After much debate and angst, our judges have finally come through with the results of many months of judging, and so with great excitement we are able to publish the lists below, which reveal the songs that have reached Top 30 status in the 2021 Australian Songwriting Contest! Please note where songs achieved an equal mark we have included them all and then continued the count down to 30, which has resulted in more than an exact number of 30 getting through…this seemed only fair if the judges couldn’t split them. The successful songs in each category are listed in alphabetical order of song title, and all will now go out to a fresh set of judges for determination of the final Top 10.
With our venue for live Awards still out of action due to Covid bringing about changes to the usage of its auditorium, we are not rushing the results, in the hope that there will be more clarity on future events by mid-year. If by then there is still uncertainty, the Top 10 will be announced via a virtual Awards ceremony, as was very successfully done last year. We will post updates as to our plans on this website by June 2022.
In the meantime, congratulations to all who made it through to the Top 30! A massive achievement in our largest Contest ever!
| 2021 AUSTRALIA CATEGORY TOP 30 | |||
| All Together | Sue | Baker | |
| Astraya Bloody Day | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Aussie Way | Tanja | Wolter | |
| Australian Way Of Life | Kathleen | McLennan, | Gabriel Macro |
| Bitter Pills | Dean | Lombard | |
| Come The Fires | Craig | Tyeson, | Michael Jacobson |
| Crumbling Stones | Lola | Brinton, | Graham Howle |
| Fearless like a Magpie | Kylie | Adams-Collier | |
| Fool’s Game | Keri | McInerney | |
| Forgotten Heroes | Cath | Russell, | Peter de Ryk |
| Front Bench Seat | Jason | Freckelton, | Jack Freckelton |
| Ghosts of Oodnadatta | Craig | Keating, | Claire Oxnam |
| Glenelg Beach | Mark | Crocker | |
| I am Iron I am Steel | Graham | Howle | |
| I Remember Everything (Banjo’s Desk) | Steve | Montgomery | |
| In My Fathers’s Time | Dave | Diprose | |
| Its Always the Son That Gets The Farm | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| Living In The Suburbs | Jason | Vorherr | |
| Love Letter to a Year Most Bizarre | Hester | Fraser | |
| Kookaburra Chacha | Maggie | Ebbinghaus | |
| Mighty Murray River | Ted | Roberts | |
| Not Without You Old Mate | Terry | Bennetts, | Keith Lethbridge |
| Old River | John | Oakes | |
| Outback Endless Blue | Gert-Diedrik | Cornelissen | |
| Probably Never Will | Tony | Smith | |
| River Gum Story | Tony | Smith | |
| Smoke and Perfume | Kim | Copedo | |
| South Side Of The River | Dan | Hannaford | |
| Station Minderoo | Terry | Bennetts, | Keith Lethbridge |
| The Battle of Point Nepean | Benny | Allen | |
| The Cop, the Chickens, the Dog and Me | Des | Wade | |
| The Day We Buried Bob At Bunnings | Tony | King | |
| The Drovers | Emma | Dykes, | Matt O’Leary |
| The Gambling Man | Jasmine | Beth | |
| The Great Australian Merino | Lloyd | Back | |
| The Great Outside | Karen | Law | |
| The Horses Stay Behind (One Last Ride) | Kerrie | Gambley | |
| The Power Of The Sky | Melvyn | Moll | |
| The Pub at Grabben Gullen | Eric | Read | |
| The Tie (When a Bushman Dies) | Steve | Montgomery | |
| This is Our Land | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| This is Who I Am | Andre | Leong | |
| Those Fraser Boys | Anne | Fraser | |
| Three Flags Australia | Donna | Dyson | |
| Weasel Words (Owed to Fran Kelly) | Steve | Montgomery, | Tim Montgomery, Mike Montgomery |
| Where The Pelican Builds | Carmel | Charlton, | M Foott |
| Will We Hear The Bird Call | Brian | Stitt | |
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2021 BALLAD CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| Be The Love | April | Henry, | April Henry |
| Be The Moon For You | Daniel | Higgins | |
| Call Me Out | Sarah | Tuckerman, | Sarah Tuckerman, Ben Steiner |
| Cruel | Kylie | Ryan | |
| Except You | Eric | Grothe | |
| Footprints | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Free To Be Me | Jason | Muir | |
| Gone Away | Avelina | De Moray | |
| Good Enough | Tiffany | Gow, | Adrian Hannan |
| Holding On | Thomas | Libreri | |
| How Can I Go On | Bill | Dellaportas, | Phil Turcio |
