The Knocks discography
| The Knocks discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Knocks performing in Chicago in 2014. | |
| Studio albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 16 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Singles | 21 |
American based electronic dance musicians The Knocks have release so far in their musical career one studio album, five EPs and twenty-one singles. Their duo's career started out as remixers in the city of New York, United States, until they got signed to their first ever major record label. Their 2010 single "Dancing with the DJ" was their first instant online success.Philadelphia hip hop band Chiddy Bang sampled The Knocks' "Blackout" for their single "Here We Go" (featuring Q-Tip) from their EP The Preview.[1] Chiddy Bang subsequently sampled The Knocks' "When You've Got Music" and "Dancing with the DJ" for their mixtape Peanut Butter and Swelly.[2] After the success of "Dancing With The DJ", their debut extended play, entitled Magic was released in 2011.
In 2012, their cover of "Midnight City" by M83 featuring vocals by Mandy Lee, had 10,000 downloads in its first week on the website SoundCloud.[3] In June, the duo took the number one spot on the website HypeMachine with the track "Learn to Fly", which reached 100,000 plays on SoundCloud within a week of its release. "Geronimo", a collaboration with French producer Fred Falke, was released on Kitsuné Records in July 2012.[4] Later on in November 2012, the duo were featured alongside pop sensation St Lucia in Icona Pop's song "Sun Goes Down", which was released through their debut album Icona Pop. It was later revealed that the song was the duo's very first feature and co-produced track.
Afterwards, the duo released another successful single, featuring St. Lucia, entitled "Modern Hearts", in the beginning of 2013 and earned the group another number-one placing on HypeMachine and reached the 100,000 plays mark on SoundCloud in four days. Within the same year, another single, entitled "Comfortable", which featured vocals from X Ambassadors, was released, which was the made the lead single of their second extended play, also entitled "Comfortable", and that was released shortly afterwards.
In 2014, The Knocks released a single on Neon Gold Records/Big Beat Records, "Classic", featuring alt-pop duo POWERS.[5] An official video was released that paid homage to video game The Sims.[6][7] After it was released, they released a "Powers Sunset Version" which followed on shortly afterwards. This followed the songs "Dancing with Myself", "Collect My Love", featuring Alex Newell, and "Time" being released in early 2015. These tracks made up their third EP, entitled So Classic, which was released in April 2015.[8] Throughout the rest of the year, the duo began working on their debut album, entitled 55, which featured collaborations from the likes of Fetty Wap, Cam'ron, Wyclef Jean, Carly Rae Jepsen, Matthew Koma, Magic Man, Alex Newell, POWERS, Phoebe Ryan, Justin Tranter, Walk the Moon, and X Ambassadors. Once released, there was an explosive post-success for the duo, as songs from the album were promoted on advertisements and shows across the US, as well as producing musical material for other artists for the first time, including Carly Rae Jepsen and Wyclef Jean.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Elec[9] | ||
| 55 |
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| New York Narcotic |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Magic |
Track listing
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| Comfortable |
Track listing
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| So Classic |
Track listing
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| 55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix) |
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| Testify |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Blackout" | 2010 | Non-album single |
| "Make It Better" | Magic EP | |
| "Dancing with the DJ" | ||
| "Brightside" | 2011 | |
| "Midnight City" (M83 cover) (featuring Mandy Lee) |
2012 | Non-album single |
