APRA announce their Top 30 contenders for Song Of The Year, including Gotye, Chisel, 360, Kasey Chambers, Boy And Bear and Matt Corby.
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The 2012 Australasian Performing Rights Association will stage their Music Awards on Monday 28 May at the Sydney Exhibition And Convention Centre, and they’ve announced the Top 30 contenders for Australian Song Of The Year.
While there are many categories, this is the big one and the big artists have been nominated. There are songs from Hilltop Hoods, Gotye, Cold Chisel, 360, Matt Corby, Kimbra, The Living End, Guy Sebastian, Boy And Bear, The Jezabels, Washington, Eskimo Joe and more.
The following list will be narrowed down to five nominees, with the final round of voting happening on April 13. Then, they’ll dish out the awards May 28.
Check out all the tunes below.
Top 30 Contenders For APRA Song Of The Year: 2012 Awards
‘$Pend My Money 2011’ (Writers: Stuart Tyson / Amanda Leadbitter) Performed by Bass Kleph
‘(Oh Well) That’s What You Get (Falling In Love With A Cowboy)’ (Writer: Lanie Lane) Performed by Lanie Lane
‘Act Your Age’ (Writers: Alexander Burnett / Jeremy Craib / James Cibej / Jacob Stone / Stavros Yiannoukas / James Hauptmann) Performed by Bluejuice
‘All For You’ (Writer: Don Walker) Performed by Cold Chisel
‘Always A Winner’ (Writers: Pete Murray / Tom Rothrock) Performed by Pete Murray
‘Awkward’ (Writers: Jordi Davieson / Joshua Biondillo / Nick Gardner / Scarlett Stevens / Steven Schram) Performed by San Cisco
‘Bad Machines’ (Writer: Shane Nicholson) Performed by Shane Nicholson
‘Beautiful Mess’ (Writer: Kasey Chambers) Performed by Kasey Chambers
‘Boys Like You’ (Writers: Kaelyn Behr / Matthew Colwell / Bradford Pinto / Jack Revens / Francis Jones) Performed by 360 Featuring Gossling
‘Brother’ (Writer: Matt Corby) Performed by Matt Corby
‘Cameo Lover’ (Writers: Kimbra Johnson) Performed by Kimbra
‘Country Is’ (Writers: Troy Cassar-Daley / Colin Buchanan) Performed by Troy Cassar-Daley
‘Design Desire’ (Writer: Abbe May) Performed by Abbe May
‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ (Writer: Guy Sebastian) Performed by Guy Sebastian
‘Dun Proppa’ (Writers: Paul Westgate / Pablo Chiacchio / Simon Bottle / Thomas Dent / Frederick Dayoan / David Atkins / Andrew Garvie) Performed by Def Wish Cast
‘Endless Summer’ (Writers: Nicholas Kaloper / Samuel Lockwood / Hayley Mcglone / Heather Shannon) Performed by The Jezabels
‘Feeding Line’ (Writers: David Hosking / Jacob Tarasenko / Killian Gavin / Timothy Hart / Jonathon Hart) Performed by Boy And Bear
‘Holy Moses’ (Writers: Megan Washington / Jarrad Kritzstein) Performed by Washington
‘I Feel Better’ (Writer: Wally De Backer) Performed by Gotye
‘I Love It’ (Writers: Sia Furler / Barry Francis / Matthew Lambert / Daniel Smith) Performed by Hilltop Hoods Ft Sia
‘It Is Well With My Soul’ (Writers: Benjamin Fielding / Reuben Morgan) Performed by Hillsong Live
‘Jungle’ (Writer: Emma Louise) Performed by Emma Louise
‘Love Is A Drug’ (Writers: Stuart Macleod / Joel Quartermain / Kav Temperley) Performed by Eskimo Joe
‘Reptile’ (Writers: Haydn Ing / James Ing / Adam Montgomery / Tom Larkin) Performed by Calling All Cars
‘She’s Like A Comet’ (Writers: Christopher Daymond / Brett Mitchell / Kevin Mitchell / Vanessa Thornton) Performed by Jebediah
‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (Writers: Wally De Backer / Luiz Bonfa) Performed by Gotye featuring Kimbra
‘The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating’ (Writers: Chris Cheney / Craig Finn) Performed by The Living End
‘Turn Me On’ (Writers: Patience Hodgson / John Patterson) Performed by The Grates
‘You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man’ (Writer: Joel McMillan) Performed by The Beards
‘Zoom’ (Writers: Sean Caskey / Lachlan Caskey / Samuel Gethin-Jones / Dan Koyama) Performed by Last Dinosaurs