| I Need To Know | Bill | Dellaportas, | Phil Turcio |
| If You Only Knew | Steve | Montgomery | |
| I’ll Pretend | Sam | Vartuli | |
| In Love Alone | Justin | Hart, | Rob Pippan |
| Let You Go | Nina | Ferro, | Sam Hawksley, Rachel Loy |
| Light the Stars | Donna | Dyson | |
| Little Blue Light | Helen | Mottee | |
| Long Time Coming | Don | Cowling | |
| Looking Through The Eyes Of A Child | Heath | Watts | |
| Love Got In The Way | Greg J | Bryant, | Nel Sboro |
| Lovely | Michael | Lehnen, | Catherine Lehnen |
| Love’s Gone | John | Kairn | |
| Made for Lovin’ You | Frances | Madden | |
| Meant To Be | Jemma | Siles | |
| Miss The Heat | Debra | Gussin, | Stacy Hogan |
| Moonglow | Caroline | Pearce, | Michael Pearce |
| My Valentine | Paul | Kostal | |
| Next Broken Heart | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| Perhaps | Katie | Hardyman | |
| Put Your Hand Up | Kieran | O’Connell | |
| Running | Robert | Cini | |
| Since You’ve Been Gone | Glenda | Phipps | |
| St Patrick’s Day | Ben | Ransom | |
| Still In Love With You | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Till I Met You | Bill | Dellaportas, | Phil Turcio |
| Time | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Time, Tide & Tapestry | Brian | Raynor | |
| Too Late | Suzy | Jamieson | |
| Turning In Circles | Karen | Guymer | |
| Walk Again | Faye | Nikakis | |
| When I Say I Love You | Wendy | Wood | |
| When It All Comes Down To Love | Jacques | Gentil | |
| When The Wolf Comes Calling | Robert | Pearce, | Stephen Kiely |
| You On My Side | Anirban | Banerjee | |
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2021 COMEDY/NOVELTY CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| A Funeral For Ten | Noel | Gardner | |
| Are They Ever Leaving Home | Lloyd | Back | |
| Astraya Bloody Day | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Australian Highway | Tony | Smith | |
| Blue Grenadier | Don | Cowling | |
| Butane | Dan | Schaumann | |
| Cinema action | Geoff | Williams | |
| Counting The Days Til Christmas | Wendy J | Barnes, | Jesse Guberman |
| Dead Shit Dad | John | Givins | |
| Disco Donkey | Donna | Dyson, | Craig Allister Young |
| Downsizing | Eric | Read | |
| Fame and Attention (Big Brother) | Dean | Davidson | |
| Feather Duster | STAN | Lenz | |
| Five O’clock is beer O’clock to me | Craig | Merkel | |
| Guilty as Charged | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| Happiness Is You (in the rear view mirror) | Melvyn | Moll | |
| Home Alone | Sri | Pishey | |
| I Haven’t Been Home Yet | Steve | Montgomery, | Tim Montgomery, Mike Montgomery |
| If You Can’t Beat ’em, Join ’em | Carmel | Charlton | |
| In The Neck | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| James Squire | Graham | Howle | |
| Lockdown Happy Hour | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Lust Is A Must | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Jeff Oxford, Adam Wright |
| Missed Breakfast Blues | Tanja | Wolter | |
| Monkey Dreams | Vince | Dale | |
| My Grandpa’s The Easter Bunny | Donna | Dyson | |
| My Kitty Kat | Robin | Levinson | |
| Ned Kelly Was A Funny Man | Dusty | Mann | |
| Pat Pattison’s Curse | Elizabeth | Usher, | Catrina Seiffert |
| People are like Sandwiches | Karen | Law | |
| Santa In Pajamas | Randy | Sauer | |
| Six Feet Under | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Rolf Schnyder |
| Stephen Hawking Wants You To (Dance Remix) | Susan | Muranty, | Phil Turcio, Robert J Sedky |
| That Old Country Music | Melvyn | Moll | |
| The Day We Buried Bob At Bunnings | Tony | King | |
| The Diet Song | John | Ralph | |
| The Dripper | Frank | Frikker | |
| The IT Guy | Kelly | Gardner | |
| The Kid From Timbaroo | Maurice | Conway | |
| The Lady Loves Women | Russell | Neal | |
| The Story Of My Life | Greg | Manning | |
| Weasel words (Owed to Fran Kelly) | Steve | Montgomery, | Tim Montgomery, Mike Montgomery |
| Welcome To Australia | Terry | Bennetts | |
| Wicked Witch | Tee | Jay | |
| Wrapping Love Up for Christmas | Shirley | Lynn, | Elizabeth Usher |
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2021 CONTEMPORARY/POP/DANCE CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| (How Can You) Act As If You Don’t See (feat. Nik Pak) | Jordan | Spivack | |
| (I Got to) Love you Like Now | James | Wakeling | |
