Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically | |
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Awarded for | quality songwriting from Britain and Ireland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | The Ivors Academy |
First awarded | 1968 |
Currently held by | Florence Welch and Jack Antonoff for "King" (2023) |
Website | ivorsacademy.com/awards |
The Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically is one of the awards presented annually by the Ivors Academy at the Ivor Novello Awards to recognize the best in songwriting and composing talents from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The award was first presented in 1968, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney being the first recipients for the song "She's Leaving Home", performed by The Beatles. The award goes to the writers of the song, not the performers unless they share songwriting credits.
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1968 · 1969 |
Year | Songwriter(s) | Song | Performing artist(s) | Result | Ref. |
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1968 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | "She's Leaving Home" | The Beatles | Won | [1] |
Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent | "Don't Sleep in the Subway" | Petula Clark | Nominated | ||
1969 | Category inactive | [2] |
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1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 |
Year | Songwriter(s) | Song | Performing artist(s) | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Peter Sarstedt | "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" | Peter Sarstedt | Won | [3] |
1971 | George Harrison | "Something" | The Beatles | Won | [4] |
1972 | Hurricane Smith | "Don't Let It Die" | Hurricane Smith | Won | [5] |
1973 | Tom Evans and Peter Ham | '"Without You" | Badfinger | Won | [6] |
1974 | Elton John and Bernie Taupin | '"Daniel" | Elton John | Won | [7] |
1975 | Ralph McTell | "Streets of London" | Ralph McTell | Won | [8] |
1976 | Category inactive | [9] | |||
1977 | Category inactive | [10] | |||
1978 | Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Julie Covington | Won | [11] |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees | Nominated | ||
John Farrar, Hank Marvin, Don Black | "Sam" | Olivia Newton-John | Nominated | ||
1979 | Gerry Rafferty | "Baker Street" | Gerry Rafferty | Won | [12] |
Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow | "Can't Smile Without You" | The Carpenters | Nominated | ||
Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" | Kate Bush | Nominated |
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1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 |
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1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 |
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2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 |
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2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 |
Year | Songwriter(s) | Song | Performing artist(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Lily Allen, Greg Kurstin | "The Fear" | Lily Allen | Won | [45] |
Nick Hemming | "Save It for Someone Who Cares" | The Leisure Society | Nominated | ||
Ed Adlard, Will Adlard, Ali Digby, George Eddy | "The Last Bus" | Patch Williams | Nominated | ||
2011 | Conor O'Brien | "Becoming a Jackal" | Villagers | Won | [46] |
Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alexander Robertshaw, Michael Spearman | "My Kz, Ur Bf" | Everything Everything | Nominated | ||
Jack Bevan, Edwin Congreave, Walter Gervers, Yannis Philippakis, James Smith | "Spanish Sahara" | Foals | Nominated | ||
2012 | Ed Sheeran | "The A Team" | Ed Sheeran | Won | [47] |
Adele, Paul Epworth | "Rolling in the Deep" | Adele | Nominated | ||
Paul Epworth, Kid Harpoon, Florence Welch | "Shake It Out" | Florence + the Machine | Nominated | ||
2013 | Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul, Emeli Sandé | "Next to Me" | Emeli Sandé | Won | [48] |
Natasha Khan, Justin Parker | "Laura" | Bat for Lashes | Nominated | ||
Iain Archer, Jake Bugg | "Two Fingers" | Jake Bugg | Nominated | ||
2014 | Dominic Major, Hannah Reid, Daniel Rothman | "Strong" | London Grammar | Won | [49] |
Will Doyle, Sam Fryer, Chilli Jesson, Pete Mayhew | "Best of Friends" | Palma Violets | Nominated | ||
John Newman, Steve Booker | "Love Me Again" | John Newman | Nominated | ||
2015 | Andrew Hozier-Byrne | "Take Me to Church" | Hozier | Won | [50] |
Andrew Davie | "Above the Clouds of Pompeii" | Bear's Den | Nominated | ||
Ben Howard | "I Forget Where We Were" | Ben Howard | Nominated | ||
2016 | Jamie Lawson | "Wasn't Expecting That" | Jamie Lawson | Won | [51] |
Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Amir Izadkhah, Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, Leon Rolle, Ed Sheeran | "Bloodstream" | Ed Sheeran | Nominated | ||
Ellie Rowsell | "Bros" | Wolf Alice | Nominated | ||
2017 | Dean 'Inflo' Joisah Cover, Michael Kiwanuka | "Black Man in a White World" | Michael Kiwanuka | Won | [52] [53] |
Laura Mvula, Nile Rodgers | "Overcome" | Laura Mvula | Nominated | ||
Blaine Harrison, Henry Harrison | "Telomere" | Mystery Jets | Nominated | ||
2018 | Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner | "Magnificent (She Says)" | Elbow | Won | [54] [55] |
Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, Michael Spearman | "Can't Do" | Everything Everything | Nominated | ||
Sampha | "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" | Sampha | Nominated | ||
2019 | Ben Howard | "Nica Libres at Dusk" | Ben Howard | Won | [56] [57] |
Alex Turner | "Four Out of Five" | Arctic Monkeys | Nominated | ||
Andrew Hozier-Byrne | "Nina Cried Power" | Hozier | Nominated |
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