Choice Music Prize shortlist for Irish Song of the Year revealed

Following a week of shortlist announcements for this year's Choice Music Prize, the nominees for Irish Song of the Year 2023 has now been revealed. The full shortlist was announced on RTÉ 2FM's Tracy Clifford Show this afternoon:

• 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
• Lankum – Go Dig My Grave
• Soda Blonde – Bad Machine

The public can now vote for the Irish Song of the Year at rte.ie/2fm. Votes are limited to one per person per day, and only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted.Voting closes at midnight on Sunday, February 18.

The winning song will be announced by Tracy Clifford on a special Song of the Year radio show on 2FM on March 7, ahead of the live Choice Music Prize ceremony later that evening.

See the other shortlists for the various categories, announced earlier this week, below:

Irish Album of the Year 2023:
Grian Chatten, Chaos for the Fly
CMAT, Crazymad, For Me
John Francis Flynn, Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
Kojaque, Phantom of the Afters
Lankum, False Lankum
Rachael Lavelle, Big Dreams
Soda Blonde, Dream Big
The Murder Capital, Gigi's Recovery
The Scratch, Mind Yourself
Ezra Williams, Supernumeraries

Irish Artist of the Year 2023:
CMAT
Cian Ducrot
Hozier
Jazzy
Lankum

Irish Breakthrough Artist 2023:
49th & Main
John Francis Flynn
Jazzy
ØXN
The Scratch

The winner of the Classic Irish Album honour will be announced in the week or two ahead of live event, while the prize will be presented along with the other prizes at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event in Vicar Street on Thursday, March 7.