Pjanoo

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title: "Pjanoo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2008-singles", "eric-prydz-songs", "songs-written-by-eric-prydz", "electronic-instrumentals"] description: "2008 single by Eric Prydz" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjanoo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2008 single by Eric Prydz ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]

Field	Value
name	Pjanoo
cover	Pjanoo Album Cover.jpg
type	single
artist	Eric Prydz
album	Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
released	8 August 2008
recorded	2006
genre	Progressive house
length	* 2:37 (radio edit)
label	* Pryda
writer	Eric Prydz
producer	Eric Prydz
prev_title	Proper Education
prev_year	2006
next_title	Niton (The Reason)
next_year	2011
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| name = Pjanoo | cover = Pjanoo Album Cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Eric Prydz | album = Eric Prydz Presents Pryda | released = 8 August 2008 | recorded = 2006 | studio = | venue = | genre = Progressive house | length = * 2:37 (radio edit)

• 7:31 (club mix) | label = * Pryda
• Data
• Ultra | writer = Eric Prydz | producer = Eric Prydz | prev_title = Proper Education | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Niton (The Reason) | next_year = 2011 "Pjanoo" () is a keyboard-based house track by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. "Pjanoo" peaked at number six on the Swedish Singles Chart. Outside Sweden, "Pjanoo" peaked within the top ten of the charts in various other European countries, most notably the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart behind Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", topped the UK Dance Chart for ten non-consecutive weeks and received moderate airplay amongst British radio stations, being heavily used by BBC Radio 1 in advertisements for their "Radio 1 Big Weekend" and "Weekend in Ibiza" events.

Background and release

|rev1 = Digital Spy |rev1score = The song has been on promotional release since 17 March 2008 with Eric Prydz's own label, Pryda, with a limited number of 12" pressings available on special order. The song was released on 8 August 2008 by Ministry of Sound's Imprint Label, Data Records.

Prydz stated: "I played it in a club in northern UK in 2006. Didn't get the reaction I thought I would, so I didn't play it for years until I found the CD while playing at 'Ambasadeur' club in Stockholm. Played it for fun again and it went off. Someone filmed it and it ended up on YouTube."

British drum and bass producer High Contrast made a successful drum and bass remix of "Pjanoo" which was released by Data Records on 26 August 2008, with a track length of 7:43.

Despite showing overall resentment towards Prydz, Pitchfork nonetheless conceded that the song was "one of the year's best dance tracks".

Music video

A cowboy in the Old West has a fistful of dollars but he cannot find a drink anywhere because the temperature is over 40 °C (104 °F). He finds an old pub named Pjanoo, and goes into the pub to find a drink. Then an old piano plays by itself, and the cowboy finds two shrunken Native Americans who provide a rain dance, causing rain to fall very heavily. A water tap has water running and the cowboy runs to the tap to have a drink and then runs out of the pub.

Formats and track listing

;12″ Vinyl Promo (Pryda 11)

1. "Pjanoo"
2. "F12"

;CD maxi

1. "Pjanoo" (Radio Edit) – 2:37
2. "Pjanoo" (Club Mix) – 7:31
3. "Pjanoo" (High Contrast Remix) – 7:04
4. "Pjanoo" (Afterlife Mix) – 5:38
5. "Pjanoo" (Fred Falke Mix) – 6:24
6. "Pjanoo" (Guy J Remix) – 7:43

; CD single

1. "Pjanoo" (Radio Edit) – 2:37
2. "Pjanoo" (Afterlife Radio Edit) – 2:50

;iTunes Single

1. "Pjanoo" (Radio Edit) – 2:37
2. "Pjanoo" (Dana Bergquist and Peder G Remix) – 9:03

;Free Download (2019)

1. "Pjanoo" (Lucas & Steve Remix) – 3:16

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2008–2009) | Peak position | |---|---| | Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) | 7 | | Russia Airplay (TopHit) | 29 | ::

Year-end charts

::data[format=table title="2008 year-end chart performance for "Pjanoo""]

Chart (2009)	Position	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	CIS (TopHit)	Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	Hungary (Dance Top 40)	Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	Netherlands (Single Top 100)	Russia Airplay (TopHit)	UK Singles (OCC)
58
196
68
77
19
44
184
75
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::data[format=table title="2009 year-end chart performance for "Pjanoo""]

Chart (2009)	Position	Russia Airplay (TopHit)
151
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Certifications

In popular culture

• Used frequently as an anthem at sports events, specifically during halftime of Knicks games in Madison Square Garden.
• Heard in the nightclub in the episode "Night Out In London" of the British sitcom The Inbetweeners.
• Mixed with the songs "Shout" by Tears for Fears and "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers in the video game DJ Hero.
• The Club mix version was used in the first trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, and is available on the in-game radio station Vladivostok FM.
• The Cascada song "Fever" has parts loosely based upon "Pjanoo".
• Used by the BBC in television advertisements for Sport Relief 2010.
• Used by Sky Sports as the theme for their coverage of International One Day Cricket.
• A sample is used in short clips of the German TV magazine **.
• It was heard on an episode of British sitcom Coming of Age.
• Piano riff is used in Blank & Jones Remix of "I Don't Want to Be a Hero" by Johnny Hates Jazz.
• Used in the 2020 Summer Olympics Weightlifting.

Samples

The main melody was sampled in the 2013 song Rollercoaster by Justin Bieber. The main rhythm was sampled in the intro of the 2020 song Hypnotized Purple Disco Machine and Sophie and the Giants.

References

References

1. Alex Fletcher. (28 August 2008). "Eric Prydz: 'Pjanoo'".
2. "Htfr.com".
3. [http://www.mixmag.net/download/mp3-detail/Eric+Prydz/Pjanoo/Data+Records/455451 Mixmag.net] {{dead link. (March 2018)
4. "The 100 Best Tracks of 2008".
5. (20 September 2008). "Hits of the World: Eurocharts".
6. "Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Nov 27, 2008". [[TopHit]].
7. "Jaaroverzichten 2008". Ultratop.
8. "Популярные хиты 2008". [[TopHit]].
9. "Year End Charts: European Hot 100 Singles".
10. "Dance Top 100 – 2008". [[Mahasz]].
11. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2008". Dutch Top 40.
12. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2008". MegaCharts.
13. "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2008". [[TopHit]].
14. "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2008". Official Charts Company.
15. "Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2009". [[TopHit]].
16. "The Inbetweeners Music Guide : Tracks played on Series 2 Episode 4 In Da Club {{!}} Tramp Shoes {{!}} Clamped Car".
17. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K24ANuRKfmM DJ Hero The Killers Somebody Told Me vs Eric Prydz Pjanoo.wmv - YouTube]
18. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvHNyp6OCYQ Cascada - Fever - YouTube]
19. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rnUfvjWM4M Sky Sports One day International Cricket Intro 2011 - YouTube]
20. Tokyo Replays]
21. "Pjanoo by Eric Prydz on WhoSampled".

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