Down for the Count

For other uses, see Down for the Count (disambiguation).

Down for the Count
Studio album by Y&T
Released	November 9, 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length	40:49
Label	A&M
Producer	Kevin Beamish
Y&T chronology
Open Fire (1985) Down for the Count (1985) Contagious (1987)

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Down for the Count is the seventh studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal band Y&T, released in 1985 through A&M Records. It contains the band's biggest hit "Summertime Girls", which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song had initially appeared as the lone studio track on the band's live album, Open Fire, released earlier in the year. The album itself peaked at #91 on the Billboard 200 on December 14, 1985. This was the last album to feature the original lineup of Meniketti, Alves, Kennemore and Haze, as Haze would depart the following year.

Track listing

All songs written by Y&T except where indicated.

Side one

1. "In the Name of Rock" – 5:32
2. "All American Boy" (Dave Robbins, Van Stephenson) – 2:24
3. "Anytime at All" – 4:32
4. "Anything for Money" – 3:22
5. "Face Like an Angel" – 4:36

Side two

1. "Summertime Girls" – 3:28
2. "Looks Like Trouble" – 4:07
3. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina) – 2:50
4. "Don't Tell Me What to Wear" – 4:02
5. "Hands of Time" – 6:11

Band

• Dave Meniketti – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Joey Alves – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Kennemore – bass, backing vocals
• Leonard Haze – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Randy Nichols - keyboards
• John Nymann - vocals
• Steffen Presley - keyboards
• Claude Schnell - keyboards
• Bill Costa - vocals
• Adam Day - guitar

Production staff

• Tony Platt - remixing
• Chuck Beeson - art direction
• Mark Weiss - photography
• Neon Park - illustrations
• Donald Krieger - design
• Geoff Gillespie - A&R
• Nigel James - production coordination
• Jeff Gold - art direction
• Bruce Barris - engineer
• Kevin Beamish - producer, engineer

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	"Summertime Girls"	Hot 100	55

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071011013621/http://www.meniketti.com/discography.htm