18-412: " Young Folks " is the first single from Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John 's third album, Writer's Block (2006). The single features Victoria Bergsman as a guest vocalist. The song received generally positive reviews from critics and performed well in the record charts, reaching the top 40 in Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. A music video made for
36-475: A Pro Mode ", where the player plays as only one player (the player can be changed) throughout the entire match. However, this mode is not available for goalkeepers. New features for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 included cooperative online play and a change of controls, which features the right stick as a way of selecting which player is to be on defense. However, this control setting can be changed back to
54-537: A park, on a bench. Peter teaches Victoria how to whistle. Then the video switches over to them both sitting in a bus where the song starts. Throughout the video, scenes of the band playing the song can be seen and eventually the video ends with a big party where everybody "seems to disappear". 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 ). On 29 September 2007,
72-558: Is Japan, who made it into the round of 16 in the 2002 World Cup , but whose licensing rights belonged to Konami at the time . EA Sports officially announced FIFA 08' s soundtrack on 11 September 2007. It featured many Latin music acts including Ivy Queen and Pacha Massive . The PlayStation 2 version of FIFA 08 received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in
90-758: Is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released on all popular gaming formats in September 2007 in Europe, Australia and Asia, and in October 2007 in North America. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game feature an improved game engine with superior graphics and different commentators and are dubbed "next-generation" by EA. On all other platforms—including
108-492: Is notable for being a popular song with whistling (the whistling was originally added in as a placeholder for another instrument). The song was ranked No. 5 on Pitchfork Media ' s "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" list. Pitchfork reviewed the song on 19 July 2006, giving it three out of five stars. The song was also voted No. 2 in the 2006 NME Track of the Year poll. Planet Sound named this their No. 2 single of 2006. The song
126-460: The FIFA 07 configuration as well as other preset control configurations. In addition, the online mode has a new addition with interactive leagues, where players choose a league, a team, and play against real-life opponents. While not an entirely new feature, FIFA 08 includes new trick moves that can be used by using the right analog stick, which were, for the most part, absent in FIFA 07 . In general,
144-822: The German language as "Ich kann nix dafür" ("I'm not responsible for it") for the movie Vollidiot . This version was the 78th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany. Peter Bjorn and John Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 211902051 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:58:00 GMT FIFA 08 FIFA 08 (titled FIFA Soccer 08 in North America)
162-633: The PC—the game utilizes an older engine. The Nintendo DS version features fewer teams, stadiums, game modes and kits due to the limitations of the machine's storage medium. Commentary comes from Sky Sports ' Martin Tyler and Andy Gray on next generation consoles. However, ITV Sport 's Clive Tyldesley partners Gray on current generation consoles, and the PC version of the game. On the Nintendo DS version of
180-604: The band played "Young Folks", with Victoria Bergsman's vocals, on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC1 . When the band performed the song at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , Bergsman's vocals were performed by Bebban Stenborg of Shout Out Louds . On Peter Bjorn and John's 2008 Australian tour, Victoria Bergsman's vocals were performed by Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura . 7-inch single 2006 CD single 2007 CD single Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. "Young Folks" has made numerous appearances in media, including in
198-626: The game, Tyldesley commentates solo. It also marked the first time the GameCube has been excluded from the FIFA lineup since FIFA 2001 and the first time the original Xbox and Game Boy Advance has been excluded from the FIFA lineup since FIFA Football 2002 . The tagline for the game is "Can You FIFA 08?". The theme song is "Sketches (20 Something Life)" by La Rocca, from the album The Truth . New features that were not in FIFA 07 include " Be
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#1732780680375216-549: The option to play up to four pre-season friendlies. FIFA 08 includes 621 licensed teams, 43 national teams, with 30 leagues and more than 15,000 licensed players. It is the first game in the series to feature the League of Ireland . Several teams from other leagues also appear in a "Rest of World" category. Of the 621 teams that comprise the game, 29 appear unlicensed, 13 of them being national teams. FIFA 08 has 44 teams in its international division. The most notable exclusion
234-491: The pilot episode of the television series Gossip Girl , and in advertisements for UK home improvement retailer Homebase from 2009 to 2013, and Google Nest (smart speakers) in 2017, in which the product's natural language processing was demonstrated by the phrase "play that hipster song with whistling." It also was part of the tracklist in the video games FIFA 08 and FIFA 23 . German singer Nena covered "Young Folks" together with Oliver Pocher and Stephan Remmler in
252-423: The position of the ball, while you used the stick to determine exactly where you wanted the free kick to go. These were two features that have not been used in any FIFA games since, although many users and fans have requested them. The Manager Mode on FIFA 08 has few enhancements from its predecessor. Some of the new features include the chance to schedule training on certain dates, via the manager's calendar, and
270-543: The song at number 16 on its Hottest 100 of 2006 list. The single was re-released on 17 September 2007, reaching No. 13 in the United Kingdom, beating the original chart position of No. 33 in 2006. The animated video for the song was directed by Ted Malmros with animation by Graham Samuels. It is featured in the video game SingStar Pop 2 , as well as in Lips . The video starts off with Peter and Victoria sitting in
288-438: The song features animated versions of Peter and Bergsman performing the song in various locations. The song first attracted notice on websites such as Myspace and YouTube , and was used in a number of European commercials and television shows. Since mid-2007, the song has earned extensive airplay on American radio, most notably on dance radio outlets like KNHC /Seattle, KNGY /San Francisco and Sirius Satellite's The Beat . It
306-519: The speed of game also has decreased in FIFA 08 . In the PlayStation 2 version of the game, two new features were added. The first being goalkeeper AI, which meant when in a one-on-one situation with a forward and goalkeeper, one could push the right analog stick and have complete control of the goalkeeper. The second of these was when taking a free kick you were able to push the R3 (right stick) to lock
324-616: Was named the No. 1 song of 2007 according to the iTunes Store . Y-Rock on XPN also named the song No. 1 of 2007. In October 2011, NME placed it at No. 92 on its list 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years. It was included in Spinner 's 10 Best Whistling Parts in Songs. Rolling Stone put the song also on its list of the 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time. Australian radio station Triple J ranked
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