| "Count Me Out" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by New Edition | ||||
| from the album All for Love | ||||
| B-side | "Good Boys" | |||
| Released | October 14, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Pop | |||
| Length | 4:09 (radio edit) 5:37 (album version) 6:25 (Instrumental) | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Vincent Brantley, Rick Timas | |||
| Producer(s) | Vincent Brantley, Rick Timas | |||
| New Edition singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Count Me Out" on YouTube | ||||
"Count Me Out" is a song released as a single by R&B/pop group New Edition from their All for Love album, released in September 1985 on the MCA label.[1]
Much like the group's earliest single, "Cool It Now", again, lead singer Ralph Tresvant is warned by his friends (co-members Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell and Michael Bivins) to not fall for a girl after he told them to "count him out" of any activities that they had planned to do much to his friends' dismay.
The song's music video was notable for Brown's absence as he had broken from the group around the time of the video. Only Tresvant, DeVoe, Bell, and Bivins were in the video and parts of the song that originally belonged to Brown were lipsynced by Bell. Brown's vocals remain on the song. Despite a modest showing at number fifty-one on the pop singles chart, the song reached number two on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[2][3]
New Edition appeared on the TV series Knight Rider performing "Count me Out" on Season 4 Episode 11.
Credits
- Ronnie DeVoe rap & background vocals
- Bobby Brown lead vocals, rap & background vocals
- Ricky Bell rap & background vocals
- Michael Bivins rap & background vocals
- Ralph Tresvant lead vocals, rap & background vocals[4][5]
Charts
| Chart (1985–86) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 51 |
| U.S. Cashbox Top 100[7] | 52 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[8] | 2 |
References
- ↑ Hombach, Jean-Pierre. Whitney Houston - Bobby Brown The Truth. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781471632907. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Warner, Jay (1 January 2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 528. ISBN 9780634099786. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via Internet Archive.
count me out new edition.
- ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (23 November 1985). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Ralph Tresvant - Biography - Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ↑ "How 'The New Edition Story' Made A Band Of Brothers (Digital Cover Story)". 24 January 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ↑ "New Edition Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
- ↑ "New Edition Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-07.