Chris Cheney and his wife Emma at the 2009 APRA Awards held in Melbourne Australia

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Chris Cheney Wins APRA Song of the Year

by Paul Cashmere - June 24 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman

The title track from The Living End `White Noise` album written by Chris Cheney from The Living End took home Song of the Year at the APRA Awards in Melbourne last night.

?ÇÿWhite Noise?ÇÖ was up against Kate Miller-Heidke ?ÇÿCan?ÇÖt Shake It, Nick Cave?ÇÖs ?ÇÿDid Lazarus Dig?ÇÖ, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson?ÇÖs ?ÇÿRattlin?ÇÖ Bones and ?ÇÿWalking on a Dream?ÇÖ by Empire of the Sun.

For Chris Cheney it was the first major award for his songwriting talents. The album won an ARIA last year for ?ÇÿBest Rock Album?ÇÖ.

Last year the award went to Daniel Johns and Julian Hamilton for ?ÇÿStraight Lines?ÇÖ by Silverchair.

Previous winners were:

2007 One Crowded Hour (Glenn Richards)
2006 Catch My Disease (Ben Lee/McGowan Southworth)
2005 Scar (Missy Higgins/Kevin Griffin)
2004 Zebra (John Butler)
2003 Not Pretty Enough (Kasey Chambers)
2002 Amazing (Alex Lloyd)
2001 My Happiness (Powderfinger)
2000 Passenger (Powderfinger)
1999 Buses and Trains (James Roche)
1998 Even When I?ÇÖm Sleeping (Dean Manning)
1996 Wasn?ÇÖt It Good (Tina Arena/Robert Parde/Heather Field)
1995 My Island Home (Neil Murray)

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