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Matt Corby and Dann Hume win 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

by Paul Cashmere on July 17, 2019

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Matt Corby and Dann Hume have won the 2019 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition for their song ‘Miracle Love’.

Dann said, “This song was a special one for Matt and I, one of the first songs we wrote together after a few years between his albums. No idea what would come, when it was finished it felt like it had always existed and we just happen to find it buried in the backyard studio of his house.”

Matt added, “We are so grateful that such a positive song burrowed into the hearts and ears of our peers and genuinely humbled by this moment.”

‘Miracle Love’ featured of Matt’s second album ‘Rainbow Valley’, released in 2018. It was not released as a single.

Matt and Dann will share the $50,000 prize-money from APRA AMCOS, Alberts and BMG.

2nd place – Sarah Aarons ‘The Middle’

3rd place – Sahara Beck ‘Here We Go Again’

Unpublished prize – Kaiit ‘Miss Shiney’

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