| "Geronimo" (with Fred Falke) | ||
| "The Feeling" | ||
| "Modern Hearts" (featuring St. Lucia) |
2013 | |
| "Comfortable" (featuring X Ambassadors) |
2014 | Comfortable EP |
| "DYWT" (with Treasure Fingers) |
Non-album single | |
| "Classic" (featuring POWERS) |
55 | |
| "Dancing with Myself" | 2015 | |
| "Collect My Love" (featuring Alex Newell) | ||
| "I Wish (My Taylor Swift)" (with Matthew Koma) | ||
| "New York City" (featuring Cam'ron) | ||
| "Kiss the Sky" (featuring Wyclef Jean) |
2016 | |
| "Classic" (featuring POWERS) |
55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix) | |
| "Love Me Like That" (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen) | ||
| "We Got U" (with Lemaitre) |
Non-album single | |
| "Heat" (featuring Sam Nelson Harris) |
Testify EP | |
| "Trouble" (featuring Absofacto) |
2017 | |
| "Lie" (featuring Jerm) | ||
| "House Party" (with Captain Cuts) |
Non-album single | |
| "Ride or Die" (featuring Foster the People) |
2018 | New York Narcotic |
| "Shades" | ||
| "Goodbyes" (featuring Method Man) | ||
| "Brazilian Soul" (featuring Sofi Tukker) | ||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Time" | 2015 | 55 |
| "Classic" (featuring Fetty Wap & POWERS) | ||
| "Best for Last" (featuring WALK THE MOON) |
2016 | |
| "Love Me Like That" (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen) | ||
| "Tied to You" (featuring Justin Tranter) |
55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix) | |
| "Best for Last" (featuring WALK THE MOON) | ||
| "Time" | ||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sun Goes Down" (featuring The Knocks & St. Lucia) |
2012 | Icona Pop | Icona Pop |
| "Best Friend" (featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno) |
2017 | Sofi Tukker | Treehouse |
As Amelia Airhorn
Mixtapes
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Knocks & Skylar Spence present...Amelia Airhorn |
Track listing
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Miracle" | 2017 | The Knocks & Skylar Spence present...Amelia Airhorn |
| "New York is Red Hot" | ||
| "Street Performers Part II" | ||
As The Mary Nixons
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Adrian" | 2017 | TBA |
Remixes
- Carly Rae Jepsen – "All That"
- Dragonette – "Let It Go"
- Ellie Goulding – "Starry Eyed"
- Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks"
- Goldroom – "Only You Can Show Me"
- Grouplove – "Ways to Go"
- Haim – "Forever"
- Haim – "If I Could Change Your Mind"
- Katy Perry – "I Kissed a Girl"
- Louis The Child – It's Strange (ft. K.Flay)
- Monsieur Adi feat A*M*E – "What's Going On"
- Of Monsters & Men – "Little Talks"
- Santigold – "The Keepers"
- Skrillex & Diplo (or Jack Ü) – Where Are Ü Now (with Justin Bieber)
- Taylor Swift – "Welcome to New York"
- Tegan & Sara – "Closer"
- The Sound of Arrows – "Wonders"
- Two Door Cinema Club – "Sleep Alone"
- Youngblood Hawke – "We Come Running"
- The 1975 – "Girls"
- Tove Lo – "Not On Drugs"
- Sofi Tukker – "Drinkee"
- Phoebe Ryan – "Chronic"
- Justin Bieber – "Company"
- Tove Lo - "Cool Girl"
Songwriting and Production Credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Contributing Member(s) | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Think We Got a Problem" (featuring Bun B and The Game)[10] |
2008 | Sheek Louch | Silverback Gorilla | Ben Ruttner | Co-writer/Producer | Sean Jacobs, Bernard Freeman, Jayceon Taylor | - |
| "You Look Better When I'm Drunk"[11] |
2010 | The White Tie Affair | Non-album single | Ben Ruttner, James Patterson | Christopher Wallace, Sean Patwell | - | |
| "Here We Go" (featuring Q-Tip)[12] |
Chiddy Bang | The Preview EP | Co-writer | Chidera Anamege, Noah Beresin, Samuel Hollander, Anthony Martini, Jamaal Fareed | - | ||
| "Party Like You're Single"[13] | 2011 | Stephen Jerzak | Miles and Miles | Co-writer/Producer | Stephen Jerzak, Scott Friedman | - | |
| "I Belong in Your Arms"[14][15] | 2012 | Chairlift | Something | Co-writer | Caroline Polachek, Patrick Wimberly, Andrew Harr, Jermaine Jackson | - | |
| "Bronze Watch"[16] | Bambu | One Rifle Per Family | Ben Ruttner | Producer | - | - | |
