The Brit Award for Song of the Year is presented at the annual Brit Awards by the British Phonographic Industry and is determined by the Brit Awards voting academy. Below is the complete history of every nominated single, covering the award’s inception in 1977 through today.
1977
1977 was a bit different than the others. The awards were given to the best songs of the previous 25 years, and it was the only year there were co-winners.
WINNERS
NOMINEES
“I’m Not in Love”
10cc
“She Loves You”
1982
WINNER
“Tainted Love”
Soft Cell
NOMINEES
“Prince Charming”
Adam and the Ants
“Stand and Deliver”
Adam and the Ants
1983
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Fame”
Irene Cara
1984
WINNER
Culture Club
1985
WINNER
“Relax”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
NOMINEES
“Smalltown Boy”
Bronski Beat
“Smooth Operator”
Sade
“Two Tribes”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1986
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Dancing in the Street”
David Bowie & Mick Jagger
1987
WINNER
“West End Girls”
Pet Shop Boys
NOMINEES
“Don’t Leave Me This Way”
The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris
“Holding Back the Years”
Simply Red
1988
WINNER
NOMINEES
“China in Your Hand”
T’Pau
“It’s a Sin”
Pet Shop Boys
“Love in the First Degree”
Bananarama
“Pump Up the Volume”
MARRS
1989
WINNER
“Perfect”
Fairground Attraction
NOMINEES
“Kiss”
Art of Noise ft. Tom Jones
“Real Gone Kid”
Deacon Blue
“She Makes My Day”
Robert Palmer
“Twist in My Sobriety”
Tanita Tikaram
1990
WINNER
NOMINEES
“All Around the World”
Lisa Stansfield
“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)”
Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler
“Belfast Child”
Simple Minds
“Ferry Cross the Mersey”
The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman
“Let’s Party”
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
“Sealed with a Kiss”
Jason Donovan
“Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart”
Marc Almond ft. Gene Pitney
“Swing the Mood”
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
“That’s What I Like”
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
“Too Many Broken Hearts”
Jason Donovan
“You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You”
Sonia
1991
WINNER
“Enjoy the Silence”
Depeche Mode
1992
WINNER
“These Are the Days of Our Lives”
NOMINEES
“3 a.m. Eternal”
The KLF
“Any Dream Will Do”
Jason Donovan
“Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter”
Iron Maiden
“Dizzy”
Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff
“The Stonk”
Gareth Hale & Norman Pace
1993
WINNER
“Could It Be Magic”
Take That
NOMINEES
“Goodnight Girl”
Wet Wet Wet
“It Only Takes a Minute”
Take That
“A Million Love Songs”
Take That
“Stay”
Shakespears Sister
1994
WINNER
“Pray”
Take That
NOMINEES
“Animal Nitrate”
Suede
“Don’t Be a Stranger”
Dina Carroll
“Wild Wood”
Paul Weller
1995
WINNER
“Parklife”
Blur ft. Phil Daniels
NOMINEES
“Live Forever”
“Love Is All Around”
Wet Wet Wet
“Stay Another Day”
East 17
1996
WINNER
“Back for Good”
Take That
NOMINEES
“Common People”
Pulp
“Country House”
Blur
“Missing”
Everything but the Girl
1997
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Born Slippy”
Underworld
“A Design for Life”
Manic Street Preachers
“Fastlove”
“Lifted”
Lighthouse Family
Mark Morrison
“Tattva”
Kula Shaker
“You’re Gorgeous”
Babybird
1998
WINNER
“Never Ever”
All Saints
NOMINEES
The Verve
“I Wanna Be the Only One”
Eternal ft. BeBe Winans
“Old Before I Die”
Robbie Williams
“Paranoid Android”
“Say What You Want”
Texas
“Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997”
“Song 2”
Blur
“You’re Not Alone”
Olive
1999
WINNER
“Angels”
Robbie Williams
NOMINEES
“Brimful of Asha”
Cornershop
“If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”
Manic Street Preachers
“Life”
Des’ree
“Millennium”
Robbie Williams
“Outside”
“Perfect 10”
The Beautiful South
“Road Rage”
Catatonia
“The Rockafeller Skank”
Fatboy Slim
“Teardrop”
Massive Attack
2000
WINNER
“She’s the One”
Robbie Williams
NOMINEES
“Hey Boy Hey Girl”
The Chemical Brothers
“Moving”
Supergrass
“Praise You”
Fatboy Slim
“Sing It Back”
Moloko
“Tender”
Blur
“Why Does It Always Rain on Me?”
Travis
“You Stole the Sun from My Heart”
Manic Street Preachers
2001
WINNER
“Rock DJ”
Robbie Williams
NOMINEES
“Babylon”
David Gray
“Dancing in the Moonlight”
Toploader
“Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”
Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
“It Feels So Good”
Sonique
“Overload”
Sugababes
“Pure Shores”
All Saints
“The Time Is Now”
Moloko
2002
WINNER
“Don’t Stop Movin’”
S Club 7
NOMINEES
“21 Seconds”
So Solid Crew
“Clint Eastwood”
Gorillaz ft. Del the Funky Homosapien
“Do You Really Like It?”
DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies
“Eternity/The Road to Mandalay”
Robbie Williams
“Gotta Get Thru This”
Daniel Bedingfield
“Mambo No. 5”
Bob the Builder
“Pure and Simple”
Hear’Say
“Whole Again”
Atomic Kitten
2003
WINNER
“Just a Little”
Liberty X
NOMINEES
“Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)”
Gareth Gates
“Anything Is Possible”
Will Young
“The Tide Is High”
Atomic Kitten
2004
WINNER
“White Flag”
Dido
NOMINEES
“Scandalous”
Mis-Teeq
“Superstar”
Jamelia
“Sweet Dreams My LA Ex”
Rachel Stevens
2005
WINNER
“Your Game”
Will Young
NOMINEES
“Amazing”
“Dry Your Eyes”
The Streets
“Everybody’s Changing”
Keane
“In the Middle”
Sugababes
“Lola’s Theme”
The Shapeshifters
“Take Me to the Clouds Above”
LMC vs U2
“Thank You”
Jamelia
“These Words”
Natasha Bedingfield
2006
WINNER
“Speed of Sound”
NOMINEES
“Is This the Way to Amarillo”
Tony Christie ft. Peter Kay
“Push the Button”
Sugababes
“That’s My Goal”
Shayne Ward
2007
WINNER
“Patience”
Take That
NOMINEES
“All Time Love”
Will Young
“America”
Razorlight
Snow Patrol
“Fill My Little World”
The Feeling
2008
WINNER
“Shine”
Take That
NOMINEES
Leona Lewis
“Valerie”
Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse
“Worried About Ray”
The Hoosiers
2009
WINNER
“The Promise”
Girls Aloud
NOMINEES
“Better in Time”
Leona Lewis
“Heartbeat”
Scouting for Girls
“Mercy”
Duffy
2010
WINNER
“Beat Again”
JLS
NOMINEES
“Bad Boys”
Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida
“Breathe Slow”
Alesha Dixon
“The Climb”
Joe McElderry
“The Fear”
Lily Allen
“Fight for This Love”
Cheryl
“In for the Kill”
La Roux
“Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)”
Pixie Lott
“Number 1”
Tinchy Stryder ft. N-Dubz
2011
WINNER
“Pass Out”
Tinie Tempah ft. Labrinth
NOMINEES
“All Night Long”
Alexandra Burke ft. Pitbull
“Dynamite”
Taio Cruz
“Many of Horror”
Matt Cardle
“Parachute”
Cheryl
“Please Don’t Let Me Go”
Olly Murs
“She Said”
Plan B
“This Ain’t a Love Song”
Scouting for Girls
“You Got the Love”
Florence and the Machine
2012
WINNER
“What Makes You Beautiful”
NOMINEES
“All About Tonight”
Pixie Lott
“Changed the Way You Kiss Me”
Example
“Glad You Came”
The Wanted
“Heart Skips a Beat”
Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks
“She Makes Me Wanna”
JLS ft. Dev
“Wherever You Are”
Military Wives ft. Gareth Malone
2013
WINNER
“Skyfall”
NOMINEES
“Beneath Your Beautiful”
Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé
“Black Heart”
Stooshe
“Candy”
Robbie Williams
“Domino”
Jessie J
“Feel the Love”
Rudimental ft. John Newman
“Hot Right Now”
DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora
“Impossible”
James Arthur
“Mama Do the Hump”
Rizzle Kicks
“Next to Me”
Emeli Sandé
“Princess of China”
Coldplay & Rihanna
“R.I.P.”
Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah
“Spectrum (Say My Name)”
Florence and the Machine
“Too Close”
Alex Clare
“Troublemaker”
Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida
2014
WINNER
“Waiting All Night”
Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre
NOMINEES
“Dear Darlin’”
Olly Murs
“I Need Your Love”
Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding
“La La La”
Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith
“Love Me Again”
John Newman
“One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)”
“White Noise”
Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge
2015
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Budapest”
George Ezra
“I Got U”
Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones
“My Love”
Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne
“Nobody to Love”
Sigma
“Rather Be”
Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
“Stay with Me”
Sam Smith
“Summer”
Calvin Harris
Featured on: Songs About Summer
“Thinking Out Loud”
2016
WINNER
“Hello”
NOMINEES
“Bloodstream”
Ed Sheeran & Rudimental
“Hold Back the River”
James Bay
“Hold My Hand”
Jess Glynne
“How Deep Is Your Love”
Calvin Harris & Disciples
“King”
Years & Years
“Up”
Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato
“Wish You Were Mine”
Philip George
2017
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Faded”
Alan Walker
Jonas Blue ft. Dakota
“Girls Like”
Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson
“Hymn for the Weekend”
“Pillowtalk”
Zayn
“Rockabye”
Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
“Say You Won’t Let Go”
James Arthur
“This Is What You Came For”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
2018
WINNER
“Human”
Rag’n’Bone Man
NOMINEES
“Did You See”
J Hus
“Feels”
Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean
“Mama”
Jonas Blue ft. William Singe
“New Rules”
Dua Lipa
“Shape of You”
Ed Sheeran
“Strip That Down”
Liam Payne ft. Quavo
“Symphony”
Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson
“Touch”
Little Mix
“You Don’t Know Me”
Jax Jones ft. Raye
2019
WINNER
“One Kiss”
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa
NOMINEES
“Barking”
Ramz
“I’ll Be There”
Jess Glynne
“IDGAF”
Dua Lipa
“Leave a Light On”
Tom Walker
“Lullaby”
Sigala & Paloma Faith
“Shotgun”
George Ezra
“Solo”
Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato
“These Days”
Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen
2020
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Dancing with a Stranger”
Sam Smith & Normani
“Don’t Call Me Up”
Mabel
“Giant”
Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
“I Don’t Care”
“Just You and I”
Tom Walker
“Ladbroke Grove”
AJ Tracey
“Location”
Dave ft. Burna Boy
“Nothing Breaks Like a Heart”
Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus
Featured on: Songs with “Heart” in the Title
“Vossi Bop”
Stormzy
2021
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Ain’t It Different”
Headie One ft. AJ Tracey & Stormzy
“Don’t Need Love”
220 Kid & Gracey
“Don’t Rush”
Young T & Bugsey ft. Headie One
“Head & Heart”
Joel Corry ft. MNEK
“Lighter”
Nathan Dawe ft. KSI
“Physical”
Dua Lipa
“Rain”
Aitch & AJ Tracey ft. Tay Keith
“Rover”
S1mba ft. DTG
“Secrets”
Regard & Raye
2022
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Bad Habits”
“Bed”
Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta
“Body”
Tion Wayne & Russ Millions
“Clash”
Dave ft. Stormzy
“Cold Heart”
Elton John & Dua Lipa
“Don’t Play”
Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals
“Heat Waves”
Glass Animals
“Holiday”
KSI
“Latest Trends”
A1 x J1
“Little Bit of Love”
Tom Grennan
“Obsessed with You”
Central Cee
“Remember”
Becky Hill & David Guetta
“Wellerman (220 Kid x Billen Ted remix)”
Nathan Evans, 220 Kid & Billen Ted
2023
WINNER
NOMINEES
“Baby”
Aitch & Ashanti
“Go”
Cat Burns
“Starlight”
Dave
“Merry Christmas”
“B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)”
Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal
“Forget Me”
“Afraid to Feel”
LF System
“Unholy”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras
2024
WINNER
“Escapism”
Raye ft. 070 Shake
NOMINEES
“Miracle”
Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding
“Prada”
Cassö, Raye & D-Block Europe
“Let Go”
Central Cee
“Sprinter”
Dave & Central Cee
“Dance the Night”
Dua Lipa
“Who Told You”
J Hus ft. Drake
“Strangers”
Kenya Grace
“Wish You the Best”
“Boy’s a Liar”
PinkPantheress
“Dancing is Healing”
Rudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry
“Firebabe”
Stormzy ft. Debbie
“React”
Switch Disco & Ella Henderson
“Messy in Heaven”
Venbee & Goddard.
2025
WINNER
“Guess”
Charli XCX ft. Billie Eilish
NOMINEES
“I Like the Way You Kiss Me”
Artemas
“Kisses”
Bl3ss with Camrin Watsin ft. Bbyclose
“Band4Band”
Central Cee ft. Lil Baby
“Backbone”
Chase & Status ft. Stormzy
“Feelslikeimfallinginlove”
“Training Season”
Dua Lipa
“Alibi”
Ella Henderson ft. Rudimental
“Angel of My Dreams”
Jade Thirlwall
“Kehlani”
Jordan Adetunji
“Thick of It”
KSI ft. Trippie Redd
“You’re Christmas to Me”
Sam Ryder
“Somedays”
Sonny Fodera with Jazzy and D.O.D.
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