Grab the Moment
2017 single by JOWST
"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.
Background
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.
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