Björn Yttling

Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, Anna Ternheim. Yttling is the bassist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a co-founder of the label and artist collective INGRID and a member of the band LIV.

Biography

Early life Yttling was raised in Norsjö and started to create and record music at the age of eight. He moved to Västerås to attend a high school with a music programme. At high school, he met Peter Morén.

Works and production Yttling has a jazz band called Yttling Jazz, which released the album Oh Lord, Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut in 2007.

Yttling has produced the Peter Bjorn and John albums as well as several other albums, e.g. Sparks and What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing by Sahara Hotnights, Our Ill Wills by Shout Out Louds, Open Field by Taken by Trees, Youth Novels and I Never Learn by Lykke Li, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand and Beautiful Future by Primal Scream.

Yttling is Chrissie Hynde's chief collaborator on her 2014 release, Stockholm, on which he plays electric bass, celeste, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mellotron, organ, percussion, piano, and synthesizer. Yttling and Hynde co-wrote all but two of the songs on this album and he is the album's producer.

Discography Year Artist Work Credit 2001 Nicolai Dunger A Dress Book Producer 2001 Nicolai Dunger Soul Rush Producer 2002 Caesars Palace Love For The Streets Musician 2002 Marit Bergman 3:00 AM Serenades Producer 2002 Peter Bjorn and John Peter Bjorn and John Producer, composer, musician 2003 International Noise Conspiracy Armed Love Arranger 2003 Moneybrother Blood Panic Producer 2004 Peter Bjorn and John Falling Out Producer, composer, musician 2004 The Hives Tyrannosaurus Hives String arranger 2004 Shout Out Louds Oh, Sweetheart (EP) Producer 2005 Caesars Paper Tigers Musician 2005 Moneybrother To Die Alone Producer 2005 Yttling Jazz Oh Lord Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut Producer, writer 2005 Robyn Be Mine (ballad version) Producer 2005 Shout Out Louds Very Loud (EP) Producer 2005 Shout Out Louds Howl Howl Gaff Gaff Producer 2006 Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block Producer, composer, musician 2006 Camera Obscura Let's Get Out Of This Country Arranger 2006 Deportees Damaged Goods Producer, writer (Missing You Missing Me) 2006 Montys Loco Man Overboard Producer 2006 Robyn Rakamonie EP Producer 2006 Concretes On the Radio Producer 2007 Sahara Hotnights What If Leaving is a Loving Thing Producer 2007 Shout Out Louds Our Ill Wills Producer 2007 Eldkvarn Svart blogg Arranger 2007 Davenport Slow Town Arranger 2007 Nicolai Dunger Rösten och Herren Producer 2007 Taken By Trees Open Field Producer, writer 2007 Taxi! Taxi! EP Producer 2007 Robyn Handle Me (Bjorn remix) Producer 2007 The Shins Australia (PBJ remix) Producer 2008 Peter Bjorn and John Seaside Rock Producer, composer, musician 2008 Lykke Li Youth Novels Producer, composer, musician 2008 Anna Ternheim Leaving On a Mayday Producer 2008 Primal Scream Beautiful Future Producer ("Can't Go Back") 2008 Caesars Strawberry Weed Musician 2008 Madrugada Madrugada Arranger 2009 Moneybrother Real Control Producer, writer 2009 Sarah Blasko As Day Follows Night Producer 2009 Camera Obscura My Maudlin Career Producer 2009 Peter Bjorn and John Living Thing Artist, producer, writer, musician 2009 Sahara Hotnights Sparks Producer 2010 Example Won't Go Quietly Writer 2010 The Suzan Golden Week for the Poco Poco Beat Producer, writer 2010 Natasha Bedingfield Strip Me Arranger (Little Too Much, Run Run Run) 2011 Firefox AK Color the Trees Producer, writer 2011 Lisa Miskovsky Violent Sky Producer, writer 2011 Peter Bjorn and John Gimme Some Artist, producer, writer, musician 2011 Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes Producer, writer, musician 2011 Teddybears Get Mama a House (Yttling Jazz Remix) Producer 2012 A Nighthawk Until I Faltered I Wasn't Free Producer 2012 Alex Winston King Con Producer, writer 2012 Brandy Two Eleven Writer (Let Me Go) 2012 Lissy Truille Lissy Truille Writer 2012 Smile A Flash in the Night Producer, writer, musician 2012 Amanda Jenssen Hymns For the Haunted Producer, writer 2013 Johnossi Transitions Executive producer 2013 Sibille Attar Come Night, (song) Producer, writer 2013 Zacharias Blad Zacharias Blad Producer, writer 2013 David Lynch We Rolled Together (Yttling Jazz Remix) Producer 2013 Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action Producer (Treason! Animals.), co-producer (The Universe Expanded) 2014 Lykke Li I Never Learn Producer, writer, musician 2014 Chrissie Hynde Stockholm Producer, writer, musician 2014 Benjamin Clementine Condolence (Yttling Jazz Remix) Producer 2014 The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack) The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack) Producer, writer "No One Ever Loved" by Lykke Li 2015 Cœur de pirate Roses Producer 2015 Astropol The Spin We're In Producer, musician, artist 2016 Albin Lee Meldau Lou Lou Producer 2016 The Pretenders Alone Writer 2016 liv "Wings of Love" Writer, producer, artist 2016 liv "Dream Awake" Writer, producer, artist 2016 Primal Scream Chaosmosis Producer, writer ("Trippin' on Your Love", "(Feeling Like A) Demon Again", "Private Wars", "Where the Light Gets in", "Carnival of Fools", "Autumn in Paradise") 2016 Kygo Cloud Nine Writer ("Fiction" ) 2016 Peter Bjorn and John Breakin' Point Artist, producer, writer, musician 2017 liv "Heaven" Writer, producer, artist 2017 Ariel Pink Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Writer ("Another Weekend") 2017 Tove Styrke Say My Name Producer ("Say My Name" acoustic version) 2017 liv "Hurts to liv" Writer, producer, artist 2017 Magnus Lindgren Stockholm Underground Writer 2017 Thomas Stenström Rör Inte Min Kompis Writer, producer 2018 Neko Case Hell-On Producer, musician 2018 Neko Case Hell-On Producer, musician 2018 Elias No Deeper Can We Fall Writer 2018 Joe Janiak Heaven Knows Writer 2018 Peter Bjorn and John Darker Days Artist, producer, writer, musician 2019 Peter Bjorn and John EPBJ Artist, producer, writer, musician 2019 Anna Ternheim A Space For Lost Time writer 2019 Freja the Dragon Tell Me I'm Wrong Producer, writer 2019 Taken by Trees Carless Whisper (remix) Producer 2025 Yttling Jazz Illegal Hit Producer, writer