# 1...2...3...4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706 "2008-10-27T01:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/1 "2008-10-27T01:38:25Z")
Every song has a countdown leading into it, but sometimes, it gets in on the final cut. Sometimes, it even sounds good. What are the best countdowns out there? (links plz) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/2 "2008-10-27T01:41:02Z")
_I Saw Her Standing There_ ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/3 "2008-10-27T01:43:00Z")
“_Keep Me Hangin’ On_” By Vanilla Fudge. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/4 "2008-10-27T01:47:27Z")
How about a countdown _in_ a song? I’m thinking of Springsteen’s _Born to Run_. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/5 "2008-10-27T01:50:19Z")
I would have to go with "_Wooly Bully_, by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, and _Born to Run_ by Springsteen (although it’s in the middle of the song). Eh…beaten to it. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/6 "2008-10-27T01:57:14Z")
_We’ve done four already but now were steady and then they went: One, two, three, four…_ Led Zeppelin’s _The Ocean_ [lyric](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/led+zeppelin/the+ocean_20081967.html) and [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaMzgA2V7Gk) (4 min 42 sec). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/7 "2008-10-27T01:58:04Z")
The Most memorable one for me is in Offspring’s “_Pretty Fly for a White Guy_” _Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis._ ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/8 "2008-10-27T02:06:17Z")
**Harry Carrey** doing _Take Me Out To The Ballgame_. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/9 "2008-10-27T02:07:18Z")
“Taxman” is my favorite, and is what I immediately thought of when I read the title of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/10 "2008-10-27T02:27:58Z")
[Laverne and Shirley theme song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmKzxhMzwo) I don’t know if it’s the best, but it’s the only one that I can think of. It’s not technically from the recording of the song that didn’t get cut. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/11 "2008-10-27T02:28:09Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > How about a countdown _in_ a song? > > I’m thinking of Springsteen’s _Born to Run_. Greatest ever. It’s a wash of noise, and then a shouted countdown into the last verse. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/12 "2008-10-27T02:32:55Z")
“One, two, a-one two three” -the Allman Brothers Band, _Statesboro Blues_ ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/13 "2008-10-27T02:36:33Z")
Humble Pie- [Thirty Days in the Hole](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwWEoMM4PDY) Not really a countdown perse, just the band and the backup harmonizing and working it out. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/14 "2008-10-27T02:41:37Z")
“Hello, It’s Me” from Todd Rundgren’s Something?Anything. Couldn’t find a clip that didn’t cut the intro off. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/15 "2008-10-27T02:42:10Z")
“Sister Golden Hair” by America. Best count out (that is, at the end of the song) ever. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/16 "2008-10-27T02:52:00Z")
Falco- [Der Kommissar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGEEBUupVAw) “Two, three, Four, Eins, Zwei, Drei… Na, es is nix dabei.” ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/17 "2008-10-27T04:23:37Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > “Hello, It’s Me” from Todd Rundgren’s Something?Anything. Couldn’t find a clip that didn’t cut the intro off. Yeah, this. (from memory) “Wait a minute fellas, I need…I need just a second here. … Well, I’ve got the words anyway. A one, a two, a one, two, three.” ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/18 "2008-10-27T04:39:03Z")
To answer my own question: I’ve always liked the count-in for Waitin’ on the World to Change. 1…2…1, 2, 3, 4 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/19 "2008-10-27T04:41:14Z")
_Can I have a little more? Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten I love you!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/20 "2008-10-27T04:51:52Z")
[Desaparacedos - Manana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOLeCfiTp3s) An urgent countdown, then an explosion of sound! So good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=2)