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“You Can't Count On Me” by Counting Crows
From the album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (2008)
“You Can't Count On Me” by Counting Crows appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2008 and 2013. It was first released in 2008 on the album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings. Its best result is #6 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #333 alternative song of 2008.
Adam Duritz wrote "You Can't Count On Me" on his own for Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, the 2008 Counting Crows album, and it followed "1492" as the second single but the first to get a full commercial release from Geffen, reaching radio on February 4, 2008. The joke is right there in the title: Duritz has told concert crowds the song is about "people mistaking you for a dependable guy".
Billboard called it a pleasant surprise, grumbling that Duritz still sounded more whiny than soulful but granting that he could land a lyrical twist with real bite. The video followed in March, and the band worked the talk-show circuit to push the album, from Good Morning America and The View to Letterman and Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 6 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 34 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 | 88 |
| 2008 | 37 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2008 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 876 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
Also listed as: You Can't Count on Me.
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