"Pjanoo" (pronounced 'pian-ooh') is a keyboard-based house track by the Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. It has 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. The song was very successful in the UK, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at #2, and the UK Dance Chart at #1 for ten non-consecutive weeks.

Background and release

The song has been on promotional release since 17 March 2008 with Eric Prydz's own label, Pryda, with a limited amount of 12" pressings available on special order. The song was released on August 25 2008 by Ministry of Sound's Imprint Label, Data Records.

Prydz stated in an interview with BBC Radio 1 that he wrote the track in 1996. When played at a show in Stockholm, the track didn't gain any interest from the clubbers. Prydz forgot about the track until he found it in his collection at a recent show and decided to play it. A fan in the crowd filmed him playing it live and posted it on YouTube. This gained much popularity on the video site and Prydz decided to release it as a single.The Welsh Drum and Bass producer High Contrast has made a successful Drum and Bass remix of "Pjanoo" and was released by Data Records on the 26th August 2008 with a track length of 7:43.

Formats and tracklisting

12" Vinyl Promo (Pryda 11)

1. "Pjanoo"
2. "F12"

CD maxi

1. "Pjanoo" (Radio Edit)
2. "Pjanoo" (Original Club Mix)
3. "Pjanoo" (Fred Falke Mix)
4. "Pjanoo" (Guy J Remix)
5. "Pjanoo" (Afterlife Mix)

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

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Austrian Singles Chart	22
Belgian Singles Chart	8
Belgian Singles Chart	14
Dutch Top 40	4
French SNEP Singles Chart	21
German Singles Chart	34
Irish Singles Chart	7
Spanish Singles Chart	14
Swedish Singles Chart	6
Swiss Singles Chart	31
UK Singles Chart	2
UK Dance Chart	1

Use in popular culture

• "Pjanoo" is frequently used as an anthem at sports events
• It was heard in the nightclub in the episode "Night Out In London" of the British sitcom "The Inbetweeners"
• The song will be mixed with the songs "Shout" by Tears for Fears and "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers in the video game DJ Hero
• Used in the first trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, and heard in the game on the radio station Vladivostok FM.

References

1. Htfr.com
2. BBC Radio One (Friday 22nd August)
3. Mixmag.net
4. "Pjanoo", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 27, 2009)
5. "Pjanoo", in various singles charts Acharts.us (Retrieved March 27, 2009)