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Add It Up

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Length
  
4:44

Writer(s)
  
Gordon Gano

Label
  
Slash Records

Released
  
April 1983 (1983-April)

Genre
  
Alternative rock, folk punk, post-punk

"Add It Up" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, released on their 1983 debut album Violent Femmes.

It contains the lyrics:

Why can't I get just one screw Believe me I'd know what to do But something won't let me make love to you Why can't I get just one fuck Why can't I get just one fuck I guess it's got something to do with luck

Band member Gordon Gano commented:

The song title was used as the name for the compilation album by the group, Add It Up (1981-1993).

Some radio stations substitute a guitar note for the swear word for airplay.

Used in other media

  • Ethan Hawke's character in the 1994 film Reality Bites plays a cover of "Add It Up" with his band Hey That's My Bike.
  • The song appeared on the soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 .
  • The song was played during the last scene of "Stiiiiiiill Horny", the final episode of the TV show Suburgatory.
  • It is also featured in multiple scenes in the films Surveillance and Lost and Delirious.
  • The song was covered on a cello and piano, as are several other Violent Femmes songs, in the 2007 film Rocket Science.
  • It also serves as the theme song to the TV series Hollywood Residential.
  • The song appeared in season 3, episode 1 of the TV show "The 100". A cover by Shawn Mendes was also played.
  • The song also appeared on the US version of Shameless.
  • The song was used in a trailer for The Sims 2.
  • On Season 3, Episode 9 of Portlandia, Alexandra does a botched version of the song at an open-mic night.
  • The song also appears in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Zombies In Spaceland map.

    • References

    Add It Up Wikipedia
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