"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,Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" single release Retrieved January 15, 2015 and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Count Me In" U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 15, 2015 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.Gary Lewis & the Playboys, A Session with Gary Lewis and The Playboys Retrieved January 15, 2015
Other versions The Lennon Sisters covered the song on their 1967 album “On The Groovy Side.” On the 2009 album, Dancing the Whole Way Home by Miss Li, "Bourgeois Shangri-la" largely emulates the syncopated piano/celeste vamp used in the Gary Lewis & the Playboys song. The melody was used by the Playboys in an advertisement for Coca-Cola.
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