G Flip, Gretta Ray, Troye Sivan and More Nominated for APRA Song of the Year

After landing a record seven songs in triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown last month, and scoring multiple trophies at the 2023 ARIA Awards, G Flip has the APRA Song of the Year title in their sights.

G Flip’s “The Worst Person Alive” and “Be Your Man” are two of 25 compositions nominated for the peer-voted APRA Song of the Year, the top honour at the PRO’s annual celebration of songwriters and music publishers.

This year marks G Flip’s first appearance in the Song of the Year shortlist (with co-writer Aidan Hogg), while Genesis Owusu collects a brace of chances, with “Get Inspired” and “Leaving the Light.”

First-timers in the list include songwriters Romy Vager (RVG), Shannon Busch, Stephen Mowat, Gretta Ray, Chris Collins and Rudy Sandapa, Canberra punk-rockers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and Australia’s 2023 Eurovision Song Contest reps Voyager, with their synth-rock beast “Promise.”

Also, APRA members have selected songs by Kylie Minogue, Sia, Polaris, Jen Cloher, Angie McMahon, King Stingray, Dan Sultan, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Sarah Aarons (co-writing Budjerah’s “Therapy”), Styalz Fuego, Amy Shark, Matt Corby, The Teskey Brothers and Tex Perkins, Kevin Parker, Paul Kelly (with The Triffids’ late frontman David McComb) and more.

The list will be whittled down to a final five, announced Thursday, April 4 along with nominees across all 2024 APRA Music Awards.

Winners will announced at the APRAs, set for May 1 at the ICC Sydney, on Gadigal land.

Title:                Can I Shower at Yours? 

Artist:               Amy Shark 

Writer:              Amy Shark 

Publisher:        Mushroom Music 

Title:                Get Inspired 

Artist:               Genesis Owusu 

Writers:            Genesis Owusu / Michael Di Francesco* / Andrew Klippel^ / Julian Sudek* 

Publishers:       Kobalt Music Publishing obo Ourness Songs / Kobalt Music Publishing obo

                         Future Classic* / Mushroom Music obo Ourness Songs^ 

Title:                Gila Monster 

Artist:               King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 

Writers:            Michael Cavanagh / Nicholas Craig / Ambrose Kenny-Smith / Stu Mackenzie / 

                        Joey Walker 

Publisher:        Kobalt Music Publishing 

Title:                Gimme Love 

Artist:               Sia 

Writers:            Sia Furler / Jesse Shatkin 

Publisher:        Sony Music Publishing 

Title:               Give You Love 

Artist:               Jessica Mauboy ft. Jason Derulo 

Writers:            Shannon Busch* / Stephen Mowat^ / Styalz Fuego+ / Rudy Sandapa /

                        Blessing Offor# 

Publishers:      Concord ANZ* / Mushroom Music^ / Universal Music Publishing+ /

                        SHOUT! Music Publishing# 

Title:                I Used to be Fun 

Artist:               Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers 

Writers:            Scarlett McKahey / Anna Ryan / Jaida Stephenson / Neve van Boxsel /

                         Alexander Markwell* 

Publisher:         BMG* 

Title:                If Not Now 

Artist:               Paul Kelly 

Writers:            Paul Kelly / David McComb* 

Publishers:      Sony Music Publishing / Mushroom Music* 

Title:                Inhumane 

Artist:               Polaris 

Writers:            Daniel Furnari* / Jamie Hails* / Rick Schneider* / Ryan Siew* /

                        Jacob Steinhauser* / Shawn Mayer 

Publisher:        Kobalt Music Publishing* 

Title:                Leaving the Light 

Artist:               Genesis Owusu 

Writers:            Genesis Owusu* / Jason Evigan^ / Jeffrey Gitelman+ / Benjamin Silverstein 

Publishers:       Kobalt Music Publishing obo Ourness Songs* /

                         Sony Music Publishing^ / BMG+ 

Title:                 Letting Go 

Artist:                Angie McMahon 

Writer:               Angie McMahon 

Publisher:         Kobalt Music Publishing 

Title:                 Lookin’ Out

Artist:                King Stingray 

Writers:             Theo Dimathaya Burarrwanga / Yimila Gurruwiwi / Roy Kellaway* /

                          Campbell Messer / Lewis Stiles / Yirrŋa Gotjiringu Yunupingu* 

Publisher:         Sony Music Publishing* 

 Title:                Mana Takatāpui 

Artist:                Jen Cloher 

Writer:               Jen Cloher 

Publisher:          Concord ANZ 

Title:                 New Gold 

Artist:                Gorillaz ft. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown 

Writers:             Kevin Parker* / Damon Albarn* / Greg Kurstin* / Romye Robinson 

Publisher:         Sony Music Publishing* 

Title:                  Nothing Really Changes 

Artist:                 RVG 

Writer:                Romy Vager

Title:                  Promise 

Artist:                 Voyager 

Writers:              Alex Canion / Ashley Doodkorte / Simone Dow / Daniel Estrin / Scott Kay 

Publisher:           Perfect Pitch Publishing 

Title:                  Story 

Artist:                 Dan Sultan 

Writers:              Dan Sultan / Joel Quartermain 

Publisher:           Mushroom Music 

Title:                Therapy 

Artist:                Budjerah 

Writers:             Sarah Aarons / Ajay Bhattacharyya 

Publisher:         Sony Music Publishing 

Title:               This Monin’  

Artist:               Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band 

Writer:             Tex Perkins 

Publisher:        Universal Music Publishing