Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically

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Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Awarded forquality songwriting from Britain and Ireland
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Ivors Academy
First awarded1968
Currently held byBarney Lister and Obongjayar for "God's Own Children" (2021)
Websiteivorsacademy.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. The artists in parenthesis are the performers of the nominated songs.

Winners and nominees[]

1960s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney "She's Leaving Home" The Beatles [1]
1969 Not awarded

1970s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
1970 Peter Sarstedt "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" Peter Sarstedt
  • No nominees
 [2]
1971 George Harrison "Something" The Beatles
  • No nominees
 [3]
1972 Hurricane Smith "Don't Let It Die" Hurricane Smith
  • No nominees
 [4]
1973 Tom Evans and Peter Ham '"Without You" Badfinger
  • No nominees
 [5]
1974 Elton John and Bernie Taupin '"Daniel" Elton John
  • No nominees
 [6]
1975 Ralph McTell "Streets of London" Ralph McTell
  • No nominees
 [7]
1976 Not awarded
1977
1978 Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Julie Covington
[8]
1979 Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
[9]

1980s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
1980 Supertramp "The Logical Song" Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson [10]
1981 Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand
[11]
1982 Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn "Memory" Elaine Page
  • "The Land of Make Believe" – Andy Hill and Pete Sinfield (Bucks Fizz)
  • "Woman" – John Lennon
 [12]
1983 Andy Hill, Pete Sinfield and John Danter "Have You Ever Been in Love" Leo Sayer
[13]
1984 Sting "Every Breath You Take" The Police
[14]
1985 Phil Collins "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins
[15]
1986 Elton John and Bernie Taupin "Nikita" Elton John
[16]
1987 Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up" Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
[17]
1988 Labi Siffre "(Something Inside) So Strong" Labi Siffre
  • "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" – Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan (Aretha Franklin and George Michael)
  • "Throwing It All Away" – Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Michael Rutherford (Genesis)
 [18]
1989 Sting "They Dance Alone" Sting
[19]

1990s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
1990 B.A. Robertson and Mike Rutherford "The Living Years" Mike + The Mechanics
[20]
1991 Elton John and Bernie Taupin "Sacrifice" Elton John
[21]
1992 Mike Scott "The Whole of the Moon" The Waterboys
[22]
1993 Annie Lennox "Why" Annie Lennox
  • "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton and Will Jennings (Eric Clapton)
  • "The Disappointed" – Andy Partridge (XTC)
 [23]
1994 Sting "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Sting
[24]
1995 Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield "Think Twice" Celine Dion
  • "Dear John" – Mark Nevin and Kirsty McColl (Eddi Reader)
  • "Patience of Angels" – Boo Hewerdine (Eddi Reader)
 [25]
1996 Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior "Common People" Pulp
[26]
1997 Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers "Too Much Love Will Kill You" Brian May
[27]
1998 Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Ed O'Brien "Paranoid Android" Radiohead
  • "Angels" – Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams)
  • "Brimful of Asha" – Tjinder Singh (Cornershop)
 [28]
1999 Brian Higgins, Steve Torch, Paul Barry, Stuart McLennan, Tim Powell and Matt Gray "Believe" Cher [29]

2000s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
2000 Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers "Strong" Robbie Williams
[30]
2001 David Gray "Babylon" David Gray
[31]
2002 Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. "Walk On" U2
[32]
2003 David Gray "The Other Side" David Gray
[33][34]
2004 Francis Eg White "Leave Right Now" Will Young
[35]
2005 Mike Skinner "Dry Your Eyes" The Streets
[36]
2006 KT Tunstall "Suddenly I See" KT Tunstall
  • "Fix You" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion and Chris Martin (Coldplay)
  • "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" – Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
 [37]
2007 Scott Matthews "Elusive" Scott Matthews
  • "Sophia" – Nerina Pallot
  • "When the Sun Goes Down" – Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
 [38]
2008 Amy Winehouse "Love Is a Losing Game" Amy Winehouse
[39]
2009 Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Peter Turner "One Day Like This" Elbow
[40][41]

2010s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
2010 Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin "The Fear" Lily Allen
[42]
2011 Conor O'Brien "Becoming a Jackal" Villagers
[43]
2012 Ed Sheeran "The A Team" Ed Sheeran
[44]
2013 Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé "Next to Me" Emeli Sandé
[45]
2014 Dominic Major, Hannah Reid and Daniel Rothman "Strong" London Grammar
[46]
2015 Andrew Hozier-Byrne "Take Me to Church" Hozier
[47]
2016 Jamie Lawson "Wasn't Expecting That" Jamie Lawson
[48]
2017 Dean 'Inflo' Joisah Cover and Michael Kiwanuka "Black Man in a White World" Michael Kiwanuka
[49][50]
2018 Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner "Magnificent (She Says)" Elbow
[51][52]
2019 Ben Howard "Nica Libres at Dusk" Ben Howard
  • "Four Out of Five" – Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
  • "Nina Cried Power" – Hozier
 [53][54]

2020s[]

Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
2020 Jamie Cullum "Age of Anxiety" Jamie Cullum
[55][56]
2021 Barney Lister and Obongjayar "God's Own Children" Obongjayar
[57][58]

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