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  Cover PB&Jyoung folksJPG
  Artist Peter Bjorn And John
  From Album Writer's Block
  B-side "Ancient Curse"
  Released June 2006
  Format CD, 7" Vinyl
  Recorded
  Genre Indie Pop
  Label Wichita
  This Single '''''Young Folks''''' <br />(2006)
  Next Single '' Let's Call It Off '' <br />(2006)


"Young Folks," the first single from Peter Bjorn And John 's third album '' Writer's Block ,'' (2006), and features Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes as a guest vocalist.

The first song attracted notice on websites such as MySpace and YouTube , and was used in a number of commercials and television shows (see below). 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" list Pitchfork reviewed the song on July 19, 2006, giving it three out of five stars [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/37293-young-folks-ft-victoria-bergsman . NME also named the song #2 in their Tracks of the Year 2006.

Planet Sound named this their #2 single of 2006, losing out to Liam Frost 's ''The Mourners of St. Paul's .

On Peter Bjorn and John's recent Australian tour, Victoria Bergsman's vocals were performed by Tracey-Anne 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 ).


VINYL TRACK LISTING

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


CD TRACK LISTING

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


USE OF "YOUNG FOLKS"

"Young Folks" has been featured in:


COVERS

  • German singer Nena covered "Young Folks" in German as "Ich Kann Nix Dafür" ("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 has rapped over this beat for his latest mixtape, ''Can't Tell Me Nothing''.



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