Songs that start off with "1 2 3" or "1 2 3 4"
Larry Robins
Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
Anybody else?
Joseph Mildenberger
"One, two, buckle my shoe !" ("Lean Love" by T. Rex)
Joe
John Hammond
Larry Robins (rob...@snip.net) wrote:
: Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
: Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
: A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
: Anybody else?
Wooly Booly - Sam the sham and the pheros?
Starts out 1,2,1,2,3, quatro
Coming at you live - Tesla
chippy
Larry Robins wrote:
>
> Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>
> Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
> Anybody else?
"1,2..4" Games Without Fronteirs-Peter Gabriel
"1234567" 7 Day Weekend-Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff
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Tsarina
coolio's 1, 2, 3, 4... sumpin new
some weird name like that
Ming Pon
In article <32a6ddbf...@news.snip.net>, rob...@snip.net (Larry Robins) says:
>
>Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>
>Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
>Anybody else?
Beatles - I Saw Here Standing There ... Can't remember which album
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ---
Well she was just seventeen,
If you know what I mean
and the way she looked, was way beyond compare .....
Ming ...
jamburger
> |> Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> |> A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
> "One, two, buckle my shoe !" ("Lean Love" by T. Rex)
I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
Wooly Bully (Sam the Sham) [it starts: "Uno, Dos,1-2-3-Quatro"]
-jamburger
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Damian A Henri
"Ride My See-Saw" -Moody Blues
"Taxman" -The Beatles
ummm... I can't think of any more right now...
-Damian
Christopher J. Truffer, et. al.
If you want to go with some foreign flavor,
"Wooly Bully" (Sam Sham and the Pharoahs?) "uno, dos, uno dos tres cuatro"
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Larry Robins wrote:
>:Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>:
>:Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>:A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>:
>:Anybody else?
>:
>:
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When they wake up, they will find,
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Christopher J. Truffer, et. al., University of Maryland - Baltimore County
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End Transmission . . .
Jeremy Meyers
rob...@snip.net (Larry Robins) wrote:
>Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>
>Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
>Anybody else?
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
All you Need is Love (The Beatles)
Peace
SL
Bill Marcum
In article <32a74c6...@news.airmail.net>, Greg Helton wrote:
>Larry Robins (rob...@snip.net) wrote:
>>: Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>>
>>: Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>>: A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
>>: Anybody else?
>
>>Wooly Booly - Sam the sham and the pheros?
>>Starts out 1,2,1,2,3, quatro
>>Coming at you live - Tesla
>
>FOUR!"
>
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
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Is that all you get for your money?" --Billy Joel
camgib
Well...
Not only "1-2, 1-2-3-4" but there's some more:
"2,3,4..." -- Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen
"1... 2... 3..." -- Yer So Bad by Tom Petty... I think.
And then there's one very odd song title: 867-5309/Jenny. That's a
classic '80s song. Very forgettable band name, but the song really stuck
with us, and has been brought back via the "Big 80s" by VH1.
cam gib
nicklby
chippy <chi...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Larry Robins wrote:
>>
>> Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>>
>> Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>> A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>>
>> Anybody else?
>"1,2..4" Games Without Fronteirs-Peter Gabriel
>"1234567" 7 Day Weekend-Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff
"I Saw Her Standing There" by the Beatles:
"1-2-3-FUH!"
nicklby
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>Larry Robins (rob...@snip.net) wrote:
>>: Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>>
>>: Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>>: A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>>: Anybody else?
Boston: "We're Ready", from "Third Stage".
It doesn't start this way, but in the middle of the song it goes
"We're ready...two...three...four..."
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C. Shearer
There is a Gloria Estefan song where she goes 1234 Come on baby say you
love me.
------------ "i'm listening music in the bedroom
/ \ ------ laughter in the hall dive into the
| Farewell ---\ | ^ ^ | ocean singing by the fire running
| Friendlings ---/ | o | through the forest and standing in
\ / | ---- | the wind in rolling canyons i will
------------ ------ not take these things for granted."
