Je vecht nooit alleen
| "Je vecht nooit alleen" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by 3JS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | February 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Artist & Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Jan Dulles Jaap Kwakman Jaap de Witte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Je vecht nooit alleen", (You never fight alone) is a song by the Dutch band 3JS. The English version, Never alone, was the Dutch entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. 3JS were internally selected by Dutch broadcaster TROS to represent their country. At the national final Nationaal Songfestival 2011 they sang 5 songs. Je vecht nooit alleen was the favourite of both the professional jury and the televoters.[1] The song was performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 semi-final at 12 May 2011 but failed to place in final.[2]
Chart performance
On 5 February the song entered the Dutch Single Top 100 chart reaching fifth place, before reaching the number one spot the next week. A few weeks later the song made nr. 1 again in the English version.[3]
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] | 12 |
References
- ↑ Montebello, Edward. "News - The Netherlands: Song selected for 3JS". ESCToday. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ↑ Busa, Alexandru. "The Netherlands : 3JS to sing in English". ESCToday. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ↑ Romkes, Rene. "News - The Netherlands: Chart success for 3JS". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – 3js – Je vecht nooit alleen / Never Alone" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 13, 2011" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40