{{use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Still Counting | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Volbeat | album = Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood | released = 11 May 2012 | format = | recorded = Early 2008 | studio = Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark | venue = | genre = *Heavy metal * rock and roll * thrash metal | length = {{plainlist| * 4:22 (album version) * 3:58 (radio edit) }} | label = Republic, Universal | writer = {{flatlist| * Michael Poulsen * Thomas Bredahl * Anders Kjølholm * Jon Larsen }} | producer = Jacob Hansen | prev_title = A Warrior's Call | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Cape of Our Hero | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|9mzb1j-PdY4|"Still Counting"}}}} }} "'''Still Counting'''" is a song by Danish rock band Volbeat. The song was originally released on the band's 2008 release ''Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood'' and was later released as a bonus track on certain editions of ''Beyond Hell/Above Heaven''.

"Still Counting" was released as a single in 2012, four years after its initial release on ''Guitar Gangsters''. The song was a hit on American rock radio, reaching No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart, Volbeat's second single to do so.

== Critical reception == ''Metal Hammer'' ranked the song at number 44 on their "The 100 greatest metal songs of the 21st century" list, praising its mash-up of "rock'n'roll swagger" and "Metallica-esque thrash metal assault," as both fun.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 May 2021 |title=The 100 greatest metal songs of the 21st century |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/best-metal-songs-21st-century |access-date=29 August 2025 |website=Metal Hammer |language=en}}</ref>

==Music video== A live music video was produced for the song and was filmed at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The music video was directed by Michael Sarna.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/volbeat/772352/still-counting-live-house-of-blues-anaheim.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423060815/http://www.mtv.com/videos/volbeat/772352/still-counting-live-house-of-blues-anaheim.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 April 2014 | title=Still Counting (Live @ House Of Blues, Anaheim) {{!}} Volbeat {{!}} Music Video | work=MTV | publisher=Viacom Media Networks | date=11 May 2012 | access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | title1 = Still Counting | note1 = radio edit | length1 = 3:58 }}

==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "Still Counting" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|24|artist=Volbeat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|14|artist=Volbeat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 August 2021}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for "Still Counting" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-rock-songs|title=Year-End Charts: Hot Rock Songs (2012)|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915135822/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-rock-songs|archive-date=15 September 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> | 40 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Still Counting"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Volbeat|title=Still Counting|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|access-date=1 February 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Volbeat|title=Still Counting|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|access-date=5 February 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Volbeat|title=Still Counting|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2019|access-date=1 June 2022|id=8796}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Volbeat|title=Still Counting|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2022|access-date=23 December 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

==Personnel== * Michael Poulsen – vocals, rhythm guitar * Thomas Bredahl – lead guitar * Anders Kjølholm – bass * Jon Larsen – drums

==See also== *List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 2010s

==References== {{reflist}}

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