Artist · chart history
Peter Bjorn & John
Band Stockholm Sweden Formed 1999
Peter Bjorn & John formed in 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden. Peter Bjorn & John has 60 chart appearances on 52 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Young Folks”, which appears on 37 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Peter Bjorn & John most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Peter Bjorn & John took the name at face value: Peter Morén on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Björn Yttling on bass, keyboards and vocals, and John Eriksson on drums and percussion, a Stockholm trio together since 1999. Yttling pulls double duty behind the desk, producing the band's first four albums, which may be why the records sound so neatly built, all space and snap and clever little details.
Then came "Young Folks" in 2006, a bouncing, breezy duet with Victoria Bergsman, formerly of the Concretes, that sounded like a secret passed between friends. NME rated it the second-best track of the year, and it went everywhere: the FIFA 08 video game, the pilot of Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother. Writer's Block came out that same year, and suddenly this modest Swedish band was on everyone's mixtape.
They kept their shaggy psychedelic streak alive on later records such as Gimme Some in 2011. When Eriksson developed tinnitus, Lars Skoglund of Laakso stepped in behind the kit at some shows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Peter Bjorn & John on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Folks | 37 | #4 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Second Chance | 10 | #5 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Nothing to Worry About | 8 | #16 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | Dig a Little Deeper | 1 | #80 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | Breaker Breaker | 1 | #103 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | It Don't Move Me | 1 | #90 | – | 2009 | |
| 7 | Rusty Nail | 1 | #97 | – | 2019 | |
| 8 | Let's Call It Off | 1 | #97 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Peter Bjorn & John as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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