| 2am Outside a Spook Show | Mary | Hampton | |
| A Little Bit Right | Kathryn | Turdak | |
| Bad Love | Lachlan | Renwick | |
| Beautiful Purpose | Jemma | Siles, | Liam Quinn |
| Bounce | Zoe | Tracas | |
| Break Up | Chris | Murphy, | Kieran Murphy, Courtney Murphy |
| Come Rain Come Shine | Martin | Robley | |
| Creature of Habit | Larissa | Lock | |
| Dancing Queen | Damien | Hosken, | Stacy Hogan |
| Dreams that end in goodbyes | Andre | Leong | |
| Exclusive | Tamara | Varughese | |
| How Deep Is The Water | Adrian | Bishop | |
| Hypnotised | Abbey | Gardner | |
| I Found Me | Tanja | Wolter | |
| I’m Alive | Linda | Paris | |
| Is This The Real World | Rocky | Pergoleto | |
| IT’s Christmas Time | Donna | Dyson, | Garry Smith |
| Just for a while | Harry | Cleverdon | |
| Liar | Janine | Garvey, | Janine Garvey / Eric Collier |
| Love is Strong | Helen | van der Merwe, | Sam Greenland |
| Move Out | Anirban | Banerjee | |
| Oh Oh | Richard | Madden | |
| Rainbow | Melissa | Stanton | |
| Shake it Up | Paolo | Familari, | Mary Ann Van Der Horst |
| Silly Girl | Lola | Brinton, | Patricia Roldan |
| Something in the way | Ben | Palumbo, | Astrid Holz |
| Stephen Hawking Wants You To (Dance Remix) | Susan | Muranty, | Phil Turcio, Robert J Sedky |
| This Love is True | Damien | Hosken, | Stacy Hogan |
| Time | Steve | Montgomery | |
| To the top | Chris | Richter, | Jasmine Aleisha Richter |
| Tragic Drama | Niamh | Watson, | Rod McCormack |
| Turning in Circles | Karen | Guymer | |
| Why Would I | Chris | Sims | |
| Winner | Elizabeth | Usher, | Aimee Fox |
| With You | Suzy | Jamieson | |
| You Don’t Love Me No More | Vincent | Guzzetta | |
| You On My Side | Anirban | Banerjee | |
| You’re so good looking | Sally | Edwards | |
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2021 COUNTRY CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| 3 Rings | Phoebe Jay | Foster Griffith | |
| A Bit Like Her | Kylie | Nebauer | |
| A Hero In Us All | Karen | Guymer | |
| As We Love We Live | Jenny | James | |
| Ashes & Dust | Janine | Garvey, | Eric Collier |
| Before i Go | Andy | Penkow | |
| Butterfly Collector | Peter | Altmeier-Mort, | Paul Cleary |
| Cutter’s Busker | Greg J | Bryant | |
| Dangerous Move | Nina | Ferro, | Sam Hawksley |
| Do It Again | Sari | Abbott, | Taylor Moss |
| Erase You | Suzy | Jamieson | |
| Found My Home | Lucie Tiger | O’Connor | |
| Good to See the Girls Again | Aaron | D’Arcy | |
| Guitar Players Get The Girls | Debra | Gussin, | Marty Dodson |
| I Found Me | Kylie | Ryan | |
| I Just Wanna Be Your Cowboy | Damien | Hosken | |
| I like your truck | Faith Julija | Kristensen | |
| I Won’t Be Here In The Morning | Ben | Ransom | |
| If You Only Knew | Steve | Montgomery | |
| I’m In Love With You | Tamara | Varughese | |
| It Can Only Be The First Time Once | Norman | Crew, | Charles Edwards |
| Junkyard In A Hurricane | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Jeff Oxford |
| Little Cafe in Town | Chris | Murphy, | Robert Agostini |
| Love You & Leave You | Corey | Legge | |
| Love You When I Can | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| Musgrave Hill | Steve | Montgomery | |
| My Heart’s Running On Empty | Frank | Markert | |
| My Life | Len | Hassett | |
| My Love Songs Are Always Duets | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Jeff Oxford |
| Never Tasted Dirt | Alice | Benfer, | Brendan Smoother |
| Perhaps | Katie | Hardyman | |
| Pour Me A Double | Jacqui | Morrison, | Anna Heijne |
| Show Pony | Tessa | Libreri | |
| Sleeping Souls | Lucy | Pace | |
| Smoke and Perfume | Kim | Copedo | |
| Sometimes I Wonder | Mackenzie | Lee | Bill Chambers |
| Still In Love With You | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Sugar Cane Man | Brendan | Mcmahon | |
| The Little Ways | Kath | Stewart, | David Carter, Merelyn Carter, Shirley Lynn, Christine Kerr, Tiarna Shepherd, Hannah Jones, Mary Harrison, Tanya Sims, Kerrie Garside, Peter Armstrong, Selina Hetherington, Tori Rae Davies, Bec Nethery, Kim Carter, Michelle Davis |
| There Goes You | Wendy | Wood | |
| Tired All The Time | Benny | Allen | |
| True Love | Sandra | Doolan | |
| Up River Cowboys | Graham | Howle | |
| Walkin the Wall | Michael | Lehnen, | Catherine Lehnen |
