Some artists feature prominently in the list. These include: •
Dave Dobbyn with the most songwriting credits (10) and second equal as an artist (6). •
Neil and
Tim Finn, with the second- and third-place songwriting credits (9 and 8, respectively). • Finn-related bands
Split Enz and
Crowded House, which have the two highest entries (8 and 6—tied with Dave Dobbyn). •
Don McGlashan with 5 songwriting credits over his work with
Blam Blam Blam and
The Mutton Birds. • Singer-songwriters
Bic Runga and
Sharon O'Neil, who each have 4 songs in the list. •
Herbs, who feature 4 times on the list. Music journalist Bruce Sergent notes that the list is highly skewed towards the 1980s and 90s to the detriment of earlier music, with notable omissions including
Howard Morrison, Dinah Lee, and
Ray Columbus & the Invaders. Some songs may also be claimed as both New Zealand and Australian. A list compiled by APRA at the same time of
top 30 Australian songs also included Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" (at number 7). Political songs on the list include commentary on the
1981 Springbok tour riots in
Blam Blam Blam's "There Is No Depression in New Zealand", and
nuclear testing in the French Pacific through Herbs' "French Letter" and
DLT's "
Chains". ==Top 100 list==