"Hold On Be Strong"
Single by Maria
from the album Hold On Be Strong
A-side	"Hold On Be Strong"
B-side	"Hold On Be Strong" (DeepFrost Cafémix Radio Edit) "Hold On Be Strong" (DeepFrost Cafémix)
Released	February 2008 (digital download) April 21, 2008 (CD-single)[1]
Genre	R&B
Length	3:04
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Mira Craig
Producer(s)	Simen Eriksrud
Maria singles chronology
"Nobody Knows" (2006) "Hold On Be Strong" (00000003) "Make My Day" (2010)
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country	Norway
Artist(s)	Maria Haukaas Storeng
As	Maria
Language	English
Composer(s)	Mira Craig
Lyricist(s)	Mira Craig
Finals performance
Semi-final result	4th
Semi-final points	106
Final result	5th
Final points	182
Entry chronology
◄ "Ven a bailar conmigo" (2007)
"Fairytale" (2009) ►

"Hold On Be Strong" is a song performed by Norwegian singer Maria Haukaas Storeng, written by Mira Craig. It was presented by Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was elected through the Melodi Grand Prix 2008 on February 9,^[2][3] where she received the highest number of votes from both the televoting and the jury, with 77,566 votes more than the runner up.

On 20 May 2008 Storeng performed the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision, and won a place in the final. It was the last song performed on the night before the voting began. It finished in 5th place with a total of 182 points, thus being the highest ranking Western European song of the year.

The backing singers for the Eurovision performance were Jorunn Hauge, May Kristin Kaspersen, Kariane Kjærnes, Håvard Gryting and Øystein Nesbakken.^[4] The song is written by singer and songwriter Mira Craig. Mira and Maria are singing a duet on Maria's 2008 album Hold On Be Strong.

Track listing

1. "Hold On Be Strong" – 3:04
2. "Hold On Be Strong" (DeepFrost Cafémix Radio Edit) – 3:00
3. "Hold On Be Strong" (DeepFrost Cafémix) – 3:41

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts