| ARIA Award for Song of the Year | |
|---|---|
 1998 winner the Whitlams | |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1987 |
| Final award | 1998 |
| Currently held by | The Whitlams, "No Aphrodisiac" (1998) |
| Most wins | Crowded House (2) |
| Most nominations | Crowded House (5) |
| Website | www |
The ARIA Music Award for Song of the Year (Songwriter) was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", [1] since 1987. It was awarded by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." [2]
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Song of the Year (Songwriter) was given as an industry voted award from 1987 until 1998, when it was discontinued. Crowded House were both the only artist to win the award twice and the only artist to recieve more than two nominations in this category, with five. Members Neil and Tim Finn were also the only musicians nominated both as solo artists and members of a group. Savage Garden were the only artist to recieve two nominations in the same year, as in 1997 they won for "To the Moon and Back" and were also nominated for "Truly Madly Deeply", though in 1994 Tim Finn was nominated both as a solo artist and a member of Crowded House.
The ARIA Award for Single of the Year was renamed to Song of the Year in 2012.