| When You Know You Know | Tyson | Colman, | Allan Caswell, Lindsay Waddington |
| Why Didn’t You Stop Me? | Michelle | Little | |
| Won’t Be Quiet | Roz | Pappalardo | |
| Worst Of Sinners | Jacques | Gentil | |
| You Don’t Have To Be A Hero | Michelle | Little | |
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2021 FOLK/ACOUSTIC CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| All That Matters Is The Heart | Christopher | Reed | |
| Ambiguity | Talitha | Power | |
| Ballad of You | Anita | Paul | |
| Bleeding Devotion | Ferlein | Fawcett, | Verrane Fawcett |
| Break The Fall | Janine | Garvey, | Eric Collier |
| Breathe Easy – (Black Lives Matter) | Karen | Guymer | |
| California | Roz | Pappalardo, | Anthony Dettori |
| Chasing Shadows | Lavinia | Tosev, | Mark Fogliano |
| Didn’t See It Coming | Glenn | Valles | |
| Falling For You | Tony | King | |
| Feels Like Home | Rebecca | Nethery, | David Carter |
| Fly Baby Fly | Andi | Gallaher | |
| Guilty as Charged | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| Hands | Lloyd | Back | |
| Heartwood | Joshua | Romig | |
| Hey Mate | Dave | Wells | |
| I Can’t Breathe | Greg | Wells | |
| I Will Follow You | Gordon | Burke, | Andrew Wass, Alex Miller, Blaine Munnings, Shane McLaughlin |
| If You Knew What You Know | Shelly | Jones, | Lester Treuer |
| If You Only Knew | Steve | Montgomery | |
| If You See Nancy | Warwick | Hadfield | |
| It’s a Shame | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| Kiss My Arse | Brooke | Gowans | |
| Lady Lucy | Tony | Brennan | |
| Long Time Coming | Don | Cowling | |
| Maria | Graham | Howle | |
| Ocean | Sari | Abbott, | Taylor Moss |
| Promised Land | Damien | Hosken | |
| Seconds Of Your Time | Heath | Watts | |
| She’s My Change of Scenery | Graham | Howle | |
| Sleeping Like Koalas | Karen | Law | |
| Stand on Your Own Two Feet | Neil | McCann, | John Littrich |
| Staying at Home | Robert | Cini | |
| Step Out | Cath | Russell, | Hugh McGinlay |
| Still In Love With You | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Suffer, Little Children | Des | Wade | |
| Take more time | Kieran | O’Connell | |
| The Days Are Long | Melissa | Saunders | |
| The Light Will Shine Again. | Glenda | Phipps | |
| The Reason That I’m Gone | Lindsay | Waddington, | David Allan Caswell |
| There is Room at the Table | Elizabeth | Usher, | Emily Anderson |
| Time | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Trish | Russell | Neal | |
| When The Day Is Done | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Who I Might Be | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| Will We Hear The Bird Call | Brian | Stitt | |
| Wired To The Moon | Brendan | Mcmahon | |
| Wish That You Were Here | Steve | Montgomery | |
| You On My Side | Anirban | Banerjee | |
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2021 INSTRUMENTAL/WORLD MUSIC CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| Ambience – Sensuality | Katherine | Bright | |
| An Arabian Prayer | Pete | Hawkes | |
| Arabia | Pete | Hawkes | |
| Aries | Jill | Riddiford | |
| Autumn Sun | Richard | Madden | |
| Bat in the Bedroom | John | Ralph | |
| Before You Close Your Eyes | Katie | Hardyman | |
| Beth’s Theme | Marion | McNamara | |
| Calling Of The Heart | Terry | Bennetts | |
| Cha Chi | Lindsay | Waddington | |
| Cloudscape | Vince | Dale | |
| Confirmation | Chris | James | |
| Dance On A Summer Night | Neville | Kaye | |
| Dancing in the Moonlight | Tom | Anderson | |
| Farewell | Katie | Hardyman | |
| Farmer’s Hoedown | Tom | Anderson | |
| Fifty Years | Ray | Clarke | |
| Finding The Way Out | Fiona Joy | Hawkins | |
| Flying Home | John | Hollywood, | Hana Vuko |
| Fool’s Game | Keri | McInerney | |
| Free ee’ – (Atlanta Gtr Journey) | Steffen | Ehlers | |
| Gemini | Jill | Riddiford | |
| Ghosts Insanity Angels | fiona joy | Hawkins | |
| Ghosts Insanity Angels | Fiona Joy | Hawkins | |
| Gypsy Ada | Pete | Hawkes | |
| Happier Days | Frances | Wheeler | |
| Heritage | Russ | Zimmer | |
| How do you know | Ray | Clarke | |
| Huntah’s Melody | Anthony | Baxter | |
| In the Vastness | Eric | Grothe | |
| Instrufundamental | Lindsay | Waddington | |
| Levar | Anje | West | |
| Lonely Heart | Lindsay | Waddington | |
| Love | Ray | Clarke | |
| Mist In The Mountain Ash | Dave | Diprose | |
| Mwen Se Ayiti | Natalie | Jean | |
