Tommy Shaw Solo YouTube Hits

[Toph]

Here is the same thing for Tommy Shaw. What is the deal with Count On You? Must be a hit somewhere? Never knew, but it clearly has a ton of hits!!

- Count On You (lyrics) 724K
- Count on You (pictures) 391K
- Girls with Guns 272K
- Shaw Blades High Enough 168K
- Count On You 147K
- Count on You Karaoke 130K
- Count On You 105K
- Ever Since the World Began 99K
- Remo's Theme What If Video 71K
- Shaw Blades Your Move 58K
- Shaw Blades California Dreamin 59K
- I'll Be Coming Home 56K
- Count On You Cover (38k)
- Lonely School Video/MTV Special 29K
- Shaw Blades Summer Breeze 26K
-SB Lucky Man 24K

So what is the deal with Tommy Shaw Count on You? When/where did that become a hit?

[masque]

damn that count on you stuff blows my mind......like you toph, i had no idea.

[Toph]

damn that count on you stuff blows my mind......like you toph, i had no idea.

It must have been a hit in Japan or something. How does the 4th song on the second side of a forgotten release from 1985 attract that many hits. Its placement on the record clearly shows it was just a filler song, but something must have happened to break it somewhere. And, if that is the case, shouldn't Tommy be trying to leverage that a bit?

[yogi]

Tommy & the label initially promoted the hell out of it.

I saw his Girls With Guns tour X2( St Paul Winter Carnival), and he played it then. He played it completely solo while his band took a break. The song did showcase his singing & guitar prowess on a 'power ballad'. I then heard it often on Mpls/St Paul FM rock radio long before the 'What If' the album & single was even released. The two FM rock stations(KQRS & WLOL) must of been handed the single when Tommy came to town cause they played the hell out of it. This wasn't that long after 'Lonely School' hit and stalled as Girls With Guns second release.

'What If' was a brutal album but where A&M TRULYdropped the ball was on the song 'Nature Of The Beast'. This was by FAAAARRRR Tommy's best effort on that album. It is one of his best if not his best solo effort.

[masque]

damn that count on you stuff blows my mind......like you toph, i had no idea.

It must have been a hit in Japan or something. How does the 4th song on the second side of a forgotten release from 1985 attract that many hits. Its placement on the record clearly shows it was just a filler song, but something must have happened to break it somewhere. And, if that is the case, shouldn't Tommy be trying to leverage that a bit?

no doubt! agree with all of that.

[masque]

'What If' was a brutal album but where A&M TRULYdropped the ball was on the song 'Nature Of The Beast'. This was by FAAAARRRR Tommy's best effort on that album. It is one of his best if not his best solo effort.

I agree that nature of the beast is the best song on the album......but the funny thing for me is that many times people dismiss the what if album as being pure junk and I do agree that the album has some colossal clunkers such as "friendly advice".......but outside of a few clunkers I actually enjoy that album quite a bit........i guess it's a guilty pleasure for me or something....lol

[Abitaman]

What if suffered from very poor production too. The songs for the most part sound lifeless. Count On You is one of the better songs on the cd. Along with COY, Jealousy, and This Is Not A Test, the cd is pretty weak. Listen to his Live In Japan cd from the tour, the songs that were recorded on that tour, that are on What If sound a lot better.