Still Counting

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"Still Counting"
Single by Volbeat
from the album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
Released11 May 2012
RecordedEarly 2008
Studio Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark
Length
  • 4:22 (album version)
  • 3:58 (radio edit)
Label Republic, Universal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jacob Hansen
Volbeat singles chronology
"A Warrior's Call"
(2011)
"Still Counting"
(2012)
"Cape of Our Hero"
(2013)

"Still Counting" is a song by Danish rock band Volbeat. The song was originally released on the band's 2008 release Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood and was later released as a bonus track on certain editions of Beyond Hell/Above Heaven . "Still Counting" was released as a single in 2012, four years after its initial release on the Guitar Gangsters album. The song was a hit on American rock radio, reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, Volbeat's second single to do so.

Contents

Music video

A live music video was produced for the song and was filmed at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The music video was directed by Michael Sarna. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Still Counting" (radio edit)3:58

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [5] 3× Gold45,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [6] 2× Platinum160,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [7] Platinum90,000
Germany (BVMI) [8] Gold150,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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