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 Post-grunge
Length	4:51
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Dishwalla Gregory Kolanek
Producer	Andy Kravitz Dishwalla
Dishwalla singles chronology
"Haze" (1996) "Counting Blue Cars" (1996) "Charlie Brown's Parents" (1998)

"Counting Blue Cars" is a song by the 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 (see 1996 in music). The song is recognizable by the line in the chorus, "Tell me all your thoughts on God ('cause I'd really like to meet her)".

The song was featured in the 1999 film Eight Days a Week.

Also in 1997, rock group Zilch (later Sonicflood) gave their answer to "Counting Blue Cars" with their tune "In the Sky" opening the second verse singing, "Let me tell you all my thoughts on God, cause I just talked with him this morning..."

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 five on pop airplay and number six on Hot AC airplay in 1996. It became a number-one Modern Rock Track for one week in June 1996. 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
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	1[2]
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	2[3]
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	4[4]
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	5[5]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	5[6]

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7]	28

References

1. ^ The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 17 1996
2. ^ Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 29 1996
3. ^ Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 22 1996
4. ^ Top 40 Mainstream Chart Listing For The Week Of Sep 28 1996
5. ^ Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Chart Listing For The Week Of Oct 26 1996
6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/radio-songs?chartDate=1996-08-28
7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

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