The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)* is proud to announce the top 20 songs eligible for New Zealand's most prestigious songwriting award.

The Top 20 contenders for the 2007 APRA Silver Scroll are listed below. To listen to and read each song's lyrics visit www.apra.co.nz.

Albertine - Brooke Fraser - Brooke Fraser

Anyone Can Say Goodbye - Greg Johnson & Ted Brown - Greg Johnson

Beautiful Haze - Sean Donnelly - SJD

Crawl - Sean Cunningham, Ben Campbell & Beth Campbell - Atlas

Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! - Ruban Nielson - The Mint Chicks

Deciphering Me - Brooke Fraser - Brooke Fraser

Don't Stop Now - Neil Finn - Crowded House

For A While - Boh Runga - stellar*

Girl About Town - Miriam Clancy - Miriam Clancy

I Will Do - Hollie Smith & Jeremy Toy - Hollie Smith

I Will Not Let You Down - Sean Donnelly - Don McGlashan

Light Surrounding You - Dann Hume & Jon Hume - Evermore

Maybe - Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy & Clinton Harris - Opshop

One - Redford Grenell, Devin Abrams, Nick Robinson, Sam Trevethick & Paora Apera - Shapeshifter

Rise Up (part 2) - Jeremy Toy, Julien Dyne, Lewis McCallum & Tyra Hammond - Opensouls

Second Chance - Liam Finn - Liam Finn

The Way To Breathe - Julia Deans, Andrew Bain & Simon Braxton - Fur Patrol

This Soldier - Victoria Girling-Butcher - Lucid 3

We're So Lost - Buzz Moller - Voom

What's A Few Tears To the Ocean - Shayne Carter - Dimmer