Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song) explained
| Count on Me |
| Cover: | "Count_On_Me"_Jefferson_Starship.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jefferson Starship |
| Album: | Earth |
| B-Side: | Show Yourself |
| Released: | March 1978 |
| Genre: | Rock, soft rock |
| Label: | Grunt |
| Producer: | Larry Cox and Jefferson Starship |
| Prev Title: | St. Charles |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Runaway |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"Count on Me" is a 1978 song and single by Jefferson Starship written by Jesse Barish for the album Earth.[1] The single, in lighter rock mode, gave Starship another US Top 10 hit after "Miracles".[2] [3] It was featured in the end credits to the movies Grown Ups and The Family Stone.[4]
Cash Box said it has "piano licks, a moderate beat, solid acoustic guitar solo and Marty Balin’s familiar and distinctive vocals."[5] Record World called it "a fine pop tune with acountry flavor."[6]
Barish released his own version, also in 1978.[7]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1978) | Peak
position |
|---|
| Canada (RPM) Top Singles | 9 |
| Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporary[8] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 8 |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary | 15 |
|
Year-end charts
| Chart (1978) | Rank |
|---|
| Canada[10] | 73 |
| U.S. Billboard[11] | 66 | |
Cover versions
Notes and References
- Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs 2014 - Page 64 "COUNT ON ME Artist: Jefferson Starship Written by: Jesse Barish From the album: Earth Label: Grunt Produced by: Larry Cox, Jefferson Starship Year: 1978 Entering their arena rock phase. "
- 1000 UK Number One Hits 0857123602 Jon Kutner - 2010 "In 1971 after a change in the line-up they renamed themselves Jefferson Starship and had US Top 10 hits with, 'Miracles' and 'Count on Me'. "
- Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- Page 390 "Spitfire and Earth continued the Jefferson Starship's success, although the band had now become a hard rock outfit. Balin's lighter 'Count on Me' was a US top 10 hit in 1978.
- Web site: Jefferson Starship. IMDb. 2018-03-06. 2017-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218054004/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160423/. live.
- News: CashBox Singles Reviews. March 11, 1978. 13. Cash Box. 2021-12-26.
- Record World. March 11, 1978. 2023-02-15. Hits of the Week. 1.
- Web site: Jesse Barish – Jesse Barish. . discogs.com. 1978. September 30, 2018. October 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031029/https://www.discogs.com/Jesse-Barish-Jesse-Barish/release/7520764. live.
- Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-05-27 . 2018-09-29 . 2018-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929081706/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4575&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4575.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4575 . live .
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=starship|chart=all}} Miracles - Starship ]. . . November 24, 2011.
- Web site: Bac-lac.gc.ca . . 17 July 2013 . 2016-10-06 . 2017-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170802163317/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a . live .
- Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 . 2015-08-22 . 2016-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160714034643/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm . live .
- Web site: Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits. . November 25, 2016. November 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126001535/http://www.allmusic.com/album/marty-balin-greatest-hits-mw0000330423. live.
