Counting Blue Cars

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“Counting Blue Cars”
Single by Dishwalla from the album Pet Your Friends
Released	1996
Format	CD Single, Cassette Single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:51
Label	A&M Records
Writer(s)	Dishwalla Gregory Kolanek
Producer	Andy Kravitz Dishwalla
Dishwalla singles chronology
"Haze" (1996) "Counting Blue Cars" (1996) "Charlie Brown's Parents" (1998)

"Counting Blue Cars" is a song by the alternative rock band Dishwalla that appears on their 1995 album Pet Your Friends. It was Dishwalla's only hit song, making it onto the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996 (see 1996 in music). It is mostly about wanting to know about God's ambitions and wanting to ensure one's eternal destiny. The song is instantly recognizable by the line in the chorus, "Tell me all your thoughts on God (cause I'd really like to meet her)".

The song was featured in the 1997 film Eight Days a Week.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Counting Blue Cars" (4:51)
2. "The Other Side of the World" (3:46)
3. "Counting Blue Cars" (Acoustic) (5:39)
4. "Until I Wake Up" (4:42)

[edit] Chart performance

"Counting Blue Cars" was highly popular on the radio, peaking at number five on pop airplay and number six on Hot AC airplay in 1996. It became a number-one Modern Rock Track for one week in June 1996. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and showed longevity by remaining on the chart for nearly a year at 48 weeks.

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	1[2]
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	2[3]
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	4[4]
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	5[5]

Preceded by "Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single June 29, 1996 - July 5, 1996

Succeeded by "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers

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