Faker picks up nods for his songs 1998, Gold and Talk Is Cheap. The Preatures, Hilltop Hoods, Sia, Augie March, The Peep Tempel and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are among the other nominees. The shortlist features 20 songs considered by APRA (Australian Performing Right Association) and artistic mechanical rights organisation AMCOS members to be the best song of 2014.
For the past month, APRA AMCOS members have been voting for their favourite song from 2015. The shortlist is the result of those votes, with five finalists due to be announced in the coming weeks. Voters have until 29th January to choose what song they believe should win the prize.
The APRA Song of the Year winner will be announced at the 2015 APRA Music Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, 24th March at Carriageworks in Sydney, after a brief stint in Brisbane last year. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by RocKwiz’s Brian Nankervis.
APRA AMCOS will announce the nominees for the 2015 APRA Music Awards, including the APRA Song of the Year finalists, in coming weeks.
The inclusion on the shortlist caps off a big few months of accolades for Chet Faker. Last year he was nominated for nine ARIA awards, winning five, and also took home the j Award for Album of the Year as chosen by triple j.
Vance Joy took out the award in 2014 for Riptide, beating out Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Boy & Bear, among others.
The top 24 contenders for APRA’s Song of the Year Award are:
1998 – Chet Faker
Written by Chet Faker
A Dog Starved – Augie March
Written by Glenn Richards
All Nations – Blue King Brown
Written by Natalie Pa’apa’a & Carlo Santone
Anonymous Club – Courtney Barnett
Written by Courtney Barnett
Bittersweet – Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Written by Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning
Carol – The Peep Tempel
Written by Steven Carter, Stewart Rayner & Blake Scott
Cellophane – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Written by Stuart MacKenzie
Chandelier – Sia
Written by Sia and Jesse Shatkin (ASCAP)
Cosby Sweater – Hilltop Hoods
Written by Barry Francis, Matthew Lambert, Daniel Smith, Demitris Christopoulos (PRS) & John Kelman (PRS)
Geronimo – Sheppard
Written by Jason Bovino, Amy Sheppard & George Sheppard
Gold – Chet Faker
Written by Chet Faker
Heart Beats Slow – Angus & Julia Stone
Written by Angus & Julia Stone
High – Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar
Written by Adam Hyde, Samuel Littlemore, Nicole Millar & Reuben Styles-Richards
Kimberley Calling – Dan Sultan
Written by Dan Sultan
Livin In The City – John Butler Trio
Written by John Butler
Pickles From The Jar – Courtney Barnett
Written by Courtney Barnett
Play Ball – AC/DC
Written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young
Rock Or Bust – AC/DC
Written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young
Saramona Said – Violent Soho
Written by Luke Boerdam, Luke Henery, Michael Richards & James Tidswell
Somebody’s Talking – The Preatures
Written by Isabella Manfredi, Jack Moffitt, Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion and Luke Davison
Talk Is Cheap – Chet Faker
Written by Chet Faker
Van Diemens Land – Russell Morris
Written by Shannon Bourne & Russell Morris
When We’re Older – Mia Dyson
Written by Mia Dyson, Lee Pardini (ASCAP) & Erin Sidney (ASCAP)
You Ruin Me – The Veronicas
Written by Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci, Jessica Origliasso & Lisa Origliasso
