Forever Young (Bob Dylan song) release in 1988 and number 55 on re-release in 2013. In 2009 a remix of the song, "Forever Young (Continued)" was featured in a Pepsi commercial, with American rapper will.i.am rapping a verse. The advertisement ends with the slogan: "Every generation refreshes the world". In December 2015, Louisa Johnson, the winner of the twelfth series of "The X Factor", released a cover version of "Forever Young" as her winner's single. It was released on 13 December 2015, immediately after Johnson won. Johnson performed the song live on "The X Factor" final. She also performed it on Text Santa. Johnson's version
Louisa Johnson in the "girls" category at "bootcamp" and was mentored, at the decision of the public, by Rita Ora. She successfully made it past the six-chair challenge to "judges' houses", singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson; when Johnson arrived, all six chairs had been filled, and Ora described the atmosphere as "like a zoo". At judges' houses, she sang "Respect" by Aretha Franklin in front of Ora and American musician Meghan Trainor in Los Angeles; this performance gained media attention, as its televising saw Johnson wearing two separate pairs of shoes, with some viewers inferring