| New Years Day | Anthony | Morrison | |
| Next Life | Della | Harris, | Clive Young |
| No In-Between | Jim | Ottaway | |
| Passion | Stephanie | Cheong | |
| Playing With Fire | Jim | Ottaway | |
| Prayer for Rain | Fiona Joy | Hawkins | |
| Ragtime Moods | Tom | Anderson | |
| Rapt in Rags | Tom | Anderson | |
| Remember When | Catherine | Duc | |
| Rustic Dance | Tom | Anderson | |
| Sacred Pizza | Pete | Hawkes | |
| Searching For Paradise | Jim | Ottaway | |
| Shadows | Beck | Fielding | |
| She’s My Rolling Stone | Jonathan Mark | Hayden | |
| Sugar Plum Ghost | fiona joy | Hawkins | |
| Taurus | Jill | Riddiford | |
| The Angels Dance (for Eva) | Alex | Varlow | |
| The Labyrinth | Pete | Hawkes | |
| The Ragtime Jalopy | Tom | Anderson | |
| The Road to Nowhere | John | Hollywood, | Hana Vuko |
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2021 OPEN CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| 2am Outside a Spook Show | Mary | Hampton | |
| All Going Round | Chris | McDonald, | Adrian Cojenel (guitar and riff) |
| Autumn Leaves | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Michael Kachani |
| Baby (It’s You) | Dave | Power, | Mark Cryle |
| Ballad of You | Anita | Paul | |
| Bleeding Devotion | Ferlein | Fawcett | Verrane Fawcett |
| Come Rain Come Shine | Martin | Robley | |
| Falling For You | Tony | King | |
| Friends On The Street | Celeste Kate | Polson | |
| Hey Amigo | STAN | Lenz | |
| Hot Time (In The City Tonight) | David | Hinds, | Lyn Hinds |
| How Deep Is The Water | Adrian | Bishop | |
| I Wonder What Heaven’s Like | Greg J | Bryant | |
| If You Only Knew | Steve | Montgomery | |
| I’ll Pick Up The Pieces | Chris | Murphy, | Robert Agostini |
| I’m Here for All of You | Elizabeth | Usher, | Emily Anderson |
| It’s Christmas Time | Donna | Dyson, | Garry Smith |
| Judgement Day | Bill | Dellaportas, | Phil Turcio |
| Let It Be Love | Keri | McInerney, | Greg T Ross |
| Life | Sandra | Doolan | |
| Looking Through The Eyes Of A Child | Heath | Watts | |
| Mayday | Anirban | Banerjee | |
| More Than Words | Brendan | Smoother | |
| My Champion | Tiffany | Gow | Adrian Hannan |
| My Little Girl | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| Night After Night | Ben | Ransom | |
| Of Mountains and Sea | Melissa | Stanton | |
| Resist Surrender | Maria | Fakitopoulos | |
| She Will Rise | Frances | Madden | |
| Sing a Song for Me | Benny | Allen | |
| Sneakin’ | Jazzy | Dale, | Nick Zaharias |
| Something In The Way | Ben | Palumbo, | Astrid Holz |
| Stephen Hawking Wants You To (Dance Remix) | Susan | Muranty, | Phil Turcio, Robert J Sedky |
| Still In Love With You | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Sunset | John | Blok, | Laura Hunt, Annalisa Polido |
| Temporary Time | Shirley | Lynn, | Christine M Kerr |
| That’s Another Story | Lola | Brinton, | Dom Italiano |
| There Goes You | Wendy | Wood | |
| They Told Me This Is Africa | Helen | Mottee | |
| Time | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Turning in Circles | Karen | Guymer | |
| Wanderlust | Chris | Richter, | Jasmine Aleisha Richter |
| Welcome to the Wild | Frances | Madden | |
| When I Say I Love You | Wendy | Wood | |
| When It All Comes Done To Love | Jacques | Gentil | |
| When The Day Is Done | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Wish That You Were Here | Steve | Montgomery | |
| With Love & Surrender | Damien | Hosken | |
| You On My Side | Anirban | Banerjee | |
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2021 ROCK/INDIE CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| 2am Outside a Spook Show | Mary | Hampton | |
| All We Can Do | Leah | Chynoweth-Tidy | |
| Atomic Ballet | Daniel | Maguire | |
| Begin Again | Jason | Maynard, | Alexandra Malota |
| Bittersweet | Jessica | Newton, | Emanuele Mamo |
| Blue Skies | Lucy | McKinnon | |
| Break Me Open | Debra | Gussin, | Brian Bell, Luther Russell |
| Cheap Choice | Natassa | Zoe, | Abbey Gardner, Nicholas Shea, Chris Gabriel |
| Coming Down In Spades | Ben | Ransom | |
| Coober Pedy Opal Mine | Sammy | Horner | |
| Crucify the Clowns | Jade | Goodge | |
| Dancing withThe Red Beast | Esme | Macdonald | |
| Faith | Tiffany | Gow, | Brian Taylor |
| Fear | Frank | Frikker | |
| Feel | Jemma | Siles | |
| Fighter | Kate | Appleyard, | Ben Mawdsley |
| Forgotten Heroes | Cath | Russell, | Peter de Ryk |
| Free Bird | Natasha | Duarte | |
| Going Back To Chandigarh | Phil | Crossie, | John Clarke |
| Gotta Go | Simon | Gane, | Mark Braham, Nick Gane, Howie Baillie |
| Groove With Bob | Brendan | Mcmahon | |
| Heavy Load | Richard | Madden | |
| Hennessy Drive | Caelan | Irrgang, | Lachlan Hore |
| Hot Time (In The City Tonight) | David | Hinds, | Lyn Hinds |
| Hymns of Our Time | Des | Wade | |
| I’ll Never Give up on Rock n Roll | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Imagination Is Everything | Roy | Williams, | Karen Gregory |
| Killing Time | Avelina | De Moray | |
| Losing Ourselves | James | Balthes, | Ray Pearson, Russell West, Chris Reiterer |
| Love is Strong | Helen | van der Merwe, | Sam Greenland |
| Maybe | Chris | Botfield | |
| Midnight Goodbye | Lucie Tiger | O’Connor | |
| Mistakes | Thomas | Libreri, | Wendy J. Barness, Tessa Libreri |
| Musgrave Hill | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Mystery | Elise | Boland, | Luke Caruana |
| Never Be The Same | Darren | Jaynoy | |
| New One | Liam | Naughton | |
| Not A Fighter | Carla | Burke | |
| Shag On A Rock | Samantha | Hollier, | Matthew Wiles |
| She Will Rise | Frances | Madden | |
| Show Me the Way | Robert | Wilson | |
| Slow Emotion | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Rolf Schnyder |
| Slow Fade | Daniel | Maguire | |
| Song Of The Rain | Damien | Hosken, | Stacy Hogan |
| Spider | Jason | Maynard | |
| Stop Time With A Kiss | Susan | Muranty, | Sven Tydeman |
| Straight Ahead | Andrew | Batterham | |
| Take me Again | Aaron | D’Arcy, | Bruce Atherton |
| The Road To Nowhere | Justin | Hart, | Rob Pippan |
| Things Are About To Get Dark | Alison | Newman | |
| Thoughts | Adrienne | Morgan | |
| Walls | Cassi | Marie | |
| What I Need | Melvyn | Moll | |
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2021 SONGS FOR CHILDREN CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| A Pirate Went to Sea | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| ABC Alphabet Song | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| Australian Like Me And You | STAN | Lenz | |
| Bunny Ballet | Donna | Dyson | |
| Can You Imagine | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Christmas (It’s the Talk of the Town) | Damien | Hosken, | Stacy Hogan |
| Cleaning Up Australia | Donna | Dyson | |
| Colours We Love | Donna | Dyson | |
| Colours, Colours, Colours | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| Dance Baby Dance | Andrew | Batterham | |
| Dino Disco | Brendan | Murphy | |
| Easter egg hunt | Donna | Dyson | |
| Eat The Alphabet | Nyssa | Ray | |
| Everything New is a Gift | Suzanne | Kinsella | |
| Fairy Glade | Katherine | Bright | |
| Five Little Monkeys | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Flying Disco Chicken | Randy | Sauer | |
| Gee G Gee Giraffe | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Go Go Ghosts | Donna | Dyson, | Spotty Kites |
| Gran and Grandpa | Donna | Dyson | |
| Green Earth Kids | Elizabeth | Usher, | Michael Saleta |
| Grown Up Me | Nyssa | Ray, | Rebecca Ray |
| Ho Ho Ho Santa Claus | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Honey Bees | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| How To Make An Easter Hat | Donna | Dyson | |
| Hungry Shark | Michael | Broberg | |
| Hush Little One | Suzanne | Kinsella | |
| I Am Beauty-Full For Being Me | Chris | James, | Jenny James |
| I Can’t Wait Till Christmas | Damien | Hosken, | Stacy Hogan |
| I’m a Pirate | Brendan | Murphy | |
| I’m Getting Dressed By Myself Today | Rachel | Parkinson | |
| I’ve Got Legs | Simon | Chate | Shirley Robertson |
| Little Hands | Anjana | Gajan, | Gajan Maheson |
| Love Everybody | Nyssa | Ray, | Andrea Kirwin |
| My Grandpa is the Easter Bunny | Donna | Dyson | |
| My Kitty Kat | Robin | Levinson | |
| My Little Veggie Patch | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| Ocean of Dreams | Susie | Lochhead | |
| PawPals | Elizabeth | Usher, | Michael Saleta |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | Keren | Godfrey | |
| Rubbish Rubbish Ew Yuk! | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Santa in the Sun | Donna | Dyson, | Craig Allister Young |
