God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You

"God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Single)"
Single by Pete Seeger feat. Lorre Wyatt & Friends
Released	November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Recorded	Aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater sailing from Beacon, NY. Additional instrumentation recorded at Shelter Island Sound, New York City.
Genre	Folk
Length	4:51
Label	Billy Barone Productions. Available on iTunes.[1]
Songwriter(s)	Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt
Producer(s)	Richard Barone & Matthew Billy

God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Single) is a 2012 single by Pete Seeger featuring Lorre Wyatt & Friends, produced and arranged by Richard Barone and Matthew Billy, and released by Billy Barone Productions. Originally recorded in 2010 aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the song was written immediately after that year's massive BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill is referenced in the lyrics. It was Seeger's final single release.

The recording session was filmed live aboard the Sloop, while sailing up and down the Hudson River. The music video, directed by Damien Drake, can be viewed on YouTube:[2] It is one of the few, if not the only, music videos sanctioned and planned with Seeger and filmed especially to accompany one of his songs. The single is available for download on iTunes, Amazon.com, and all digital retailers.

The song and video were released on Election Day, November 6, 2012.

Track listing

1. God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Single)

Personnel

Written by Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt

Produced by Richard Barone and Matthew Billy

Pete Seeger – lead vocals and banjo

Lorre Wyatt – vocals and acoustic guitar

Richard Barone – background vocals, acoustic guitar, producer

Matthew Billy – harmonica, engineer, producer

Deni Bonet – violin

Steve Holley (Wings) – drums, percussion

Tim Luntzel – bass

Terre Roche - featured backing vocals

Janice Pendarvis - featured backing vocals

Chorus – crew and passengers aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater including Roland Mousaa and Princess Wow; Studio chorus: Janice Pendarvis, Candy John Carr, Jane Cole, Terre Roche, Emilie Cardinaux, Jeremy Rainer, Steve Holley, Deni Bonet, and The Outer Child Choir.

References

1. "God's counting on me, God's counting on you", iTunes (Album), US: Apple.
2. You tube, Google.

Sources

• Seeger, Pete, Pete Seeger music, Facebook.
• Seeger, Pete, Pete Seeger official (channel), YouTube.