Dear Maria, Count Me In

"Dear Maria, Count Me In" is the first single off of American pop punk band All Time Low's second studio album So Wrong, It's Right. The song was released on May 6, 2008.

"Dear Maria, Count Me In"
Song by All Time Low
from the album So Wrong, It's Right
Released	May 6, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Emo pop, pop punk
Length	3:02
Label	Hopeless
Songwriter(s)	Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, Alex Gaskarth, Zack Merrick
Producer(s)	Matt Squire, Paul Leavitt

The song was able to make it to #3 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart and #86 on the Billboard Pop 100 charts.^[1][2] It was also certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[3]

Vocalist Alex Gaskarth said that he made the song about a girl from his hometown named Maria who had become a stripper. Gaskarth said the song is about someone doing what they have to do to make ends meet and live the life they want to live.^[4]

A music video for the song was released. In the video, the band is in a strip club. Another group of men who are the band's alter egos are also in the club. The other men are causing trouble in the club. The band and their alter egos end up fighting. The alter egos get arrested and the band leaves with a chimpanzee.

It became a trend on TikTok with users playing the song and saying that their emo phase never left them. The band eventually joined in on it as well.^[5] Another TikTok trend happened where users said that the song sounded like the music in the anime My Hero Academia. The band approved of the trend.^[6]