{"id":1908,"date":"2016-09-21T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T17:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:59:19","slug":"peter-bjorn-and-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/peter-bjorn-and-john","title":{"rendered":"Episode 84: Peter Bjorn and John"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Young Folks&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder84-PeterBjornAndJohn-600x298.png\" alt=\"songexploder84-peterbjornandjohn\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder84-PeterBjornAndJohn.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder84-PeterBjornAndJohn-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=9bb4be3596ab293f827d85c4b600641e\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/29757344-b16a-473d-b91d-10258c497680\/SongExploder84-PeterBjornAndJohn-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In 2006, Swedish trio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterbjornandjohn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bjorn and John<\/a> released their third album, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Writer%27s_Block_(Peter_Bjorn_and_John_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writer\u2019s Block<\/a>. For months and months after that, it felt like you couldn\u2019t go anywhere without hearing the first single from that album, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Folks<\/a>.&#8221; It was on top 10 lists for song of the year in places like <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/6508-the-top-100-tracks-of-2006\/?page=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pitchfork<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear\/2006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NME<\/a>. It\u2019s been  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oERIXjkR0JI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">covered by James Blunt<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5LVvCSZKvf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remixed by Kanye West<\/a>, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3uOexSrmesc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">countless<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqUcvqHNy9k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uh_8j8k39y0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">versions<\/a> out there. Now, ten years later, Peter Bjorn and John break down the song and how it all came together, and how it almost didn\u2019t come together at all. <\/p>\n<p>You can buy &#8220;Young Folks&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/young-folks\/id215554129?i=215554232&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/peter-bjorn-and-john-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Young Folks&#8221; music video<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIRE6iw-ws4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Live on Late Night with Conan O&#8217;Brien, January 2007<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RnjWkJAgoiY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Young Folks&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 In 2006, Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John released their third album, Writer\u2019s Block. 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