"Nešto što kje ostane" ( mk, label= Macedonian, Нешто што ќе остане; en, "Something that will remain") is a song by the Macedonian band

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. It was the entry at the

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, but it failed to qualify for the final round. The English version of the song is titled "The Sweetest Thing That Will Remain".

Background

Production history

The song was composed by Macedonian composer and singer

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together with the help of Damjan Lazarov, and the lyrics were written by

Elvir Mekić Elvir Mekić ( mk, Елвир Мекиќ) (born 15 October 1981) is a Macedonian musician. He gained popularity after performing his single "Opasno" with Maja Sazdanovska at Ohrid Fest in 2007. He went on to release a second and third single fr ...

. After the winning the Macedonian national final, the composer changed the song's arrangement making it more rock than it was at the national selection. Two more versions of the song: an

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and

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version were produced under the names "The Sweetest Thing That Will Remain" and "Ne dam da te diraju" respectively. The lyrics of the English version are by Lazarov, while those of the Serbo-Croatian are by Mekic. It was decided that the song would be sung in its original Macedonian at Eurovision.

Skopje Fest 2009

The song was presented in the first semi-final on February 19 and finished first with 22 points (12 from the televote and 10 from the jury). In the final, Next Time performed sixth and won the competition with 19 points (12 from the televote and 7 from the jury).

Music video

The music video of the song was filmed by its composer Jovan Jovanov and was edited by "Exit B" Production. It was filmed on the 28 and 29 March in many locations in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

: on a big tower, outside of the city, and in a production studio. In the video-story one of the members of the band, Stefan, is falling in love with the director in the music video symbolizing her as "something that will remain" or ''nesto sto kje ostane''. A version of the video was released for each language the song had been recorded in.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesto Sto Kje Ostane Eurovision songs of 2009 Eurovision songs of North Macedonia Songs written by Jovan Jovanov 2008 songs