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Coming Home (Sjonni's Friends song)

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Iceland "Coming Home"
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
4th
Semi-final points
100
Final result
20th
Final points
61
Entry chronology
◄ "Je ne sais quoi" (2010)
"Never Forget" (2012) ►

"Coming Home" (Template:Lang-is) is the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. It was performed by the tribute band Sjonni's Friends (Template:Lang-is), made up of musicians Hreimur Örn Heimisson, Gunnar Ólason, Benedikt Brynleifsson, Vignir Snær Vigfússon, Matthías Matthíasson and Pálmi Sigurhjartarson, all of whom had worked with Sjonni.

The original singer, Sjonni Brink or just Sjonni (real name Sigurjón Brink) died days before the Icelandic national selection for the contest, after which his musician friends decided to form Sjonni's Friends (sometimes also known as Sigurjón's Friends) and perform the song as a tribute. It finished in 20th place in the finals with 61 points.

Brass was recorded in New York by Grammy award participant Danny Flam (of Kanye West's "All of the lights" fame) and Ron Bertolet.

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Iceland (RÚV)[1] 2

References

  1. ^ "RÚV - Vinsældalisti Rásar 2". RÚV. Retrieved 12 March 2011.