# Songs with fun or interesting count-offs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 23, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292 "2021-01-23T16:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/1 "2021-01-23T16:34:35Z")
When Led Zeppelin was recording their “Houses of the Holy” album, they must have had to do a few takes of “The Ocean” before getting it right, as you can hear John Bonham counting off: _We’ve done four already But now we’re steady And then they went One… two… three… four_ I’m looking for other songs where you can hear the band counting off in a humorous way. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/2 "2021-01-23T16:44:12Z")
Beatles – **Taxman** Lennon (?) is counting and someone else yells the real tempo/count behind him and the song starts. John Lennon – **Give Peace a Chance** Lennon counts, “Two… one, two, three, four,” and the song starts. Some other song Lennon counts in in German (?) but I don’t remember which. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/3 "2021-01-23T16:49:33Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Some other song Lennon counts in in German (?) but I don’t remember which. You might be thinking of “I Don’t Wanna Face It.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Wad_AeByzY/maxresdefault.jpg "I Don't Wanna Face It (Remastered 2010)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wad_AeByzY) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/4 "2021-01-23T16:56:56Z")
^ Dat’s da one. Harry Nilsson – [**Coconut**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM&ab_channel=HarryNilssonVEVO) Ever the comedian, Nilsson starts off the song with _some_ kind of count in. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/5 "2021-01-23T17:06:14Z")
> [@Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in Wooly Bully](#): > > Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro It’s subtle but the count in to “I Saw Her Standing There” with the weird emphasis on four gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/6 "2021-01-23T17:07:56Z")
^ Watch it now, watch it, watch it! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/7 "2021-01-23T17:08:40Z")
Offered for your consideration … [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oy625sZAHN8/hqdefault.jpg "The Rascals - Good Lovin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy625sZAHN8) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/8 "2021-01-23T17:18:33Z")
Not a true count-in but U2’s **Vertigo** begins with Bono saying: uno, dos, tres, catorce. (1, 2, 3, 14 si no hablas). **Trouble** by Lindsey Buckingham has a count-in that’s on the weird side. [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyONfX5bpyQ) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/9 "2021-01-23T17:23:31Z")
'Nother one … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1VuDjJ9KIxM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Police - Invisible Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VuDjJ9KIxM) At the very beginning. Gently haunting … ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/10 "2021-01-23T17:26:00Z")
“Four Little Diamonds,” by Electric Light Orchestra: “OK, after four…FOUR!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gzpw9FvY1fI/maxresdefault.jpg "Electric Light Orchestra - Four Little Diamonds (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzpw9FvY1fI) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/11 "2021-01-23T17:33:10Z")
Feel free to jettison [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds&ab_channel=Arturo): ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/12 "2021-01-23T18:41:48Z")
Funny I never thought of that as a count-in to the song, but it works! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/13 "2021-01-23T18:48:28Z")
_One, two, free four!_ –Free Four / Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/14 "2021-01-23T18:51:10Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Not a true count-in but U2’s **Vertigo** begins with Bono saying: uno, dos, tres, catorce. (1, 2, 3, 14 si no hablas). It’s the [correct math for rock n’ roll.](https://youtu.be/a0X2jAr79io?t=14) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/15 "2021-01-23T19:14:01Z")
In an outtake of **A Day In The Life** John counts in with “Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy” ---
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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Beatles – **Taxman** > Lennon (?) is counting and someone else yells the real tempo/count behind him and the song starts. According to self-described experts it’s George counting, Paul doing the real count in the background. I’m not one of those “experts” fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292/17 "2021-01-23T19:30:06Z")
The Happy Fits - Too Late (starts off with a count in… French?) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rVnXwfrihvQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Happy Fits - Too Late (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVnXwfrihvQ) ---
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Beck, “Elevator Music”: “One, two, you know what to do…” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/theer88rQ5g/maxresdefault.jpg "Elevator Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=theer88rQ5g) Rachel Bloom, “The Math of Love Triangles” (leading into a dance break): “One, two, three, six, eight, three, go!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ck-UhvbCDAk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Math of Love Triangles - feat. Rachel Bloom - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck-UhvbCDAk) ---
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Def Leppard, Rock of Ages “Gunter, Glieben, Glausen, Globen” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ncjcjpQzceQ/hqdefault.jpg "Def Leppard - Rock of Ages") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjcjpQzceQ) ---
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Which, of course, leads to “uno, did, tres, quattro, cinco, cinco, seis…” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AltMeuPkWRs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgVihJMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA0ma3Gwae9uZPH0sGG8u85rJibiQ "The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AltMeuPkWRs) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-fun-or-interesting-count-offs/931292.md?page=2)