After the shortlists for the Irish album of the year, artist of the year, and breakthrough of the year have been announced, the Choice Prize has announced the 10 songs on the shortlist for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2023.
The shortlist in alphabetical order:
Chubby Cat – Big Dog Barking
CMAT – Stay For Something
Cian Ducrot – Heaven
John Francis Flynn – Mole In The Ground
Niall Horan – Heaven
Hozier – Eat Your Young
Jazzy – Giving Me
Kojaque – Woof (with Biig Piig)
Lankum – Go Dig My Grave
Soda Blonde – Bad Machine
This category in the Choice Prize is a public vote, while orders have the judges deciding the winner.
To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2023, visit www.rte.ie/2fm.
Votes are limited to one per person per day. Only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 18th February.
The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on 7th March on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM that afternoon ahead of the live event.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
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