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"Count on Me"
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Earth
B-side"Show Yourself"
ReleasedMarch 1978
GenreRock, soft rock
Length3:14
LabelGrunt
Songwriter(s)Jesse Barish
Producer(s)Larry Cox and Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
"St. Charles"
(1976) 		"Count on Me"
(1978) 		"Runaway"
(1978)
Alternative cover
US single sleeve

"Count on Me" is a 1978 song and single by Jefferson Starship written by Jesse Barish for the album Earth.[1] The single, in lighter rock mode, gave Starship another US Top 10 hit after "Miracles".[2][3] It was featured in the end credits to the movies Grown Ups and The Family Stone.[4]

Barish released his own version, also in 1978.[5]

Chart performance

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs 2014 - Page 64 "COUNT ON ME Artist: Jefferson Starship Written by: Jesse Barish From the album: Earth Label: Grunt Produced by: Larry Cox, Jefferson Starship Year: 1978 Entering their arena rock phase. "
  2. ^ 1000 UK Number One Hits 0857123602 Jon Kutner - 2010 "In 1971 after a change in the line-up they renamed themselves Jefferson Starship and had US Top 10 hits with, 'Miracles' and 'Count on Me'. "
  3. ^ Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- Page 390 "Spitfire and Earth continued the Jefferson Starship's success, although the band had now become a hard rock outfit. Balin's lighter 'Count on Me' was a US top 10 hit in 1978.
  4. ^ "Jefferson Starship". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. ^ "Jesse Barish – Jesse Barish". discogs.com. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-05-27. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  7. ^ "Starship – Miracles". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ^ "Miracles - Starship". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  9. ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca
  10. ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm
  11. ^ "Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits". Retrieved November 25, 2016.
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