| Say No! | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Send me another dream | Luci | Tonner | |
| Sensible Steven | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| Sticky Gooey Honey | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| The Bee Song | Benny | Allen | |
| The Rhino Alphabet Song | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| The Sing-A-Long Song | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| The Wind | Frances | Madden, | Adam Crossley |
| These Are My Feelings | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Wake Up! Let’s Move! | Stacy-Ann | Tierney | |
| Wargada | Megan | Ugle, | Charmaine Councillor, Phill Bartlett |
| When We’re Indoors | Stephen | Kiely, | Roxanne Kiely |
| You Are What You Eat | Melissa | Saunders | |
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2021 SPIRITUAL CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| A Dog’s Sadness | Nick | Hamby | |
| A Hero In Us All | Karen | Guymer | |
| A Library Burns | Tony | King | |
| After You’ve Gone | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Always Christmas | John | Kairn | |
| Beautiful Dream | Gia Clarissa | Nicolaou, | Nicos Nicolaou |
| Blessing | Melissa | Saunders | |
| Breathe Easy – (Black Lives Matter) | Karen | Guymer | |
| Cathedral Street | Steve | Montgomery | |
| December Child | Donna | Dyson, | Craig Allister Young |
| Distant Love | Jacques | Gentil | |
| Faith | Tiffany | Gow, | Brian Taylor |
| Faith, Hope & Love | John | Huggart | |
| Falling For you | Tony | King | |
| Feel Alive | Kathryn | Turdak | |
| Freedom | Frances | Madden | |
| Give it Space | Elizabeth | Usher, | Sarah Goff |
| God’s Graces | Tanja | Wolter | |
| Guide Me Lord | Claire | Oxnam | |
| Highway To Heaven | Ted | Roberts | |
| Home | Sam | Vartuli, | Pan Skoumbourdis |
| How Deep Is The Water | Adrian | Bishop | |
| I Have Tried But I’ve Failed Once Again | Tim | Channon | |
| If You Only Knew | Steve | Montgomery | |
| In Your Hands | Linda | Paris | |
| It’s My Time | Rocky | Pergoleto | |
| It’s The Gift | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| It’s Time To Give It All Away | Wayne | Halfpenny | |
| Just Peace | Karen | Guymer | |
| King of Hearts | Tanja | Wolter | |
| Light as a Feather | Kylie | Adams-Collier | |
| Lord Of Light | fiona joy | Hawkins | |
| Messiah (I’m Not The One) | Bob | Sutor | |
| My Amazing Grace | Debra | Gussin, | Dale Effren |
| My Champion | Tiffany | Gow, | Adrian Hannan |
| My Little Girl | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| My Time Of Need | Thomas | Libreri, | Tessa Libreri |
| Oh Mama | Stephen | Hammond | |
| People Need To Know | Jacques | Gentil | |
| Renegade | Timothy | Worton, | Jono Stanbury |
| Santa, Kiss And Angel For Me | Glen | Naylor, | Chris Wilson |
| Stay awhile | Jonathan Mark | Hayden | |
| Still In Love With You | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Stories Of Us | Daniel | Higgins, | David Carter |
| Thank You Lord | Glenn | Valles | |
| That Little Church On The Hill | STAN | Lenz | |
| That’s How Heaven Works | Jacques | Gentil, | Lloyd M. Clarke |
| The One | Gordon | Hudson | |
| Till My Love Is Gone | Jacques | Gentil | |
| Time | Steve | Montgomery | |
| When I Fall | Cill | Van Der Velden | |
| When It All Comes Down To Love | Jacques | Gentil | |
| When That Old Rock | Jacques | Gentil | |
| Wondrous Name | Sri | Pishey | |
| Worst Of Sinners | Jacques | Gentil | |
| You Belong | Donna | Dyson, | Garry Smith |
| You Were There | Robin | Levinson | |
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2021 YOUTH CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| 3 a.m. | Faye | Nikakis | |
| Antidote | Faye | Nikakis | |
| Both Shine | Annabelle | Jarvis | |
| Bounce | Zoe | Tracas | |
| Bullets in the Wind | Thea | Sholl | |
| But They’re Only Dreams | Ruby | Archer | |
| Chamomile Tea | Ruby | Archer | |
| Done For | Natalie | Theodore | |
| Drifting | Matilda | Irene, | Natalie Theodore |
| Fooled | Natalie | Theodore | |
| Happily Healing | Georgia | Usher | |
| It’s Getting Hot | Delta | Charlesworth | |
| Left Behind | Larissa | Sunde | |
| Let Me Go | Sari | Abbott, | Matilda Irene |
| Look My Way | Sarah | Chappell | |
| Loves In Drought | Mackenzie | Lee | |
| Murky Water | Clare | Young | |
