Top 20 Contenders for APRA Song Of the Year

This morning, APRA AMCOS announced the Top 20 contenders for the APRA Song of the Year.

The shortlist was decided by APRA AMCOS members, who voted for the award over the past month. The final five nominees will also be peer-voted, with the finalists announced on May 29.

The winner will be announced at the 2014 APRA Music Awards on June 23 at Brisbane City Hall. Below are the 20 contenders.

APRA SONG OF THE YEAR CONTENDERS

A MOAT YOU CAN STAND IN- (Written by Fiona Kitchin / Gareth Liddiard / Dan Luscombe / Mike Noga / Stephen Hesketh and performed by THE DRONES)
ALIVE – (Written by Jonathan Sloan / Luke Steele / Nick Littlemore / Peter Mayes/ Steven Bach and performed by EMPIRE OF THE SUN
AVENGER – (Written by Lance Ferguson / Ella Thompson and performed by THE BAMBOOS)
BATTLESHIPS – (Written and performed by BERNARD FANNING)
BAYINI – (Written by Corey Noll / Galarrwuy Yunupingu and performed by GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU)
COVERED IN CHROME – (Written by Michael Richards / Luke Boerdam / James Tidswell  / Luke Henery and performed by VIOLENT SOHO)
DROP THE GAME – (Written and performed by FLUME & CHET FAKER)
GOD FEARING – (Written by Sarah Blasko and performed by SARAH BLASKO AND THE SLAVEY FOLKLORE QUARTET)
HARLEQUIN DREAM – (Written by David Hosking / Killian Gavin / Jonathon Hart / Timothy Hart and performed by BOY AND BEAR)
IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL? – (Written by Isabella Manfredi / Luke Davison / Thomas Champion / Jack Moffitt and performed by THE PREATURES)
JUBILEE STREET  – (Written by Nick Cave / Warren Ellis and performed by NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS)
LANTERNS – (Written by Adam Spark / Ian Kenny / Glenn Sarangapany / Ian Berney / Adam Weston and performed by BIRDS OF TOKYO)
ONLY ONE – (Written by John Butler and performed by JOHN BUTLER TRIO)
RESOLUTION  – (Written by Matt Corby / Dominic Salole and performed by MATT CORBY)
RIPTIDE – (Written and performed by VANCE JOY)
SOUTHERN SUN –(Written by David Hosking / Killian Gavin / Jonathon Hart / Timothy Hart and performed by BOY AND BEAR)
STEAL THE LIGHT – (Written by Harry Angus / Felix Riebl and performed by THE CAT EMPIRE)
UNDER YOUR SKIN – (Written by Alexander Burnett / Phillip Norman / Dan Sultan and performed by DAN SULTAN)
WE ARE – (Written by Andrew Goddard / Mark Hosking / Ian Kenny / Stephen Judd/ Jonathan Stockman and performed by KARNIVOOL)
WE NO WHO U R – (Written by Nick Cave / Warren Ellis and performed by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS)