# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/21 "2008-10-27T05:04:56Z")
I only knew this video from one of Weird Al’s “Al TV” shows: > **[AOL Video - Serving the best video content from AOL and around the web](https://www.aol.com/video/)** > > The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos. “One… two… one, two, a one two three four - hold it… now!” [sub]Warning: very 80’s.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/22 "2008-10-27T05:12:13Z")
Pretty much every Ramones song has the count in, but I think my favourite is from their Happy Birthday dedication to CM Burns. On a slightly more serious side, I love the slow count in on the Flying Burrito Brothers’ version of Dark End Of The Street. (I don’t know what it means, but when I tried to find Youtube links for these, I could only find Spanish language versions of the Simpsons clips, and the Burritos song with the count in cut off from the beginning 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/23 "2008-10-27T05:18:14Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > Pretty much every Ramones song has the count in, but I think my favourite is from their Happy Birthday dedication to CM Burns. Seconding the Ramones. It’s not the beginning of the song, but I like KKK Took My Baby Away a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/24 "2008-10-27T05:48:16Z")
Well, there’s always Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling. 4, 3, 2, 1… Earth below us, something, something! Floating, weightless, something, something Home! Good song. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/25 "2008-10-27T06:03:36Z")
[“Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAAILGTdEUw&feature=related) (“One, two, THREE! [drum quickly followed by horn section] One, two, three! [drum quickly followed by horn section]”) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/26 "2008-10-27T06:12:33Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > Pretty much every Ramones song has the count in, but I think my favourite is from their Happy Birthday dedication to CM Burns. I came here to say **Sheena Is a Punk Rocker**. Joe ---
**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, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/27 "2008-10-27T06:59:53Z")
Wasn’t there a song from the 80’s or 90’s that used a sample of Lawerence Welk counting in? ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/28 "2008-10-27T07:05:08Z")
Something from [King Cool.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqNLrQqxLE) Faux newscast intro to the video means we have to wait a few seconds for the countdown. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/29 "2008-10-27T07:11:08Z")
Raspberry Beret, Prince. I was going to link to it on YouTube, but mysteriously it’s not there. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/30 "2008-10-27T07:14:18Z")
\*\*Bad Company \*\*- _Can’t Get Enough_. First track on their first album. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/31 "2008-10-27T08:01:45Z")
3 5 0 1 2 5 GO! aka Warsaw-- Joy Division ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/32 "2008-10-27T09:13:32Z")
_Roadrunner_ by the Modern Lovers ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT!! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/33 "2008-10-27T14:51:34Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > How about a countdown _in_ a song? > > I’m thinking of Springsteen’s _Born to Run_. Listen to some live Springsteen shows. Let me know if you come across a song that DOESN’T have a countup. You won’t find one (two, three, four!). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/34 "2008-10-27T14:54:19Z")
Also, Peter Gabriel’s _Games Without Frontiers_ has a countup that’s missing a number (a one, two…one, two, four). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/35 "2008-10-27T14:55:56Z")
“Do You Realize” by **The Flaming Lips** ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/36 "2008-10-27T14:59:20Z")
_Silp Kid_ by the Who starts out with a “1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8”. It’s the first song on the album _The Who by Numbers_. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/37 "2008-10-27T14:59:27Z")
Howzabout “Animate” from Rush and “When We Was Fab” by George Harrison. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/38 "2008-10-27T15:14:09Z")
James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” has two in the middle, one to tell the band when to lay out and one to tell them when to come back in. In between, Clyde does his thing. And it’s a mother. ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/39 "2008-10-27T15:18:48Z")
37 posts and no mention of “Uno… dos… tres… catorce!” from U2’s Vertigo? A few others I can think of offhand: “These 3 Sins” by Gomez “Country Feedback” by REM “Walkie-Talkie Man” by Steriogram The _Scrubs_ theme song, “Superman” I know one of the versions I have of “Life In A Nutshell” by Barenaked Ladies has a count-in, but I’m thinking it’s a live one, rather than the album version. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/40 "2008-10-27T15:31:38Z")
It’s a countup, and part of the song, but it’s so fun that I have to mention the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=3)