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Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish
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band formed in
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in 1999, named after the first names of the band's members:
Peter Morén Peter Andreas Morén (born 5 May 1976) is a Swedish musician. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a founding member of the Stockholm-based artist collective INGRID. He was born and raised ...
(vocals, guitar, harmonica),
Björn Yttling Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, ...
(bass, keyboards, vocals) and John Eriksson, known in his solo work as Hortlax Cobra (drums, percussion, vocals). Yttling also worked as producer for the band's first four albums. Their 2006 single "
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", which featured
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, formerly of
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, was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and was featured in the football video game ''
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'', as part of the soundtrack of sitcom ''
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'', the opening track in the
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episode of ''
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'', the theme tune to British Television adverts for
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store, and in the
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"Safety Safari" surfing video. It was also named ''
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s second-best track of 2006, beaten by " Over and Over" by
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Hottest 100 for 2006. In recent years, Lars Skoglund of the band
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has filled in for Eriksson on drums and played bongos during some live shows since the latter developed tinnitus, and incurred a shoulder injury on the tour for 2011's ''Gimme Some''.


History


Formation: 1997–2000

Morén and Yttling began playing music with each other while in school. They shared an interest in bands such as
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and
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, and would draw inspiration from acts they heard on the radio while growing up, including
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,
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and OMD. They are also influenced by, but not interested in replicating, classic '60s baroque pop, power pop and new wave. Their first band Piggy In The Middle released the album ''Images & Distorted Facts'' in 1997 before disbanding after Morén and Yttling moved to
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, whereupon they met Eriksson in 1999. Their first gig as Peter Bjorn and John was an unsuccessful one aboard a boat in Stockholm; their expectations were not high from the start, as they "just wanted to make good music for
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own amusement".


First years: 2001–2005

After releasing the ''Forbidden Chords'' EP and the singles "Failing and Passing" and "I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do", the band released its self-titled first album in 2002 on the tiny Beat That! label. After more shows, the EPs ''People They Know'' and ''100m of Hurdles'', and the "See Through" single, the group jumped to the Planekonomi label in 2004 and released the ''Beats, Traps, and Backgrounds'' EP. It was soon followed by the 2004 album '' Falling Out'', which was picked up for American release by Hidden Adenda in late 2005.


Mainstream success: 2006–2011

The band's third album, ''
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'' (2006), became a minor international hit. The video to their song "Young Folks" was animated and directed by Ted Malmros of the Swedish indie pop band
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. After completing various tours in support of ''Writer's Block'', the band focused on other projects before coming together to record and release a largely instrumental album, '' Seaside Rock'', in the autumn of 2008. '' Living Thing'', the band's darker, more experimental fourth full-length album, was released several months later in early 2009. Peter Bjorn and John played
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2009 in Chicago. In 2011, Peter Bjorn and John returned to their melodic pop roots with the decidedly more accessible ''
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''. The band also opened up for
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during their Tour of the Universe. ''Gimme Some'''s second single "Second Chance" is heard prominently in advertising for the American
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and as the
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''.


Recent years: 2012–present

The three band members are founding members of the Swedish artist collective and record label
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, founded in 2012; the collective's first compilation, ''Ingrid Volym 1'', was released on Record Store Day 2012. In March 2014, the band revealed that work had commenced on their seventh album, but that they had been beset with creative setbacks. In April 2015, they released their first new music in four years, the one-off single "High Up (Take Me to the Top)", on ''INGRID Volym 2'', a
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-exclusive double-LP, limited to 500 copies. In July 2015, the band debuted two new songs on
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. On 11 March 2016, they announced their forthcoming LP, ''
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'', along with the promotional single "What You Talking About?", which ''
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'' called "an infectious slice of synth-heavy indie pop." The album was released on 10 June 2016. Bearing the same name as the album, the album's first lead single "
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" was released on 24 March 2016, after being premiered by
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's Beats 1 Radio as the World Record. In August 2018, the band announced the upcoming release of their eighth album, ''Darker Days'', which was released on 19 October 2018. On 22 February 2019, the band released ''EPBJ'', a follow-up EP to ''Darker Days'', featuring three new songs recorded during the ''Darker Days'' sessions that "showcase a softer and more introspective side of the band." The band also released audio of a live, three-song studio session recorded at INGRID Studios in Stockholm. On 18 October 2019, the band announced their ninth studio album, ''Endless Dream'', and released the single "Rusty Nail". The album was released on 13 March 2020.


Collaborations and solo work

Peter, Bjorn and John also collaborated with Canadian-born actor and rapper
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collaborated on ''Re-Living Thing'', a remix album of '' Living Thing'', released on 8 September 2009 by Mick Boogie. Peter Morén has released four solo albums and one as a duo. On 8 April 2008, he released a solo album in English, ''
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labels. In 2010, he released a solo album in Swedish, '' I Spåren Av Tåren''. In 2012, he released the more political
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, influenced by modern indie, new wave, and the formation of the artistic collective
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, of which he is a founding member. He released his fourth solo album, ''40'', in 2017. In 2019, he released a collaborative album with Swedish pop songwriter David Shutrick called ''En Åldrande Befolkning'', which was released first as an EP, then later expanded to album-length and re-released as a LP later that year. Björn Yttling has previously worked on jazz music, and as a member of INGRID, he has collaborated in bands such as Smile, as well as pursuing his solo work as Yttling Jazz. John Eriksson, having previously released three EPs under the name Hortlax Cobra, has continued to work under that name, releasing experimental electronic music. A member of INGRID, his first album, ''Night Shift'', was released on the collective's record label in 2012. His second album, ''1984'', was released in 2012. In 2017, he released his third album ''Lightworks''. He is also a member of the INGRID project Starlight Serenaders. The group collaborated with producer
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, providing vocals on the track "Puppet Theatre". The song is the first single from the album ''Charmer'', released in October 2015.


Members

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Peter Morén Peter Andreas Morén (born 5 May 1976) is a Swedish musician. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a founding member of the Stockholm-based artist collective INGRID. He was born and raised ...
- lead vocals, guitar, harmonica *
Björn Yttling Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, ...
- bass, keyboards, percussion, vocals * John Eriksson - drums, percussion, vocals


Discography


Albums


EPs


Singles


Other charting songs


Notes

*A. "Young Folks" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the
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chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100. *B. "It Don't Move Me" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the
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chart. *C. "What You Talking About?" did not enter the Ultratop chart, but entered the Ultratop "extra tips" chart. *D. "Breakin' Point" did not enter the Ultratop chart, but entered the Ultratop "extra tips" chart.


Other contributions

*''Acoustic 07'' (2007,
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References


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