COUNT TO THREE ■ Karaoke Version ■ Valve Song INSTRUMENTAL

Since the day when we released Count to Three, we've been receiving a bunch of requests to upload the instrumental version. So we made it specially for you guys. And it's not just an instrumental, it's a karaoke video with the lyrics!

It's time to learn the Valve song and sing it together with Ellen McLain, the Stupendium, Mr. Gabe Newell, Holly Turton and the Chalkeaters' choir. Enjoy and feel free to share your cover versions across the Internet!

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We are The Chalkeaters, the gaming music project based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. We make comedy songs and music videos about video games, gaming industry and related memes.

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“Count to Three” by
THE CHALKEATERS

Executive producer / songwriter:

Sound producer / lead arranger / engineer:

Arranger / guitars / choir production:

Lead artist / art director:

Lead animator / video composer:

Character animator:

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GLaDOS vocals: Ellen McLain (original voice of GLaDOS)
Alyx vocals: Holly Turton

Supporting arranger / piano: Dmitry Kovzel
Drums: Matias Menarguez
Trumpet: Bruno Brito
Saxophones: Weber Marely
Trombone: Felipe Coelho
Supporting artists: Hunternif, Koldan Grey, Freskovich, QuietVictories

Choir: Hineko, Vasya, Martie, Chaos Angel, tooi_cat, Venix, Walter, Dmitry Litvinov, Tsumikashi, Lenich, Ergy, Dmitry Kovzel, Nikdoge, Felya, Jerico, Choki, Finch under cover, BertyDahlia, Victor Bird

Mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Studios

Special thanks to:
Gabe Newell and Michael ‘Lewi’ Lewington for recording Gabe’s awesome cameo!
Erik Wolpaw for allowing us to use Valve’s characters for the video!
Jamie Lopez, Wendi Wills, Tom McGurk for helping us to get Ellen on board
Bill Van Buren for helping us with the GLaDOS voice
zhenya_hacker, Kizuru and Martie for being our favourite test subjects
Vasya, Nikita Dobrinskiy, Chaos Angel for great ideas and overall support

[amoralmarker]

I just realised how empty everything is... like a liminal space. Gives me the vibe of alone that both Portal and Half-Life give to the player

[STAT]

"Is this what you've been waiting for?"

YES

[Kunnoc]

Chell and Gordon's voiceover is so beautiful.

[arstoncas]

Finally someone filmed Valve's offices during the pandemic

[PantaroParatroopa]

One has to appreciate how the audience has no hesitation to say "Three". No repetition, no subversion, just going for it when the rhyme calls for it.

[katech]

Valve has finally counted to 3. steam deck will run Steam OS 3.0

[TheAdvertisement]

I love how the song constantly switches between jazz and electro-swing.

[teedeegremlin]

My favorite part is when the pop-corn vibes to the tune on its own.

[StupidWaluigi]

I love the detail in the background of getting rid of all of the Characters.
I also tried many ways in Adobe Audition to get a good instrumental of this so thank you!

[aj]

FUCK YEAH! NEW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FOR STUDY TIME

[playerpogg]

0:00 at first I didn't realize, but those two notes are from the Valve guy intro!

[lordcypher]

Imagine... Valve is waiting until they've made the third game for every one of their games. Then they release them all.

[imsleeping]

That time when all humans just died out and you're alone...

[crazybird]

This really helps me realize how ridiculously detailed the backgrounds are.

[nunoosorio]

This sounds like something Caravan Palace would make. In other words: good stuff.

[jinzotenebris]

Is this what you've been waiting for?
Say "One, two... and four"!
This time you're bound to count to
This time you're bound to count to
This time you're bound to count to
Guess what comes after
Hi again, I'm Gabe N
A fan of shooters, wizard of computers and a handsome man
(Your grandfather used to blather 'bout him a thousand years ago)
Wasn't easy keeping busy
Every season brings another reason not to make a game
(Oh, why bother, just another wasted day in the studio)
I had it all but tried new things, true
It didn't get us very far
Between controllers and machines you
Still picked a rusty old crowbar
Nobody sees beyond my sharming self
A soul that's never truly free
So, just for once, forget the summer sale
And give it up for Half-Life... Alyx
The valve's been stuck corroded by the money
Has not been oiled for years
We didn't even hope to see it running
But now you're bound to learn how to
But now you're bound to learn how to
This time you're bound to count to three!
This time you're bound to count to
This time you're bound to count to
This time you're bound to count to
Guess what's coming after
Well, here we are again
Except we're long forgotten
My circuits niggling up and down my spine
He said it's worth the wait
His weight keeps pressing harder
But Alyx gave us hope — we'll rise and shine!
For soulless card games and hardware releases
The light's been turning green
Life gave you lemons — take them out the freezer
This time you're bound to learn how to
This time you're bound to learn how to
This time you're bound to count
These numbers are intimidating
It's hard to give a fresh new start
When everyone's anticipating
Another masterpiece of art
If this machine keeps playing dead
We may end up on the other side
So hold on to all your hats
Let's show 'em a triple-A done right!
The valve's been stuck corroded by the money
But after many years
We can't believe the engine started running
This time he's bound to count to three!
Full steam ahead, we'll end this idle running
Let's give the valve a spin!
We've got some work to do, so take this, honey
This time you're bound to learn how to
This time you're bound to learn how to
This time you're bound to count to three

[silverflight]

I love that the popcorn is still there, even if the audience isn’t

[BrokenMRLT]

I have tried to actually sing along to it but it's f***ing hard. It's still a banger. I listened to the non instrumental version on repeat for almost an hour and the only reason I stopped is because my phone died. 😁

[zag]

the sheer amount of care put into this instrumental is insane, even better with all the references to all the game's OSTs.






also 1:06 is a more accurate example of how many people que for competitive

[smuggsly]

2:09 is the start of tf2 realistic pt 7