| Björn Yttling | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Date: | 1974 10, df=y Umeå, Sweden |
| Instruments: | Bass guitar, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion |
| Genre: | Indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia |
| Occupations: | Musician, producer, songwriter |
| Years Active: | 1995-present |
| Label: | INGRID |
| Current Member Of: | Peter Bjorn and John, LIV |
Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974 in Umeå, Sweden) 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.
Yttling was raised in Norsjö and started to create and record music at the age of eight.[1] He moved to Västerås to attend a high school with a music programme. At high school, he met Peter Morén.
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.[2]
| Year | Artist | Work | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | A Dress Book | Producer | |
| 2001 | Soul Rush | Producer | |
| 2002 | Love For The Streets | Musician | |
| 2002 | Producer | ||
| 2002 | Peter Bjorn and John | Producer, composer, musician | |
| 2003 | Armed Love | Arranger | |
| 2003 | Blood Panic | Producer | |
| 2004 | Falling Out | Producer, composer, musician | |
| 2004 | Tyrannosaurus Hives | String arranger | |
| 2004 | Oh, Sweetheart (EP) | Producer | |
| 2005 | Paper Tigers | Musician | |
| 2005 | To Die Alone | Producer | |
| 2005 | Oh Lord Why Can't I Keep My Big Mouth Shut | Producer, writer | |
| 2005 | Be Mine (ballad version) | Producer | |
| 2005 | Very Loud (EP) | Producer | |
| 2005 | Howl Howl Gaff Gaff | Producer | |
| 2006 | Writer's Block | Producer, composer, musician | |
| 2006 | Let's Get Out Of This Country | Arranger | |
| 2006 | Damaged Goods | Producer, writer (Missing You Missing Me) | |
| 2006 | Man Overboard | Producer | |
| 2006 | Rakamonie EP | Producer | |
| 2006 | On the Radio | Producer | |
| 2007 | What If Leaving is a Loving Thing | Producer | |
| 2007 | Our Ill Wills | Producer | |
| 2007 | Svart blogg | Arranger | |
| 2007 | Slow Town | Arranger | |
| 2007 | Rösten och Herren | Producer | |
| 2007 | Open Field | Producer, writer | |
| 2007 | EP | Producer | |
| 2007 | Handle Me (Bjorn remix) | Producer | |
| 2007 | Australia (PBJ remix) | Producer | |
| 2008 | Seaside Rock | Producer, composer, musician | |
| 2008 | Youth Novels | Producer, composer, musician | |
| 2008 | Leaving On a Mayday | Producer | |
| 2008 | Beautiful Future | Producer ("Can't Go Back") | |
| 2008 | Strawberry Weed | Musician | |
| 2008 | Madrugada | Arranger | |
| 2009 | Real Control | Producer, writer | |
| 2009 | As Day Follows Night | Producer | |
| 2009 | My Maudlin Career | Producer | |
| 2009 | Living Thing | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
| 2009 | Sparks | Producer | |
| 2010 | Won't Go Quietly | Writer | |
| 2010 | Golden Week for the Poco Poco Beat | Producer, writer | |
| 2010 | Strip Me | Arranger (Little Too Much, Run Run Run) | |
| 2011 | Color the Trees | Producer, writer | |
| 2011 | Violent Sky | Producer, writer | |
| 2011 | Gimme Some | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
| 2011 | Wounded Rhymes | Producer, writer, musician | |
| 2011 | Get Mama a House (Yttling Jazz Remix) | Producer | |
| 2012 | Until I Faltered I Wasn't Free | Producer | |
| 2012 | King Con | Producer, writer | |
| 2012 | Two Eleven | Writer (Let Me Go) | |
| 2012 | Lissy Truille | Writer | |
| 2012 | Smile | A Flash in the Night | Producer, writer, musician |
| 2012 | Hymns For the Haunted | Producer, writer | |
| 2013 | Transitions | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | Sleepyhead | Producer, writer | |
| 2013 | Zacharias Blad | Producer, writer | |
| 2013 | We Rolled Together (Yttling Jazz Remix) | Producer | |
| 2013 | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action | Producer (Treason! Animals.), co-producer (The Universe Expanded) | |
| 2014 | I Never Learn | Producer, writer, musician | |
| 2014 | Stockholm | Producer, writer, musician | |
| 2014 | Condolence (Yttling Jazz Remix) | Producer | |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack) | Producer, writer "No One Ever Loved" by Lykke Li | |
| 2015 | Roses | Producer | |
| 2015 | The Spin We're In | Producer, musician, artist | |
| 2016 | Lou Lou | Producer | |
| 2016 | Alone | Writer | |
| 2016 | "Wings of Love" | Writer, producer, artist | |
| 2016 | "Dream Awake" | Writer, producer, artist | |
| 2016 | 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 | Cloud Nine | Writer ("Fiction") | |
| 2016 | Breakin' Point | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
| 2017 | "Heaven" | Writer, producer, artist | |
| 2017 | Dedicated to Bobby Jameson | Writer ("Another Weekend") | |
| 2017 | Say My Name | Producer ("Say My Name" acoustic version) | |
| 2017 | "Hurts to liv" | Writer, producer, artist | |
| 2017 | Stockholm Underground | Writer | |
| 2017 | Rör Inte Min Kompis | Writer, producer | |
| 2018 | Hell-On | Producer, musician | |
| 2018 | Hell-On | Producer, musician | |
| 2018 | No Deeper Can We Fall | Writer | |
| 2018 | Heaven Knows | Writer | |
| 2018 | Darker Days | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
| 2019 | EPBJ | Artist, producer, writer, musician | |
| 2019 | A Space For Lost Time | writer | |
| 2019 | Tell Me I'm Wrong | Producer, writer | |
| 2019 | Carless Whisper (remix) | Producer | |