Misplaced Pages

Coming Home (Sjonni's Friends song)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Coming Home (Sigurjón's Friends song)) 2011 song by Sjonni's Friends
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Coming Home" Sjonni's Friends song – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019)
Iceland "Coming Home"
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 entry
CountryIceland
Artist(s)Sjonni's Friends
LanguageEnglish
Composer(s)Sigurjón Brink
Lyricist(s)Þórunn Erna Clausen
Finals performance
Semi-final result4th
Semi-final points100
Final result20th
Final points61
Entry chronology
◄ "Je ne sais quoi" (2010)
"Never Forget" (2012) ►

"Coming Home" (Icelandic: "Aftur heim") is the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. It was performed by the tribute band Sjonni's Friends (Icelandic: Vinir Sjonna), 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) 2

References

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

External links

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Söngvakeppnin
Participation
Artists
Songs
Note: Entries scored out signify where Iceland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Countries
Final
Semi-finals
Artists
Final
Semi-finals
Songs
Final
Semi-finals
  • "Angel in Disguise"
  • "Boom Boom"
  • "Celebrate"
  • "Ding Dong"
  • "Feel the Passion"
  • "Haba Haba"
  • "I Love Belarus"
  • "I'm Still Alive"
  • "Jestem"
  • "Live It Up"
  • "A luta é alegria"
  • "Na inat"
  • "Never Alone"
  • "One Life"
  • "Rusinka"
  • "San aggelos s'agapisa"
  • "Stand By"
  • "With Love Baby"


Stub icon

This Iceland-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This 2011 single-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about the Eurovision Song Contest is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: