Counting 5-4-3-2-1

"Counting 5-4-3-2-1" is a song by American post-hardcore band Thursday, the first single from their fourth album, A City by the Light Divided. "Counting 1-2-3-4-5" was released to radio on April 11, 2006.[1]

"Counting 5-4-3-2-1"
Single by Thursday
from the album A City by the Light Divided
Released	April 11, 2006
Genre	Post-hardcore, post-punk revival
Length	3:07 (radio edit) 3:19
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Geoff Rickly, Tom Keely, Steve Pedulla, Tim Payne, Andrew Everding, Tucker Rule
Producer(s)	Dave Fridmann

The song was originally written during the Full Collapse-era, but was re-arranged in a new key and was deemed suitable to be recorded.

Keyboardist Andrew Everding commented on the song's meaning and corresponding music video: "[Counting 5-4-3-2-1] specifically comes from not being happy in the town that you grew up in and wanting to get out as quickly as possible. When we do videos, we send out a call and receive treatments and that one was one of the first ones that we got from Artificial Army. We were originally going to do two videos…a low-budget animated video and then we were going to do another video to connect it, but then we started seeing what the animation was about. We usually go back and forth with ideas. But for the most part, we trust the director. It was our first storyline video but there are some performance elements to it."[2]

Personnel

• Geoff Rickly - vocals
• Tom Keeley - lead guitar, vocals
• Steve Pedulla - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Tim Payne - bass guitar
• Tucker Rule - drums
• Andrew Everding - keyboards, synthesizers

References

1. "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics