# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/41 "2008-10-27T15:50:20Z")
One two, great to be here! Sure is! three four\* _Give it to the Soft Boys_ by (der) **The Soft Boys** - I think they were being a tad sarcastic here since they were a psychedelic pop/rock/folk/do-wop/metal band\*\* playing to punk crowds at the time. [Robyn Hitchcock]“If they like you they spit, if they don’t like you they throw cans, if they really like you they do both”[/RH] \*\* that’s roughly how Robyn described them at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/42 "2008-10-27T15:53:44Z")
I love that bit at the start of [“Theme from S-Express”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_2qjzj73Y): _countdown is progressing uno dos uno, dos, tres, cuatro_ DA-DA-DA-DA-DA DA-DA-DA-DA-DA ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/43 "2008-10-27T16:02:12Z")
1…2…3…4 Tell the people what she wore ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/44 "2008-10-27T16:02:26Z")
Supertramp, The Logical Song. It’s so gleeful… “One, two, three, FIVE!” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/45 "2008-10-27T16:06:31Z")
Tenacious D: “Rock Your Socks Off” … … “One, two, three, four, five, _six-six-six_” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/46 "2008-10-27T16:08:18Z")
Also … nothing remarkable about it when you type it out, but the “1 - 2, 1 -2 -3 -4” at the beginning of “Just Another Night” by Ian Hunter always grabbed me by the boo-boo. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/47 "2008-10-27T16:09:55Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > [“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]”) Great one! I also like “Song for the Dumped” by Ben Folds. ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/48 "2008-10-27T16:12:16Z")
J. Geils Band. Musta got lost. Lengthy very cool dialog - 1-2-3…into song ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/49 "2008-10-27T16:25:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Can I have a little more? > Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten > I love you!_ That was what I thought of before I even opened the thread! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/50 "2008-10-27T16:37:07Z")
> [@RoOsh](#): > > The Most memorable one for me is in Offspring’s “_Pretty Fly for a White Guy_” > > _Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis._ I don’t really think that’s a countdown, just mid-song counting. The count-in at the beginning of the song is the “gunter gleiben glauten globen” from _Rock of Ages_ by Def Leppard. How about the “1… 2… 1-2-3-4” in _A Matter Of Trust_ by Billy Joel (can’t link to these from work). ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/51 "2008-10-27T16:44:44Z")
It’s not just a count-off, but the first song I thought of when reading the title was Feist’s “1,2,3,4”. The [Sesame street version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI) is fun (though it doesn’t have the 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 part). Here’s the [the original single-take video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_lZ37bUOM). ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/52 "2008-10-27T16:53:25Z")
Speaking of Sesame Street, I remembered [“Born To Add”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN4eGVZk08c), which was all about “making one and one make two”. It has the count-off included, but it’s “one and two and … three policepersons spring out of the shadows” ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/53 "2008-10-27T23:27:49Z")
I’ve got three that really grab me. The count off at the beginning of **Ride My See-Saw** by the Moody Blues. Something about hearing it over the drumbeat just gives me a shot of adrenaline. The Rolling Stones’ **Sway** gets me, too. 10,000 Maniacs’ cover of **Don’t Go Back to Rockville** has a count off, too. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/54 "2008-10-28T02:02:17Z")
Is it just me, or does U2’s **Vertigo** have (in spanish) “one, two, three, fourteen!”? S^G ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/55 "2008-10-28T06:40:09Z")
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s Déjà Vu. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/56 "2008-10-28T13:40:20Z")
[Tank!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqvsUs-iQvg) Three, two, one, let’s jam! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/57 "2008-10-28T14:20:36Z")
What no love for Def Leppard’s Rock of Ages? Oontow, Gleeben, Gloutain, Globen. (or however one would spell it.) ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/58 "2008-10-28T14:33:46Z")
Psst. Check post 50 (though it seems to be mentioned only in passing). And, FWIW, I’ve always heard it as “unta, glieben, glauben, globen.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/59 "2008-10-28T15:03:06Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Psst. Check post 50 (though it seems to be mentioned only in passing). > > And, FWIW, I’ve always heard it as “unta, glieben, glauben, globen.” Oops. I started skimming at that point, and missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/60 "2008-10-28T15:14:26Z")
_Invisible Sun_ by the Police. (the one that starts with a very slow One … two … three … four … five … six … seven … eight over the background music) I really think someone should do a joke remix that carries the slow count-up out to forty or sixty or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=4)