Peter Bjorn and John

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Peter Bjorn and John
Peter Bjorn and John at the Immergut Festival (2016)
Peter Bjorn and John at the Immergut Festival (2016)
General information
Genre (s) Indie pop
founding 1999
Website www.peterbjornandjohn.com
Current occupation
Peter Morén
Bjorn Yttling
John Eriksson

Peter Bjorn and John are an indie pop rock group from Stockholm , Sweden, founded in 1999 .

The trio's most successful single is Young Folks with guest singer Victoria Bergsman from The Concretes ; it reached the UK UK Top 40 . The song is part of the soundtrack of film 21 and the series Grey's Anatomy . In Germany, this song was covered by Nena , Oliver Pocher and Stephan Remmler under the title Ich kann nix für das, and entered the top ten of the charts. It is also used as the title track in the comedy series Two Funny - Die Sketch Comedy .

Her song Second Chance is also used for the opener of the sitcom 2 Broke Girls .

Band history

Morén and Yttling started making music together during high school. They shared great interest in bands like The Stone Roses or Ride . Their first band broke up when they moved to Stockholm, where they met Eriksson in 1999 and founded Peter, Björn and John. They made a first, unsuccessful appearance on a boat in Stockholm. Lars Skoglund from the band Laakso supported the band during live performances with drums and bongos.

Peter, Björn and John supported Depeche Mode during their Tour of the Universe concerts.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US SE SE
2006 Writer's block - - - UK68
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK 		US155 (15 weeks)
US 		-
First published: August 14, 2006
2009 Living Thing - - - - US92 (3 weeks)
US 		-
First published: March 30, 2009
2011 Gimme some - - - - US109 (1 week)
US 		SE49 (3 weeks)
SE
First published: March 28, 2011

more publishments

  • 2001: Forbidden Chords
  • 2002: Peter Bjorn and John
  • 2003: (I Just Wanna) See Through / Say Something Else (with Spearmint)
  • 2003: 100 m of hurdles
  • 2004: Falling Out
  • 2006: Young Folks The Remixes
  • 2008: Seaside Rock
  • 2009: It Don't Move Me
  • 2016: Breakin 'Point
  • 2016: Dominos
  • 2018: Darker Days

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US SE SE
2004 Beats Traps and Backgrounds
 - - - - - SE45 (1 week)
SE
EP
2006 Young Folks
Writer's Block 		DE31 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - UK13
silver
silver

(20 weeks)UK 		US-
platinum
platinum
US 		-
First release: August 7, 2006
feat. Victoria Bergsman

More singles

  • 2002: I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do
  • 2002: Falling and Passing
  • 2003: People They Know
  • 2005: Tailormade
  • 2005: Teen Love
  • 2006: Let's Call It Off
  • 2007: Objects of My Affection
  • 2009: Nothing to Worry About
  • 2009: It Don't Move Me
  • 2009: Lay It Down
  • 2011: Dig a Little Deeper
  • 2011: Breaker, Breaker
  • 2011: Second Chance
  • 2016: What You Talking About
  • 2016: Breakin 'Point

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US SE
  2. ↑ a b Awards: UK US

Web links

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