Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song)

"Count on Me"
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Earth
B-side	"Show Yourself"
Released	March 1978
Genre	Rock, soft rock
Length	3:14
Label	Grunt
Songwriter(s)	Jesse Barish
Producer(s)	Larry Cox and Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
Alternative cover
	US single sleeve

"Count on Me" is a 1978 song and single by Jefferson Starship written by Jesse Barish for the album Earth.[1] The single, in lighter rock mode, gave Starship another US Top 10 hit after "Miracles".[2][3] It was featured in the end credits to the movies Grown Ups and The Family Stone.[4]

Barish released his own version, also in 1978.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada (RPM) Top Singles	9
Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporary[6]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7]	24
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8]	8
U.S. Adult Contemporary	15

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada[9]	73
U.S. Billboard[10]	66

Balin released a new version on his 1999 solo album Marty Balin Greatest Hits.[11]

Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs 2014 - Page 64 "COUNT ON ME Artist: Jefferson Starship Written by: Jesse Barish From the album: Earth Label: Grunt Produced by: Larry Cox, Jefferson Starship Year: 1978 Entering their arena rock phase. "
1000 UK Number One Hits 0857123602 Jon Kutner - 2010 "In 1971 after a change in the line-up they renamed themselves Jefferson Starship and had US Top 10 hits with, 'Miracles' and 'Count on Me'. "
Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- Page 390 "Spitfire and Earth continued the Jefferson Starship's success, although the band had now become a hard rock outfit. Balin's lighter 'Count on Me' was a US top 10 hit in 1978.
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