"Je ne sais quoi" is an

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ic eurodance song composed by

Örlygur Smári Örlygur Smári (born ) is an Icelandic producer/composer. Biography Smári was born in Iceland, Europe. Smári wrote Iceland's Eurovision Song Contest 2000 entry Tell Me!. He also wrote the song This Is My Life, which was the Icelandic entry ...

and

Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (; born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi (song), Je ne sai ...

and performed by Hera Björk, and was the Icelandic entry at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...

, held in

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on 25, 27 and 29 May 2010. The performance took place in the first semi-final on 25 May and was performed again in the final, four days later. The song is performed in English with some phrases in French (namely the phrases "Je ne sais quoi," ''I don't know what'', and "Je ne sais pas pourquoi," ''I don't know why''). "Je ne sais quoi" was the winner of the Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2010 contest, organised by Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) to select the Icelandic entry for the contest. Despite being one of the early favorites and the fans' favorite to win the contest and finishing 3rd with 123 points in the semi-final, the song ended up finishing 19th with 41 points.

Track list

Digital download # "Je ne sais quoi" (Eurovision 2010) original version – 3:00 ;Clubmix single # "Je ne sais quoi" clubmix – 3:51 7th Heaven remix single # "Je ne sais quoi" (7th Heaven remix) – 6:01 Soulshaker club mix single # "Je ne sais quoi" (Soulshaker club mix) – 7:39 Digital EP # "Je ne sais quoi" – 3:00 # "Je ne sais quoi" (French version) – 3:01 # "Je ne sais quoi" (ballad version) – 3:45 Digital remixes # "Je ne sais quoi" adio edit– 3:00 # "Je ne sais quoi" th Heaven radio edit– 3:27 # "Je ne sais quoi" lub mix– 3:49 # "Je ne sais quoi" oulshaker club mix– 7:39 # "Je ne sais quoi" oulshaker radio edit– 3:41 # "Je ne sais quoi" th Heaven club mix– 6:01 # "Je ne sais quoi" rench vocal edit– 2:59 # "Je ne sais quoi" oulshaker dub mix– 7:37

Charts

References

External links

Official music video (uploaded by Eurovision)
- YouTube Eurovision songs of 2010 Eurovision songs of Iceland 2010 singles Eurodance songs Schlager songs Songs written by Örlygur Smári 2010 songs Hera Björk songs {{Iceland-stub