The Knocks discography

The Knocks discography

The Knocks performing in Chicago in 2014.
Studio albums 1
Music videos 16
EPs 4
Singles 21

American based electronic dance musicians The Knocks have release so far in their musical career one studio album, four 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.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Elec[9]
55 4

Extended plays

Title Album details
Magic
Comfortable
  • Released: February 11, 2014
  • Label: Neon Gold
  • Format: Digital download, EP
So Classic
  • Released: May 28, 2015
  • Label: Neon Gold, Big Beat
  • Format: Digital download
55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix)
  • Released: July 8, 2016
  • Label: Neon Gold, Big Beat
  • Format: Digital download
TBA
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Neon Gold, Big Beat
  • Format: Digital download

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) Non-album single
"The Feeling" Non-album single
"Comfortable" (featuring X Ambassadors) 2013 Comfortable EP
"Modern Hearts" (featuring St. Lucia) Non-album single
"DYWT" (with Treasure Fingers) 2014 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) TBA
"Heat" (featuring Sam Nelson Harris) TBA

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

Songwriting/Production Credits

Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits
"My Girl" (featuring Sasha Mari) 2016 Wyclef Jean Carnival Vol. III: Road to Clefication Co-writer/Producer
"Hendrix"

Remixes

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Chiddy Bang - When You've Got Music". ILLROOTS. May 23, 2010.
  3. Gridley, Hilary (February 9, 2012). "The Knocks (Ft. Mandy Lee) – Midnight City". All Things Go.
  4. Lonsdale, John (July 23, 2012). "The Knocks and Fred Falke, 'Geronimo'". Rolling Stone.
  5. "The Knocks – Classic (Ft. Powers)". All Things Go. August 5, 2014.
  6. "Video Premiere - Classic". Big Beat. September 16, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  7. Zeichner, Naomi (September 16, 2014). "The Knocks Did A Live Action Version Of The Sims For A Music Video". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  8. Carley, Brennan (April 6, 2015). "The Knocks Deliver Timeless Dance-Pop Throwbacks on Their New 'So Classic' EP". Spin. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  9. http://www.billboard.com/artist/418477/knocks/chart?f=322
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