Listen: The APRA Top 20 Australian Songs Of The Year

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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