Forever Yours (Tribute) Explained

Forever Yours (Tribute)
Cover:	ForeverYoursTribute.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Kygo, Avicii and Sandro Cavazza
Released:	24 January 2020
Length:	3:13
Label:	Ineffable Music Universal Music
Producer:	Avicii Kygo
Chronology:	Kygo
Prev Title:	Family
Prev Year:	2019
Next Title:	Like It Is
Next Year:	2020

"Forever Yours (Tribute)" is a song by Norwegian DJ Kygo, Swedish DJ Avicii and Swedish singer and songwriter Sandro Cavazza. The song was released on 24 January 2020.^[1] The song was written by Sting, Jan Kask, Dominic Miller, Tim Bergling, Sebastian Furrer, Kygo, Sandro Cavazza and Marcus Thunberg Wessel.

Background

Forever Yours is originally a song that Avicii started working on in Malibu in March 2016 after Sandro showed him his demo. At the time, Avicii was taking a roadtrip from Los Angeles to Miami to work on new music that he would premiere at Ultra Music Festival that year. Forever Yours was one of several songs worked on during this trip.

Later in 2016 Avicii played another version of the track at his Ushuaia closing set.

However, Avicii could not release a final version of the song before his death. Norwegian DJ Kygo and Swedish singer and songwriter Sandro Cavazza got the opportunity to officially finish what Avicii had started. Although the entire production was remade from scratch, Sandro and Kygo took the liberty to use Avicii’s chords from the well known UMF 2016 version. In December 2019, the two artists performed the song live at the Avicii tribute concert, all but ensuring the project had reached completion at long last.^[2] Sandro Cavazza previously featured on Avicii's 2017 single "Without You" and featured on two songs from Avicii's 2015 album Stories, "Gonna Love Ya" and "Sunset Jesus". Sting and Dominic Miller are also credited as "Forever Yours" samples Sting's song "Shape of My Heart".^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

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Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	96
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)^[5]	31

Year-end charts

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Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	83
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)^[7]	54

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute) - Single by Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music. Apple Music. January 24, 2020. 2 April 2020.
2. Web site: Kygo and Sandro Cavazza release Avicii's unfinished single, 'Forever Yours'. Sunkel. Cameron. 25 January 2020. EDM.com. 2 April 2020.
3. Web site: Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza – Forever yours (2020). June 3, 2020.
4. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 17 February 2020. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1563. 17 February 2020.
5. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. 5 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810060004/http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/. 10 August 2020. dead.
6. Web site: Årslista Singlar, 2020. Sverigetopplistan. 20 January 2021.
7. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. 4 December 2020.