Nature’s Best – New Zealand Top 30 Songs Volume 1 PVG Book

Nature’s Best – New Zealand Top 30 Songs Volume 1 PVG Book

30 Hit Songs Arranged For Piano, Vocal and Guitar

Nature’s Best – New Zealand Top 30 Songs Volume 1 is a wonderful compilation of iconic titles for piano, vocal, and guitar. This compilation was created as part of the 75th Anniversary of APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association).

To compile this list, over 900 candidate songs were prepared, and voting was open to APRA members and an invited academy. The list of the top 100 songs was announced in stages in 2001, with the number one place going to the 1969 song “Nature” by Fourmyula.

Song Titles Include:

• 1. “Nature” – Fourmyula (Wayne Mason, 1969)
• 2. “Don’t Dream It’s Over” – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1986)
• 3. “Loyal” – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1988)
• 4. “Counting the Beat” – The Swingers (Phil Judd/Mark Hough/Wayne Stevens, 1981)
• 5. “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1982)
• 6. “Sway” – Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1997)
• 7. “Slice of Heaven” – Dave Dobbyn with Herbs (Dave Dobbyn, 1986)
• 8. “Victoria” – Dance Exponents (Jordan Luck, 1982)
• 9. “She Speeds” – Straitjacket Fits (Shayne Carter/Fits, 1987)
• 10. “April Sun in Cuba” – Dragon (Paul Hewson/Marc Hunter, 1978)
• 11. “I Got You” – Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1980)
• 12. “Whaling” – DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn, 1984)
• 13. “Not Given Lightly” – Chris Knox (Chris Knox, 1990)
• 14. “Pink Frost” – The Chills (Martin Phillipps, 1984)
• 15. “Jesus I Was Evil” – Darcy Clay (Darcy Clay, 1997)
• 16. “Weather with You” – Crowded House (Tim Finn/Neil Finn, 1991)
• 17. “Blue Smoke” – Pixie Williams & The Ruru Karaitiana Quartet (Ruru Karaitiana, 1949)
• 18. “Dance All Around the World” – Blerta (Corben Simpson/Geoff Murphy, 1972)
• 19. “Lydia” – Fur Patrol (Julia Deans, 2000)
• 20. “Blue Lady” – Hello Sailor (Graham Brazier, 1977)
• 21. “Drive” – Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1996)
• 22. “Chains” – DLT featuring Che Fu (Che Ness/Darryl Thompson/Angus McNaughton/Kevin Rangihuna, 1996)
• 23. “Dominion Road” – The Mutton Birds (Don McGlashan, 1992)
• 24. “(Glad I’m) Not a Kennedy” – Shona Laing (Shona Laing, 1986)
• 25. “I Hope I Never” – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1980)
• 26. “Tears” – The Crocodiles (Fane Flaws/Arthur Baysting, 1980)
• 27. “Be Mine Tonight” – Th’ Dudes (Dave Dobbyn/Ian Morris, 1978)
• 28. “I See Red” – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979)
• 29. “Beside You” – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1998)
• 30. “Home Again” – Shihad (Karl Kippenberger/Tom Larkin/Phil Knight/Jon Toogood, 1997)