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"Count Me In" is a song written by Glen Hardin and performed by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. It was produced by Snuff Garrett, arranged by Leon Russell, and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits. Outside the US, "Count Me In" went to No. 3 in Canada, and No. 49 in Australia in 1965. It was featured on their 1965 album, A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

Other versions

• On the 2009 album, Dancing the Whole Way Home by Miss Li, "Bourgeois Shangri-la", uses piano sampling from the Gary Lewis & the Playboys version.
• The melody was used by the Playboys in an advertisement for Coca-Cola.

References

1. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" single release Retrieved January 15, 2015
2. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 15, 2015
3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
4. "RPM Play Sheet - May 24, 1965" (PDF).
5. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, A Session with Gary Lewis and The Playboys Retrieved January 15, 2015

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