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On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Jeremy Meyers wrote:
> rob...@snip.net (Larry Robins) wrote:
>
> >Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
> >
> >Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> >A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
> >
> >Anybody else?
Anna Larke
Larry Robins wrote:
: Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
: Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
: A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
: Anybody else?
Er....
1) Elvis Presley - '1 for the money, 2 for the show, 3 to get ready now go,
go, go....' - Blue Suede Shoes
2) How Gee - Black Machine - '1,2,3,4'
3) Billy Haley and His Comets - Rock Around The Clock.
4) S-Express - S-Express - 'Uno, Dos, Tres, Quattro'
That's all I can think of for the moment,
Regards,
Anna
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In article <dcrosby.67...@primenet.com>, dcr...@primenet.com
(DCrosby) wrote:
Try about any song by the Ramones or The Sex Pistols. Rancid also has a
few like this.
Richard Ardini
Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1,000 Dances" starts off
with him counting 1,2,3.
pande...@aol.com
every wesley willis song on "spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride"
sounts off..
Big C
On 12-5-1996, Larry Robins wrote:
>Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>Anybody else?
Yes, there have been quite a few good tunes which feature an
opening "count-in" on the actual finished release. For example,
the following Beatles-related recordings all have some form of
count-in:
- I Saw Her Standing There
- Taxman
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
- Yer Blues
- Instant Karma (John Lennon)
- Give Peace A Chance (John Lennon)
- Goodnight Vienna (Ringo Starr)
- Nobody Told Me (John Lennon)
Other recordings with a count-in include:
- Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals)
- Wooly Bully (Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs)
- Ball Of Confusion (The Temptations)
- Hot Pants (James Brown)
- Le Freak (Chic)
Then there are some recordings that have been released with a
count-in, but the count-in is extremely faint and hard to hear,
such as:
- Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Love Is Strange (Wings, from "Wild Life")
- The Cisco Kid (War, from "The World Is A Ghetto" vinyl LP)
Then there are some recordings that have a count-in on the LP
version, but not the 45, such as:
- Hello, It's Me (Todd Rundgren, as released on Something/
Anything?")
Then there are some recordings that were originally released
without a count-in, but have appeared later with a count-in on special
packages, for example:
- Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) (Grand Funk, as released on
"Collectors Series")
- Funky Stuff (Kool And The Gang, as released on "The Best Of
1969-1976")
- Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (James Brown, as released on "Star
Time")
Some songs have counting in other places of the song besides the
beginning:
- You Never Give Me Your Money (The Beatles)
- Numbers (Kraftwerk) (The entire song features counting)
- Peppermint Twist (Joey Dee And The Starliters)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles) (Clearly audible only on
CD releases)
- A Day In The Life (The Beatles)
John William Kuthe
In article <E1zAI...@iglou.com>,
[stuff deleted]
>>>: Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>>>: A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>>>Starts out 1,2,1,2,3, quatro
>>>Coming at you live - Tesla
>>Free Four - Pink Floyd It starts out with Roger saying, "One, two, FREE
>>FOUR!"
Does "alpha, beta, gamma, habba-dabba" count?
From "Opium For The People", from No-wave Planet Gong
And a band I worrked with in 1979 had one that started "4,3,2,1", but
I'm sure you've *never* heard of The Cheep Effects! ;-) It was called
"Weirdos on the Street", and was actually quite good.
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Andrew Croft
dh...@andrew.cmu.edu,NetLink1 writes:
> "Taxman" -The Beatles
> ummm... I can't think of any more right now...
Beatle: I Saw Her Standing There.. 1, 2, 3,4, well she was just =
seventeen... you know what I mean...
Lennon: Give Peace A Chance - John counts in German: Ein, Zvei, Ein, =
Zvei, Drie... whatever...
Yours,
Andrew
Dani Barnard
I Saw Her Standing There.
Christopher J. Truffer, et. al.
