Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song)

"Count on Me"
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Earth
B-side	"Show Yourself"
Released	March 1978
Genre	Rock, soft rock
Length	3:14
Label	Grunt
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]

Cash Box said it has "piano licks, a moderate beat, solid acoustic guitar solo and Marty Balin’s familiar and distinctive vocals."^[5] Record World called it "a fine pop tune with a country flavor."^[6]

Barish released his own version, also in 1978.^[7]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position Canada (RPM) Top Singles 9 Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporary[8] 6 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 24 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 8 U.S. Adult Contemporary 15

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Rank Canada[11] 73 U.S. Billboard[12] 66

Cover versions

• Balin released a new version on his 1999 solo album Marty Balin Greatest Hits.^[13]

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. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
5. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 11, 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
6. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 11, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
7. "Jesse Barish – Jesse Barish". discogs.com. 1978. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
8. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-05-27. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
9. "Starship – Miracles". Top 40 Singles.
10. "Miracles - Starship". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
11. "Bac-lac.gc.ca". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
12. "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
13. "Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.