Peter Bjorn & John

Peter Bjorn and John
Peter Bjorn and John performing at Coachella in 2007
Background information
Also known as	P,B & J
Origin	, Sweden
Genres	Indie pop, indie rock,neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock
Years active	1999–present
Labels	INGRID, Warner Sweden, Kobalt Label Services
Associated acts	Shout Out Louds, The Concretes, Taken by Trees, Victoria Bergsman, INGRID, Drake, LIV, Miike Snow
Website	peterbjornandjohn.com
Members	Peter Morén Björn Yttling John Eriksson

Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie pop/rock band, formed in in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson, known in his solo work as Hortlax Cobra (drums, percussion and vocals). Yttling also worked as producer for the band's first four albums.

They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes, and was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart, as well as being featured in football video game FIFA 08, the singing game Lips, as the school project in the film Bandslam, as the opening track in the pilot episode of Gossip Girl and the theme tune to British Television adverts for Homebase store and Air New Zealand "Safety Safari" surfing video. It was also named NME's second-best track of 2006, beaten by "Over and Over" by Hot Chip. In Australia it was voted number 16 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006.