| "Sun Goes Down"[17] (featuring The Knocks and St. Lucia) |
Icona Pop | Icona Pop | Ben Ruttner, James Patterson | Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Jean Philip-Grobler | St. Lucia | |
| "Headphones"[18] | 2013 | Little Boots | Non-album single | Co-writer/Producer | Victoria Hasketh | - | |
| "Where the Club At" | 2014 | Divine | Ghetto Rhymin'[19] | James Patterson | Vivian Lombard | - | |
| "Locked in the Stars" | Vivian Lombard | - | |||||
| "My Girl" (featuring Sasha Mari)[20] |
2016 | Wyclef Jean | Non-album single | Ben Ruttner, James Patterson | Nel Ust Wyclef Jean, Madeline Nelson, Ivan Rosenburg, Phoebe Holiday Ryan, Ross Clark | - | |
| "What Happened to Love" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis and The Knocks)[21] |
2017 | Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee |
Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | Nel Ust Wyclef Jean, Madeline Nelson, Ross Clark, Jacob Kasher Hindlin | - | ||
| "Thank God for the Culture" (featuring Marx Solvila, J'Mika and Leon Lacey)[22] |
James Patterson | Co-writer | Nel Ust Wyclef Jean, Madeline Nelson, Marcus Mitchell, Antione Darion | - | |||
| "Best Friends" (featuring The Knocks, Nervo and Alisa Ueno)[23] |
Sofi Tukker | Treehouse | Featured artist/Co-writer | Tucker Halpern, Sophie Hawley-Weld, Miriam Nervo, Olivia Nervo, Alisa Ueno, Hiromi Kawanabe | - | ||
| "Stay Free"[24] | the Sound of Arrows | Stay Free | Ben Ruttner, James Patterson | Co-writer | Stefan Storm, Nini Fabi | - | |
| "Baby I'm a Queen"[25] | 2018 | Sofi Tukker | Treehouse | James Patterson | Tucker Halpern, Sophie Hawley-Weld | - | |
| "Dark Luv" | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 4 | Co-writer/Producer | Louis McPherson | - | ||
References
- ↑ "Chiddy Bang ft. Q-Tip – Here We Go". Hip Hop Update. October 2, 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Chiddy Bang - When You've Got Music". ILLROOTS. May 23, 2010.
- ↑ Gridley, Hilary (February 9, 2012). "The Knocks (Ft. Mandy Lee) – Midnight City". All Things Go.
- ↑ Lonsdale, John (July 23, 2012). "The Knocks and Fred Falke, 'Geronimo'". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "The Knocks – Classic (Ft. Powers)". All Things Go. August 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Video Premiere - Classic". Big Beat. September 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Zeichner, Naomi (September 16, 2014). "The Knocks Did A Live Action Version Of The Sims For A Music Video". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Carley, Brennan (April 6, 2015). "The Knocks Deliver Timeless Dance-Pop Throwbacks on Their New 'So Classic' EP". Spin. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/418477/knocks/chart?f=322
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/think%20we%20got%20a%20problem
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/RUTTNER%20BENJAMIN%20MICHAEL/title/you%20look%20better%20when%20I%27m%20drunk
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/here%20we%20go
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/RUTTNER%20BENJAMIN%20MICHAEL/title/party%20like%20you%27re%20single
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/i%20belong%20in%20your%20arms
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov6FUU5xOjA
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Bambu-One-Rifle-Per-Family/release/4291104
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/sun%20goes%20down
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/headphones
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Divine-Ghetto-Rhymin/release/7560142
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/benjamin%20ruttner/title/my%20girl
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-UDO_S9a68
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/james%20patterson/title/thank%20god%20for%20the%20culture
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/james%20patterson/title/best%20friends
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Sound-Of-Arrows-Stay-Free/release/11078481
- ↑ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/james%20patterson/title/baby%20i%27m%20a%20queen