Counting Blue Cars

"Counting Blue Cars"
Single by Dishwalla
from the album Pet Your Friends
Released February 27, 1996
Format CD single, cassette single
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:51
Label A&M
Writer(s) Dishwalla
Gregory Kolanek
Producer(s) Andy Kravitz
Dishwalla
Dishwalla singles chronology
"Haze"
(1996)		 "Counting Blue Cars"
(1996)		 "Charlie Brown's Parents"
(1998)

"Counting Blue Cars" is a song by American 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 through A&M Records.

The song was featured in the films Empire Records and Eight Days a Week, as well as the TV shows How I Met Your Mother and Hindsight.

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)

Chart performance

"Counting Blue Cars" was highly popular on the radio, peaking at number four on pop airplay and number five on Hot AC airplay in 1996. It became a number-one Modern Rock Track for one week in June 1996 and a number two Mainstream Rock Track. 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. It was also featured in the 1999 film Eight Days a Week.

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[1] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] 2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[6] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[7] 5

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 28

References

  1. ↑ Canada Rock peak RPM Magazine
  2. ↑ Canada Top Singles peak RPM Magazine
  3. ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 17 1996
  4. ↑ Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 29 1996
  5. ↑ Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 22 1996
  6. ↑ Top 40 Mainstream Chart Listing For The Week Of Sep 28 1996
  7. ↑ Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Oct 26 1996
  8. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links

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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