Young Folks

Infobox Single
Name = Young Folks


Artist = Peter Bjorn and John featuring Victoria Bergsman
from Album = Writer's Block
B-side = "Ancient Curse"
Released = June 2006
Format = CD, 7" Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Indie pop
Length =
Label = Wichita
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position = * #1 (jtv Saturday)
* #13 (UK)
Last single =
This single = "Young Folks" (2006)
Next single = "Let's Call It Off" (2006)

"Young Folks" is the first single from Peter Bjorn and John's third album "Writer's Block," released in 2006. The single features Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes as a guest vocalist. The chorus is based on the song Rich Folks Hoax by Rodriguez.

The song first attracted notice on websites such as MySpace and YouTube, and was used in a number of commercials and television shows. Only since mid-2007 has the song earned extensive airplay on American radio, most notably on dance radio outlets like KNHC/Seattle, KNGY/San Francisco and Sirius Satellite's The Beat.

The song was ranked #5 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/40070-staff-list-the-top-100-tracks-of-2006/page_10 pitchforkmedia.com] . Retrieved on 2008-02-19.] list. Pitchfork reviewed the song on 19 July 2006, giving it three out of five stars [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/37293-young-folks-ft-victoria-bergsman] . The song was also voted #2 in the 2006 NME Track of the Year poll. [ [http://www.nme.com/news/nme/25390 NME news article] . Retrieved on 2008-02-19.] Planet Sound named this their #2 single of 2006. The song was named the number one song of 2007 according to the iTunes Music Store. Y-Rock On XPN also named the song #1 of 2007.

On Peter Bjorn and John's recent Australian tour, Victoria Bergsman's vocals were performed by Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura. The group performed the song on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on 29 January 2007, and on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on 18 May 2007 (the latter with Tonight Show Band member Vicki Randle on bongos). On 29 September 2007, the band played "Young Folks", with Victoria Bergsman's vocals, on "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" on BBC1.

The single was re-released on 17 September 2007, when it reached number 13 in the UK, beating the original chart position of number 33 in 2006.

The accompanying video was directed by Ted Malmros with animation by Graham Samuels.

The song is featured on the FIFA 08 soundtrack and was also used in the E3 trailer of Lips (video game). Gossip Girl (TV Series) also uses this track for its theme.

Vinyl track listing

# "Young Folks" feat. Victoria Bergsman
# "Ancient Curse"

CD track listing

# "Young Folks" feat. Victoria Bergsman
# "Ancient Curse"
# "All Those Expectations"

Covers

* English indie band, The Kooks made a cover of "Young Folks" which is included in a CD album in a special box set issue of the music magazine, NME.
*German singer Nena covered "Young Folks" together with Oliver Pocher and Stephan Remmler in German as "Ich kann nix dafür" (German for "It's not my fault") for the movie "Vollidiot".
*Japanese singer Shugo Tokumaru covered the song in 2006 for the Cokemachineglow fantasy covers podcast. It was released as a single in Japan and received considerable airplay.
*Kanye West sampled this song for a track by the same name, and "Interviews (Interlude)" both on his mixtape "Can't Tell Me Nothing".
*James Blunt covered this song in September 2007 on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/jowhiley/galleries/2406/1/#gallery2406 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge] . Retrieved on 2008-02-19.] and later that month at KLLC's [http://www.radioalice.com/pages/701539.php Now & Zen Fest] [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/25/DDLMSD4PV.DTL San Francisco Chronicle review] Retrieved on 2008-02-19.] .
*Dawn Landes has also covered this song.
*Pete Yorn often covers the song at his live shows.
*The Kooks and [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_%28chanteuse%29 Little] covered this song in May 2008 on Taratata (French TV show) [ [http://video.mytaratata.com/video/iLyROoafYzsb.html Taratata] ] .
*Richard & Judy 22 August 2008 Final in The End

ee also

*Whistling songs

References

External links

* [http://www.nme.com/news/nme/25390 NME Track of the Year 2006]
*youtube|51V1VMkuyx0|Music video for "Young Folks"