This song contains the band's namesake in the lyrics and reveals the origin. The lyric is: I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there Counting crows One for Sorrow Two for Joy This is a reference to a Mother Goose rhyme which came from an old superstition. It was said that your fortune was dependent upon how many blackbirds you see on your path. This practice was eventually looked upon as silly, as there is another common saying that an action can be "As useless as counting crows."
There's a bit of wordplay going on here: a group of crows (counting or otherwise) is called a murder. Really.
The song is part of the first Counting Crows album, August And Everything After. Produced by T Bone Burnett, it was huge, selling over 7 million copies in America thanks to the hits "Mr. Jones" and "Round Here."
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