Counting the Days (Collective Soul song)

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"Counting the Days"
Single by Collective Soul
from the album Youth
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2004
Length2:38
Label El Music Group
Songwriter(s) Ed Roland
Producer(s) Ed Roland
Dexter Green
Collective Soul singles chronology
"Next Homecoming"
(2001)
"Counting the Days"
(2004)
"Better Now"
(2004)

"Counting the Days" is a song by the American rock band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single from their sixth studio album Youth . It is the band's first single released by their own independent record label, El Music Group, following the band's departure from Atlantic Records in 2001.

Contents

The song is featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience. [1]

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records) [2] 2
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks [3] 8

Acoustic version

An acoustic version is featured on the 2005 EP From the Ground Up .

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References

  1. NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (2005) Soundtrack
  2. "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 54. Retrieved October 8, 2019.