Never Forget (Greta Salóme & Jónsi song)

"Never Forget"

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country	Iceland
Artist(s)	Greta Salóme & Jónsi
Language	English
Composer(s)	Greta Salóme
Lyricist(s)	Greta Salóme
Finals performance
Semi-final result	8th
Semi-final points	75
Final result	20th
Final points	46
Appearance chronology
◄ "Coming Home" (2011)
"Ég á líf" (2013) ►

"Never Forget" is a song by Icelandic singers Greta Salóme and Jónsi. The song represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was released as a digital download on 19 March 2012 as the lead single from her debut studio album In the Silence.

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012

The song was entered in the Icelandic national selection; Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012, in its original Icelandic title, "Mundu eftir mér" (Remember me).^[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

The song was allocated in the first semi-final performing 2nd and finished in 8th place to qualify for the Eurovision final. Performing 7th they finished in 20th place with 46 points.

Track listings

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Forget"	3:00

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^[2]	94
Iceland (Tonlist)^[3]	2

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Germany	19 March 2012	Digital download	Hands Up Music

References

↑ Montebello, Edward (11 February 2012). "Greta & Jónsi selected for Iceland". ESC Today.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Gréta Salóme & Jónsi – Never Forget" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
↑ "Icelandic Singles Chart". Tonlist.is. Retrieved 2012-05-27.

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Austria Belgium Finland Israel Latvia Montenegro San Marino Switzerland

Semi-final 2	Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia

Withdrawn

Armenia

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Anmary Iris Izabo Pernilla Karlsson Rambo Amadeus Sinplus Trackshittaz Valentina Monetta

Semi-final 2	Anri Jokhadze Eva Boto Filipa Sousa Joan Franka Litesound Max Jason Mai Nina Badrić Sofi Marinova

Withdrawn

Alyona Lanskaya (Belarus)

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	"Beautiful Song" "Euro Neuro" "När jag blundar" "The Social Network Song" "Time" "Unbreakable" "Woki mit deim Popo" "Would You?"

Semi-final 2	"Don't Close Your Eyes" "I'm a Joker" "Love Unlimited" "Nebo" "Verjamem" "Vida minha" "We Are the Heroes" "You and Me"

Withdrawn

"All My Life" (Belarus)
"Per sempre" (Italy)

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ~~1998~~ 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1980s	ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst

1990s	Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar ~~1998~~ Selma

2000s	August & Telma Two Tricky ~~2002~~ Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna

2010s	Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Greta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

Songs

1980s	"Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér"

1990s	"Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" ~~1998~~ "All Out of Luck"

2000s	"Tell Me!" "Angel" ~~2002~~ "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?"

2010s	"Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)

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