Grab the Moment
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| Single by JOWST | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 15 February 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 2:55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Three15 Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Joakim With Steen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry | |
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Joakim With Steen
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5th
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| Semi-final points |
189
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10th
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| Final points |
158
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| ◄ "Icebreaker" (2016) | |
"Grab the Moment" is a song by Norwegian music producer JOWST featuring uncredited vocals from Norwegian singer Aleksander Walmann. The song represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. It was released as a digital download on 15 February 2017, and was written by Jonas McDonnell and Joakim With Steen.
The song was not originally written for Eurovision. It was originally work titled "Making a Hit" and lyricist Jonas McDonnell had written a rap to the song. During the work on the song, composer Joakim With Steen invited musically interested friends and acquaintances to a closed Facebook group, JOWST - making a hit. In the group, he asked friends for advice and suggestions to make the song better, and he changed the song as the feedback came in. Altogether he got in around 100 suggestions, divided into 22 different sketches and drafts.
Finally Steen ended up with "Grab the Moment", and he then sent it to several record companies without receiving a response. Mostly for the fun, he also sent the song to NRK, which in January 2017 took it out to participate in Eurovision 2017. Steen considered first to decline participation, but later decided to participate.
Then began the search for a vocalist, and two different vocalists tried to singing the song. One of them was Aleksander Walmann, who had come to the final of TV2's The Voice in 2012. Steen chose Walmann because they two had the best chemistry together.
The song received positive criticism from the Norwegian reviewers after the victory, and it was described as "contemporary".Verdens Gang reviewer Stein Østbø felt "Grab the Moment" has "a hell of a sticky feel-good chorus" and stated simultaneously: "No, I do not think we [will] win in Kiev with this. But it is a good placement".Aftenposten said the song was the best in the competition and that it had "modern rhythms, cool chorus, good vocals".Dagbladet agreed, and thought Norway would get far in the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev: "It's catchy, modern, and apparently has a European appeal", wrote reviewer Anders Grønneberg after the victory.
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