Mittens Official Song written by MMF member Chris Sanders and co-songwriter Natalie Conaty, is in the FINAL of one of the largest global songwriting competitions.
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has had over 26,000 entries with Mittens making the top 14 Children’s Songs.
A celebrity judging panel including the likes of Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Tom Waits will announce the overall winner in April.
There’s also a People’s Voice Award, so if you’d like to vote for Mittens you have until April 7 – you can make 1 vote per day! Here's the link to vote: https://songwritingcompetition.com/peoplesvoice~category-5
Mittens is New Zealand’s most famous Cat. The Turkish Angora kitty, known affectionately by his 70K Facebook fans as ‘His Royal Floofiness (HRF) shot to fame when he began turning up in random places around Wellington, from offices to rest homes, yoga studios to night clubs.
He was awarded the Key to Wellington City by Mayor, has had his own exhibition at Wellington Museum and was up for 2020 New Zealander of the year alongside Jacinda Ardern.
Released in December 2020, the song was the highest charting children’s song in NZ, reaching #12 in the Official Hot NZ Single Music Charts and #1 across all genres in iTunes.
In a year that has seen so many people suffer from loneliness, isolation and separation, Mittens has become a great ambassador in bringing people together and spreading joy around the world. Chris, Natalie and HRF donate a portion of proceeds from the song to The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.