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The Knife
Band Stockholm Sweden Active 1999–2014 Swedish indie electronic duo
The Knife formed in 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden and was active until 2014. The Knife has 11 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “HeartBeats”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #95. The station that charted The Knife most often is KEXP (Seattle, WA), with 4 appearances.
The Knife were Karin and Olof Dreijer, a brother-and-sister electronic duo from Sweden who formed in 1999, ran their own label, Rabid Records, and did everything they could to keep the spotlight off their faces, turning up in public in Venetian masks and staying away from award shows even as they collected Swedish Grammis. Deep Cuts, in 2003, was the record that won them a following far beyond home, and "Heartbeats" is its glowing heart: icy synths and a melody that sounds warm and lonely at the same time.
Then things got darker. Silent Shout arrived in 2006 with their first tour, a record of shadowy, cold-sweat electronics that critics fell hard for. Both siblings stepped out on their own for a spell, Karin as Fever Ray in 2009 and Olof as Oni Ayhun, before the duo came back with the acclaimed Shaking the Habitual in 2013, the same year they took the Nordic Music Prize. After touring it, they called it quits in November 2014.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Knife on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HeartBeats | 10 | #95 | – | – | |
| 2 | Silent Shout | 1 | #294 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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