| My Skin | Thea | Sholl, | Jade Snell |
| Night | Monique | Raso | |
| No Breadcrumbs | Annabelle | Jarvis | |
| One life | Monique | Raso | |
| Part Of Me | Georgie | Raft | |
| Playlist | Natalie | Theodore | |
| Primal | Jolie | Waterhouse | |
| Purple Fatigue | Ruby | Archer | |
| Save Yourself | Lucinda | Thompson | |
| Shiver | Ruby | Archer | |
| Somebody | Ella | Powell | |
| Start At The End | Angus | Brill Reed | |
| The Galaxies | Joel Zhang Jie | Pau | |
| Unpredictable | Thea | Sholl | |
| Unstuck | Georgie | Raft | |
| Walk Again | Faye | Nikakis | |
| When It’s Over | Angus | Brill Reed | |
| Wish We Never Met | Jolie | Waterhouse | |
| You See Me | Sally | Edwards | |
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2021 LYRICS CATEGORY TOP 30 |
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| 27 Club | Lisa | Cox | |
| A Hero In Us All | Karen | Guymer | |
| A Red Red Rose (And His Cologne) | Noel | Butler | |
| After You’ve Gone | Steve | Montgomery | |
| All the pieces fit | Denise | Silk | |
| Back To When | Roger | King | |
| Bass Strait Cowboy | Ronald | Beswick | |
| Below Tamborine Town | Katelyn | Newlands | |
| Best Actor | Debra | Gussin | |
| Born Lucky Lane | Les | Farrell, | Leah Farrell |
| Breathe Easy – (Black Lives Matter) | Karen | Guymer | |
| Bush Beddin’ Down | Steve | Hawe | |
| Cant You Stay Mum | Ellen | Boyd | |
| Cathedral Street | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Crucify the Clowns | Jade | Goodge | |
| Cruelty for Kindness | Cait | Barrett | |
| Daughter | Liam | Naughton | |
| Empty Symbols Of Success | Justin | Hart | |
| Fateless | Carla | Burke | |
| Five Stars | Alec | Raymer | |
| Funeral For Ten | Noel | Gardner | |
| Go Away Sadness | Alec | Raymer | |
| Goodbye | Maddie | Bell | |
| Heaven Can Wait | Sandra | Doolan | |
| Hume Boogie | Christine | Manetta | |
| I Know You Know | Andrea | Gerantonis | |
| I Love you More and More | Michael | Axiotis | |
| I Remember Everything (Banjo’s Desk) | Steve | Montgomery | |
| I’ll Never Give up on Rock n Roll | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Kid without a Uniform | Gerrard | Young | |
| Ledger of Life | Jillian | Seymour | |
| Lift Me Up | Jillian | Seymour | |
| Light as a Feather | Kylie | Adams-Collier | |
| Little Bird | Michelle | Morgan | |
| London Days | Paul | Bacon | |
| Lost Myself | Leanne | Noble | |
| Loved for Life | Cait | Barrett | |
| Love’s Last Words | Tony | Murphy | |
| Masked Punpkins At Midnight | Cill | Van Der Velden | |
| Murky Water | Clare | Young | |
| Musgrave Hill | Steve | Montgomery | |
| My Grandpa Is the Easter Bunny | Donna | Dyson | |
| My Happy Place | Faith Julija | Kristensen | |
| My National Anthem | Roula | Loupis | |
| No Coins To Buy | Cill | Van Der Velden | |
| No Rain To Cry In | Lola | Brinton, | Andrew Blyth |
| Old Town Ways | Todd | Beattie | |
| Phantoms, Ghosts of War | Adam | McGuirk | |
| Photos Lie | Cathy | Dobson | |
| Rainwater Tea | Lisa | Matuszewski | |
| Red Tail Lights | Anne | Fraser | |
| Shock Of Your Touch | Susan | Muranty | |
| Someone To Cry With | Michael “Max” | McGee, | Angel Pontier, Mervin “Butch” Paulson |
| Sometimes all you need is a friend | Denise | Silk | |
| Song for Them | Janine | Baker | |
| Stars | Jade | Goodge, | George O’Connor |
| Stephen Hawking Wants You To (Dance Remix) | Susan | Muranty | |
| Talk To Me, Lover | Adrian | Miller | |
| Tears Upon The Leather | Christine | Eccleston | |
| Tempy | Maurice | Conway | |
| The Australian Way Of Life | Kathleen | McLennan, | Gabriel Macura |
| The Day We Buried Bob At Bunnings | Tony | King | |
| The Gambling Man | Jasmine | Beth | |
| The Gift | Allan | West | |
| The Long Paddock | Hannah | Orion | |
| The Map | Tony | King | |
| The One Before The One | Natalie | De Lucia | |
| The Tie (When a Bushman Dies) | Steve | Montgomery | |
| Three Flags Australia- Colours We Love | Donna | Dyson | |
| Tombstone | Kenneth | Behrens | |
| Truckie’s Memorial | Johnny | Conway | |
| Two Bags | Sigrid | de Castella | |
| Walking Away | Kath | Stewart, | David Carter, Angela Bristow-Baohm |
| Way Too Beautiful | Noel | Butler | |
| Whisky Neat | Nicholas | James | |
| Wondering | Andrew | Cooper, | Karen King |
| You are the Poetry | Peter | Burton | |
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