The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has unveiled its 2025 slate of nominees for induction.
The nominees, which will be voted upon for induction at the 2025 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City, represent some of the most influential and iconic songwriters and lyricists in the music industry.
The inductees will be chosen from two categories: Non-Performing Songwriters and Performing Songwriters.
Non-Performing Songwriters:
- Walter Afanasieff
Key Songs: All I Want for Christmas Is You, Hero, License to Kill, One Sweet Day - Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan
Key Songs: Secret Agent Man, Eve of Destruction, Where Were You When I Needed You - Mike Chapman
Key Songs: The Best, Love Is A Battlefield, Ballroom Blitz - Sonny Curtis
Key Songs: Love Is All Around (Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show), I Fought the Law, Walk Right Back - Tom Douglas
Key Songs: The House That Built Me, Little Rock, I Run to You - Franne Golde
Key Songs: Dreaming of You, Nightshift, Stickwitu - Ashley Gorley
Key Songs: I Had Some Help, Last Night, Play It Again - Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins
Key Songs: Say My Name, The Boy Is Mine, You Rock My World - Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Key Songs: One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack), Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got), It Only Takes a Minute - Tony Macaulay
Key Songs: Build Me Up Buttercup, Don’t Give Up on Us, Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Roger Nichols
Key Songs: We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, I Won’t Last a Day Without You - Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
Key Songs: I’m Your Puppet, Cry Like a Baby, It Tears Me Up - Narada Michael Walden
Key Songs: How Will I Know, Freeway of Love, You’re a Friend of Mine
Performing Songwriters:
- Bryan Adams
Key Songs: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Heaven, Summer of ‘69 - Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd)
Key Songs: Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Time (Clock of the Heart) - George Clinton
Key Songs: Atomic Dog, Flash Light, Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) - Sheryl Crow
Key Songs: All I Wanna Do, Soak Up the Sun, Everyday Is a Winding Road - Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers)
Key Songs: Listen to the Music, Takin’ It to the Streets, What a Fool Believes - Eminem (Marshall Mathers)
Key Songs: Lose Yourself, Stan, Mockingbird - David Gates
Key Songs: Everything I Own, Make It With You, Baby I’m-a Want You - Janet Jackson
Key Songs: Black Cat, Rhythm Nation, Together Again - Tommy James
Key Songs: Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine - Mike Love
Key Songs: California Girls, Good Vibrations, Fun, Fun, Fun - Alanis Morissette
Key Songs: You Oughta Know, Ironic, Uninvited - N.W.A. (Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella)
Key Songs: Straight Outta Compton, Fuck Tha Police, Express Yourself - Steve Winwood
Key Songs: Higher Love, Gimme Some Lovin’, Roll With It
Nominees are chosen based on their substantial contributions to the music world, with voting members determining the new inductees. The voting deadline is December 22, 2024.
