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Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm, chester-le-street, great lumley in 1999. The current members are Peter Morén on vocals, guitar, and harmonica; Björn Yttling on vocals, bass and keyboards; and John Eriksson on drums, percussion, and vocals.

To date they are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes and was a top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart. It was also named NME's second best track of 2006, beaten only by "Over and Over" by Hot Chip.^[1] In Australia it was voted number 16 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006.

"Young Folks" was featured in the Grey's Anatomy episode "Let the Angels Commit".
"Young Folks" was also featured in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Monday Night Football", which aired February 5, 2007.
"Young Folks" was used in MTV Australia's Christmas Throwie campaign, which consisted of throwing 2000 glowing LEDs to light up Sydney buildings.
"Young Folks" is used in broadcasts of baseball games on Washington and Lee University's WLUR-FM.
The band originally incorporated commas into their name, but dropped them because they did not look good in the font on their first record.
On their recent Australian tour Victoria Bergsman's role in "Young Folks" was sung by Tracey-Anne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Lars Skoglund of the band Laasko has filled in for the band on drums and played bongos during some live shows

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 '''Peter Bjorn and John''' are a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[indie rock]] [[rock band|band]], formed in [[Stockholm]] in [[1999]]. The current members are Peter Morén on [[vocals]], [[guitar]], and [[harmonica]]; Björn Yttling on vocals, [[bass guitar|bass]] and [[musical keyboard|keyboards]]; and John Eriksson on [[drums]], [[percussion]], and vocals.
 To date they are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured [[Victoria Bergsman]] of [[The Concretes]] and was a top 40 hit in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It was also named ''[[NME]]'''s second best track of 2006, beaten only by "Over and Over" by [[Hot Chip]].<ref>"[http://www.nme.com/news/nme/25390 NME 2006 Poll]". NME.com (2006). Retrieved [[20 January]], [[2007]].</ref> In [[Australia]] it was voted number 16 in the annual [[Triple J]] [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2006|Hottest 100 for 2006]].