| "You Can't Count On Me" | ||||
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| Single by Counting Crows | ||||
| from the album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings | ||||
| Released | March 25, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Deck | |||
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"You Can't Count On Me" is the second single and lead commercial single released by Counting Crows [1] from their album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings .
Billboard magazine gave the single three-and-a-half stars, calling it "a pleasant surprise" and saying "Duritz's vocals are still more whiny than soulful, but he can deliver a lyrical twist like he's holding an ice pick." [2]
"You Can't Count On Me," was released to radio stations on February 4, 2008. A music video for the song was released on March 20, 2008. To promote the album, the band performed on Private Sessions , Good Morning America , Late Show with David Letterman , The View and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson .
Frontman Adam Duritz has stated in concert that the song is about "people mistaking you for a dependable guy".[ citation needed ]
| Chart (2008) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Adult Alternative Songs [3] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 35 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 80 |
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Adam Fredric Duritz is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, of which he is a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records, released seven studio albums that have been certified gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.
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Hard Candy is the fourth studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2002, and the following day in the United States.
Across a Wire: Live in New York City is the third album released by American rock band Counting Crows, released on July 14, 1998. It is a double-live album, featuring songs from their first two albums, August and Everything After (1993) and Recovering the Satellites (1996). Because the album contained two discs, the release was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies.
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"Round Here" is a song by American rock band Counting Crows, released as the second single from their debut album, August and Everything After (1993), on June 20, 1994, by Geffen Records. The song's origin predates the formation of Counting Crows, when the band's future frontman Adam Duritz wrote the song with The Himalayans members Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan and Dave Janusko.
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is the fifth studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released in the United States on March 25, 2008. It is thematically divided into two sides: the rock music of Saturday Nights and the more country-influenced Sunday Mornings. Vocalist and lyricist Adam Duritz states that the album "is about really wanting to mean something and failing to do it. You want your life to mean something. You want to be somebody and then what you turn out to be is so much less than what you thought you were going to be."
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