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and has made remixes for

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and others. He is best known for his songs like "Starlight (Otto Knows Remix)", "Parachute", "Next to Me", "Dying for You" and "

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". Jettman met

in Stockholm and soon after joined Ingrosso's Refune, touring alongside Ingrosso as a DJ and producer. Jettman also collaborated with Tim Bergling, also known as

and

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on the song "iTrack". He followed this up with "Million Voices", created in the back room of the studio whilst Ingrosso and

penned the popular festival song "Calling". "Million Voices" was later added to the A playlist at

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. It later charted in the top 15 of the

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and achieved gold in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and platinum in Belgium.

Music career

2010–13: Breakthrough

His break came in 2010 on the electronic scene with a remix of "

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" by

. This caught the attention of

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that used his production in "Hide & Seek (Avicii Remix)". He has had a number of chart successes including his single "iTrack" credited to Tim Berg vs Oliver Ingrosso & Otto Knows and with his remix of

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's "Kick Out the Epic Motherf**ker". His biggest hit is his 2012 European single "

" that has reached number three on the

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, the Belgian Singles Chart and number six on the Dutch Singles Chart. It has also charted within the top 15 of the

. In late 2012, Otto remixed " Lies" by British DJ/record producer

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, which was included in the

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release of the single in the UK. The remix proved to fair commercially better and peaked at number 32 in the

on 24 December 2012 after four weeks. In 2013, he co-wrote and co-produced "

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" by

2014–present

In June 2014 Otto's follow‐up single "

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" was released. It was premiered by

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on his BBC1 radio show. In September 2014 Otto Knows also released a rework of

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's " I Can't Stop Drinking About You". The track was premiered by Otto at

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in June and was played throughout the summer at Ushuaïa in Ibiza. In October 2014, four remixes of "Parachute" were released b
Bottai

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and Zastenker. In May 2015 Otto released the single " Next to Me". In 2016 Otto released the single "Dying for You" featuring

and Alex Aris. The lyric video for the song was released on YouTube on 14 January 2016, with the official video following on 1 February.

Discography

Singles

Remixes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knows, Otto Swedish DJs Living people Swedish house musicians 1989 births Progressive house musicians Electronic dance music DJs