Count Me In (Gary Lewis & the Playboys song)

"Count Me In"
Single by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
from the album A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys
B-side"Little Miss Go-Go"
ReleasedMarch 1965
GenrePop rock
Length2:20
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Glen Hardin
Producer(s)Snuff Garrett
Gary Lewis & the Playboys singles chronology
"This Diamond Ring"
(1964) 		"Count Me In"
(1965) 		"Save Your Heart for Me"
(1965)

"Count Me In" is a song written by Glen Hardin and performed by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. It was produced by Snuff Garrett, arranged by Leon Russell,[1] and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] behind "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits.[3] Outside the US, "Count Me In" went to No. 3 in Canada,[4] and No. 49 in Australia in 1965. It was featured on their 1965 album, A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys.[5]

Other versions

  • On the 2009 album, Dancing the Whole Way Home by Miss Li, "Bourgeois Shangri-la", uses piano sampling from the Gary Lewis & the Playboys version.
  • The melody was used by the Playboys in an advertisement for Coca-Cola.

References

  1. ^ Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" single release Retrieved January 15, 2015
  2. ^ Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 15, 2015
  3. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Play Sheet - May 24, 1965" (PDF).
  5. ^ Gary Lewis & the Playboys, A Session with Gary Lewis and The Playboys Retrieved January 15, 2015


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