Song · Volbeat
“Still Counting” by Volbeat
From the album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008)
“Still Counting” by Volbeat appears on 12 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2008 on the album Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood. Its best result is #15 on the 98KUPD Top 98 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #320 alternative song of 2012.
Watch
Video from YouTube (Volbeat - Topic). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube
"Still Counting" took the long road. Volbeat, the Danish band, first put it on Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood in 2008, and it only became a single in 2012, four years on, after turning up as a bonus track on some editions of Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. The wait paid off on American rock radio: it went to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, the band's second song to get there.
All four members share the writing credit, with Michael Poulsen singing and trading guitars with Thomas Bredahl over Anders Kjølholm's bass and Jon Larsen's drums, while Jacob Hansen engineered, mixed and added backing vocals. Metal Hammer later put it at number 44 among the 21st century's greatest metal songs, taken by how it welds rock'n'roll swagger to a Metallica-style thrash attack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 55 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 15 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2012 | 98 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 33 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2016) | 66 |
| 2018 | 56 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2018) | 66 |
| 2019 | 21 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 52 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2019) | 66 |
| 2020 | 45 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2020) | 66 |
| 2021 | 42 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2021) | 66 |
| 2022 | 48 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2022) | 66 |
| 2023 | 46 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2023) | 66 |
| 2023 | 29 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2025 | 54 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Still Counting" by Volbeat.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.