I don't recall the exact song, but doesn't a song go:
"1,2,3,4 shalalala live for the day . . "
Barbara Crossman
soft...@interport.net (Jeremy Meyers) wrote:
>rob...@snip.net (Larry Robins) wrote:
>>Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>>
>>Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>>A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>>
>>Anybody else?
>Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
>On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
>All you Need is Love (The Beatles)
>Peace
>SL
I haven't followed this thread, so I don't know if these have been
said:
Rubber Biscuit (Blue Bros version- said very faintly in the background
by Paul Shaffer: "1,2, a-1,2,3)
Lean on me (DC Talk version)
I know there are others, but I can't think of them right now...
Ferris Bu-ller
Jeremy Meyers (soft...@interport.net) wrote:
Give peace a chance (john Lennon)
>
> >Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
> >
> >Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> >A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
> >
> >Anybody else?
> Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
> On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
> All you Need is Love (The Beatles)
>
> Peace
>
> SL
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LSowa
> Larry Robins wrote:
> : Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>
> : Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> : A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
Promises in the..........1-2-3-4.....DAAAARRRKKK (Pat Benetar)
brad...@aol.com
And under the heading of "musica obscura" there was a tune by "It's a
Beautiful Day" which I think was called "Wasted" or "Wasted Union Blues"
that started with 1-2-3-4 that was tape-reversed (i.e., 4-3-2-1
backwards). Hope this helps.
Brad2339
DCrosby
>Ambrosia's "Holding On To Yesterday"
In The Police's"Invisible Sun", Sting is counting in the "background"
at the beginning of the song. I think he counts to seven in it if I recall.
Maybe a good offshoot of this thread would be to ask which song has the
highest number counted (not counting "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall", of
course. :) )
JRNYLVR
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Larry Robins wrote:
> Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>
> Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
> A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>
> Anybody else?
>
>
123 by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
"1-2-3-4 come on baby say you love me"
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They cry in the dark so you can't see their tears
They hide in the light so you can't see their fears
Forgive and forget all the while
Love and pain become one in the same
In the eyes of a wounded child
"Hell is For Children"-Pat Benatar, Crimes of Passion
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y9...@uno.edu
In article <32A8F7...@erols.com>, Big C <ccm...@erols.com> writes:
>On 12-5-1996, Larry Robins wrote:
>
>>Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
>>Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
>>A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
>>Anybody else?
Gloria Estefan "1-2-3"
Jan Ekeland
In article <00005221...@msn.com>, REA0...@msn.com says...
>
>Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1,000 Dances" starts off
>with him counting 1,2,3.
So does Kris Kristofferson oruginal version of "Me And Bobby McGee" on
the album or CD named likewise.
Jan.
djs...@aol.com
>Gloria Estefan "1-2-3"
"Finish What Ya Started"-- Van Halen
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up"-- the Ramones (I don't remember who did the
original, Tom somebody)
"Wooly Bully"-- the Smithereens version on the "Encino Man" soundtrack
(although half is in Spanish)
do...@worldaccess.nl
Beatles: all together now
tommy
Trouser Press by the Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band
starts "1,2,3 kick"
Kevin A Barton
John Hammond (joh...@admin.stedwards.edu) wrote:
: Larry Robins (rob...@snip.net) wrote:
: : Here are some songs that have the count as part of the recorded song:
: : Good Lovin' (The Rascals) "1-2-3"
: : A Matter Of Trust (Billy Joel) "1-2 ,1-2-3-4"
: : Anybody else?
every Ramones song, hell 90% of all punk songs start 1-2-3-4
Dani Barnard
The version of "I'm So Tired" on Anthology III starts off with a count
of three.
(That would be the Beatles, of course).
Luigi 'Gigi' Ballabio
>Trouser Press by the Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band
>starts "1,2,3 kick"
"Land of 1000 dances", Wilson Pickett.
Also, "Jambalaya" by Fats Domino features in the middle of the song what, I
think (corrections welcome) is the longest count:
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9,
Baby I'm so glad you are mine"
Luigi