# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/61 "2008-10-28T15:20:00Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > _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. SIXTY!!! Ah HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/62 "2008-10-28T15:30:32Z")
[This one’s my favorite Bruce Springsteen countdown.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIJ3grfB3WE) ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/63 "2008-10-28T15:40:25Z")
[_Space Oddity_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY&feature=related) by David Bowie. “_Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine Eight, Seven, Six) Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three, Two) Check ignition and may God’s love be with you (One, Liftoff)_” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/64 "2008-10-28T16:02:20Z")
The grass Roots - [Live for today](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZ7jJnMThM) It has a count multiple times as the intro to the refrain ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/65 "2008-10-28T16:57:53Z")
The snippet of the orchestra session that appears as a coda on King Crimson’s “Islands” (though missing from some pressings): “We’re going to do it twice more, once with the oboe, once without it, and then…we’re done. [Tuning, control room noise, beeps.] One-two-three, two-two-three” followed by silence; the album is over. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/66 "2008-10-28T19:37:02Z")
“Perfect Crime” - Guns & Roses “1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8!!” “Saturday Night Special” - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Starts with “1, 2,…1, 2, 3” “Sweet Home Alabama” - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Starts with “1…2…3…” ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/67 "2008-10-29T19:06:51Z")
Man by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a good one. "I’ll count it - count it off. One … Two … Three … GO!" ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/68 "2008-10-29T19:32:24Z")
Both the Overture from **Chicago** and “I Hope I Get It” from **A Chorus Line** make great use of “five six seven eight.” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/69 "2008-11-06T01:21:57Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > How about the “1… 2… 1-2-3-4” in _A Matter Of Trust_ by Billy Joel (can’t link to these from work). Sorry to re bump this thread, but I just thought of this song tonight, and wanted to reiterate that I really agree–good song, and good counting. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/70 "2008-11-06T01:29:19Z")
“I declare a thumb war” by my daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal\_McCoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Surreal\_McCoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal_McCoy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/71 "2008-11-06T04:58:17Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > It’s a countup, and part of the song, but it’s so fun that I have to mention the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off.” I can’t remember what eight is for. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/72 "2008-11-06T11:45:20Z")
_[Free Four](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7EG37Q4sHI4)_ by Pink Floyd. _One, Two, FREE, FOUR!_ ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/73 "2008-11-07T19:18:59Z")
Paul (I’m pretty sure it’s Paul) counting back into “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” at the (almost) end of the album. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706/74 "2008-11-07T20:21:10Z")
There’s a Vandal’s son that counts off “4 3 2 1 0 -1” which is also the song name [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4/469706.md?page=3)