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Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla
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The Santa Barbara California Band Dishwalla Made A Big Splash In 1996 With Their Catchy Pop Single "Counting Blue Cars." With The Gritty Heart And Soul Of Those Who Came Before Them Dishwalla's Hard Rock Sound Was Enough For Fans To Make "Counting Blue Cars" One Of The Most-Requested Songs Of That Year. The Song Also Garnered The Band A Billboard Award For Rock Song Of The Year And Led Their Debut Album Pet Your Friends To Sell More Than A Million Copies. Dishwalla Which Emerged Out Of The Early Stages Of Post-Grunge Is Composed Of J.R. Richards Vocals Scot Alexander Bass Rodney Browning Cravens Guitar Jim Wood Keyboards And George Pendergast Drums . They Spent The Mid-'90s Touring With The Likes Of Sheryl Crow Blind Melon And The Goo Goo Dolls In Support Of Pet Your Friends. Prior To Making A Second Album The Band Was Caught In The Middle Of The Polygram/Universal Merger And Such A Move Left Dishwalla Pondering What To Do Next. Their Second Album And You Think You Know What Life's About Was Released In 1998 Promotion And Sales Were Lackluster Due To Label Downsizing. Dishwalla's Time With A&M Was Short-Lived And Exhausting Because Of Such Corporate Behavior But They Stuck It Out To Contribute Their Cover Version Of "Policy Of Truth" For The Depeche Mode Tribute Album For The Masses. By The New Millennium Dishwalla Left Behind Major-Market America For A Third Album. They Signed With Immergent While Pendergrast Parted Ways With The Band. Pete Maloney A Drummer Picked Up On The 1998 Tour Resumed Percussion Duties. In 2002 Dishwalla Issued Their Experimental Third Album Opaline Immergent Quickly Followed By 2003's Live... Greetings From The Flow State. A Self-Titled Album Produced By Sylvia Massy Tool System Of A Down Bill Szymczyk And Ryan Greene NOFX Nerf Herder Followed In 2005 Before The Band Went On Indefinite Hiatus. Three Years Passed Before Dishwalla Would Return In 2008. Debuting A Lineup That Joined Original Members Alexander Pendergast Cravens And Wood With New Vocalist Justin Fox The Band Hit The Road Touring Sporadically Over The Following Years. They Would Not Return To The Studio Until 2016 When They Began Recording Their First Album In A Decade. Juniper Road Arrived In 2017. Biography By MacKenzie Wilson
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Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
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 Through A&M Records. 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..." "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.
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The Santa Barbara California Band Dishwalla Made A Big Splash In 1996 With Their Catchy Pop Single "Counting Blue Cars." With The Gritty Heart And Soul Of Those Who Came Before Them Dishwalla's Hard Rock Sound Was Enough For Fans To Make "Counting Blue Cars" One Of The Most-Requested Songs Of That Year. The Song Also Garnered The Band A Billboard Award For Rock Song Of The Year And Led Their Debut Album Pet Your Friends To Sell More Than A Million Copies. Dishwalla Which Emerged Out Of The Early Stages Of Post-Grunge Is Composed Of J.R. Richards Vocals Scot Alexander Bass Rodney Browning Cravens Guitar Jim Wood Keyboards And George Pendergast Drums . They Spent The Mid-'90s Touring With The Likes Of Sheryl Crow Blind Melon And The Goo Goo Dolls In Support Of Pet Your Friends. Prior To Making A Second Album The Band Was Caught In The Middle Of The Polygram/Universal Merger And Such A Move Left Dishwalla Pondering What To Do Next. Their Second Album And You Think You Know What Life's About Was Released In 1998 Promotion And Sales Were Lackluster Due To Label Downsizing. Dishwalla's Time With A&M Was Short-Lived And Exhausting Because Of Such Corporate Behavior But They Stuck It Out To Contribute Their Cover Version Of "Policy Of Truth" For The Depeche Mode Tribute Album For The Masses. By The New Millennium Dishwalla Left Behind Major-Market America For A Third Album. They Signed With Immergent While Pendergrast Parted Ways With The Band. Pete Maloney A Drummer Picked Up On The 1998 Tour Resumed Percussion Duties. In 2002 Dishwalla Issued Their Experimental Third Album Opaline Immergent Quickly Followed By 2003's Live... Greetings From The Flow State. A Self-Titled Album Produced By Sylvia Massy Tool System Of A Down Bill Szymczyk And Ryan Greene NOFX Nerf Herder Followed In 2005 Before The Band Went On Indefinite Hiatus. Three Years Passed Before Dishwalla Would Return In 2008. Debuting A Lineup That Joined Original Members Alexander Pendergast Cravens And Wood With New Vocalist Justin Fox The Band Hit The Road Touring Sporadically Over The Following Years. They Would Not Return To The Studio Until 2016 When They Began Recording Their First Album In A Decade. Juniper Road Arrived In 2017. Biography By MacKenzie Wilson
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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 through A&M Records. 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..."
"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.
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