Count On Me

Album: Brand New Machine (2013)
Charted: 5
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • This old skool cut was released as the second single from Chase & Status' third studio album Brand New Machine. The song features vocals by British newcomer Moko. It was premiered on B.Traits' BBC Radio 1 show on July 26 2013 and released on September 29, 2013 via Vertigo, Mercury and Roc Nation.
  • The track samples Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's 1991 hit "Good Vibrations." Marky Mark is actor Mark Wahlberg, whose resume includes the movies Three Kings and Planet Of The Apes. Before he was an actor, Wahlberg was an original member of New Kids on the Block. He left after a few months, but his older brother, Donnie, stayed with the group.
  • The song recalls the music played at illegal raves in the early 1990s and bands like The Prodigy who came out of them. Saul Milton of Chase & Status told The Sun: "In 1992 I was 11 but I was there nicking my sister's tape packs. I think you'd have heard 'Count On Me' at a Fantazia rave at 4am, off your face – now you hear it in the charts. We wanted to keep the beat rugged and rusty and not make it too EDM."
  • The track was waiting around for years before it was rediscovered on an old hard drive. Will Kennard, aka Status, explained in a Spotify track-by-track commentary: "We did that demo years ago, probably more like nearer the '90s than now, and just going through old hard drives like you usually do, you find some magic. But it felt like a demo and then at the same time we met Moko and suddenly she's singing a song on top of it and…and it came across quite quickly."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Director Paul Rachman on "Hunger Strike," "Man in the Box," Kiss

Director Paul Rachman on "Hunger Strike," "Man in the Box," KissSong Writing

After cutting his teeth on hardcore punk videos, Paul defined the grunge look with his work on "Hunger Strike" and "Man in the Box."

Shawn Mullins

Shawn MullinsSongwriter Interviews

"Lullaby" singer Shawn Mullins on "Beautiful Wreck," beating the Devil, and his writing credit on the Zac Brown Band song "Toes."

16 Songs With a Heartbeat

16 Songs With a HeartbeatSong Writing

We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.

Fire On The Stage

Fire On The StageSong Writing

When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.

Female Singers Of The 90s

Female Singers Of The 90sMusic Quiz

The ladies who ruled the '90s in this quiz.

AC/DC

AC/DCFact or Fiction

Does Angus really drink himself silly? Did their name come from a sewing machine? See if you can spot the real stories about AC/DC.