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1992 single by Lindsey Buckingham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Countdown" is a song by Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1992 from his third solo album Out of the Cradle. In the UK, "Countdown" was released in July as the album's first single,[1] although in North America, "Wrong" was released as the first single instead.[2] While the song did not chart on the UK Singles Chart or the US Billboard Hot 100,[3] it appeared on Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Adult Contemporary charts. Elsewhere, "Countdown" charted in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.
"Countdown" | ||||
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Single by Lindsey Buckingham | ||||
from the album Out of the Cradle | ||||
B-side | "This Nearly Was Mine" | |||
Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:21 | |||
Label | Reprise (North America), Mercury (Europe) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut | |||
Lindsey Buckingham US singles chronology | ||||
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Lindsey Buckingham UK singles chronology | ||||
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Buckingham recorded his guitar parts on a Fender Telecaster with fuzz and a variable speed oscillator (VSO). He used the VSO to slow down the speed of the tape recorder, which in Buckingham's estimation provided a "crystalline" quality to the guitar. During the mixing process, producer Tom Lord-Alge attempted to thicken the sound of the guitar, although Buckingham convinced him to abandon the idea, insisting that the instrument should "sting like a bee."[4]
Mike DeGagne of AllMusic commented that "Countdown" possesses the "pop-catchy appeal of past hits like "Trouble" and "Go Insane" at one level, yet it maintains an enriched, dynamic feel, as if Buckingham has progressed and bettered himself as a solo artist. "Countdown" is an excellent delegate to the kind of music Buckingham is capable of, and it contains a lot of the same constituents that made him such an integral part of the second wave of Fleetwood Mac."[5] Jean Rosenbluth of the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was "hard not to be swayed by the singer’s practically palpable optimism" on "Countdown".[6]
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] | 29 |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[8] | 20 |
Germany (GfK)[9] | 66 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 64 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 32 |
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12] | 38 |
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