Comments on: MP3 of the week: Counting Songs

By: Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:41:30 +0000

I just made a C-D for a friend who once told me he likes songs with counting in them. Among the tunes on it is
“Tipsy” by J-Kwon,
“Are you gonna be my Girl” by Jet,
“I’m not Sleeping” by Counting Crows,
“Perfect Crime” by Guns & Roses,
“Bodies” by Drowning Pool.
I wish I read this site before I made his C-D!
Thanks, JW

By: mwanji

mwanji — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 14:04:50 +0000

The first verse of Jay-Z’s “22 Two’s” is a more abstract way of counting.

By: mwanji

mwanji — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 14:03:03 +0000

The first verse of Jay-Z’s “22 Two’s” is a more abstract way of counting.

By: Valentine

Valentine — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:49:38 +0000

The first track on the last Alkaline Trio has some counting in the chorus:
“Step One: Slit my throat, Step Two…” and there are steps three and four, but this is not as clever as Adam’s examples.

By: joe cwik

joe cwik — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:36:03 +0000

Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo may also be to blame for that Josie song.

By: Zach Curd

Zach Curd — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:59:19 +0000

“Senses Working Overtime” has counting in it.

By: Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:14:01 +0000

hmm… do SchoolHouse Rock! Rocks songs count? (no pun intended):

My Hero, Zero; Three is a Magic Number; Little Twelvetoes

By: Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:09:49 +0000

Brian McKnight’s Back to One:

One, you’re like a dream come true
Two, jus wanna be with you
Three, girl it’s plain to see that you’re the only one for me
Four, repeat steps one to three
Five, make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe our work is done, then I start Back at One.

I hate this song

By: George V.

George V. — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 05:47:28 +0000

I wish I knew something a little more obscure, but the Violent Femmes’ “Add It Up” has that part with “I take one, one, one cause you left me…”

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 31 May 2004 17:44:57 +0000

I just realized what I had as “9:10″ in the lyrics should probably be “910″ as in an address.

By: Andy Baio

Andy Baio — Mon, 31 May 2004 10:18:26 +0000

My God, a Nilsson song I’ve never heard… and a really good one, at that. Nilsson wrote another counting song, “Ten Little Indians,” made more famous by the Yardbirds.

Also: Paul McCartney’s “Twenty Flight Rock” and Yello’s “You Gotta Say Yes.”

By: Simon French

Simon French — Mon, 31 May 2004 08:45:41 +0000

The Monotones “Book of Love”, an old doo-wop song, traces the stages of a teenage romance through following the numbered chapters of “The Book of Love”, but wonders who wrote the dan thing?

“Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, WHO
Who wrote the Book Of Love?

Chapter One says to love her
You love her with all your heart
Chapter Two you tell her you’re never, never, never, never, never gonna part
In Chapter Three remember the meaning of romance
In Chapter Four you break up but you give her just one more chance”