Count Me In (Gary Lewis & the Playboys song)

"Count Me In" is a song written by Glen Hardin and performed by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. It was produced by Snuff Garrett, arranged by Leon Russell,^[1] and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] behind "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits.^[3] Outside the US, "Count Me In" went to No. 3 in Canada,^[4] and No. 49 in Australia in 1965. It was featured on their 1965 album, A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys.^[5]

"Count Me In"
Single by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
from the album A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys
B-side	"Little Miss Go-Go"
Released	March 1965
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:20
Label	Liberty
Songwriter(s)	Glen Hardin
Producer(s)	Snuff Garrett
Gary Lewis & the Playboys singles chronology
"This Diamond Ring" (1964) "Count Me In" (1965) "Save Your Heart for Me" (1965)

Other versions

• On the 2009 album, Dancing the Whole Way Home by Miss Li, "Bourgeois Shangri-la", uses piano sampling from the Gary Lewis & the Playboys version.
• The melody was used by the Playboys in an advertisement for Coca-Cola.

References

1. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" single release Retrieved January 15, 2015
2. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 15, 2015
3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
4. "RPM Play Sheet - May 24, 1965" (PDF).
5. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, A Session with Gary Lewis and The Playboys Retrieved January 15, 2015