Dear Maria, Count Me In

"Dear Maria, Count Me In" is a song by the American rock band All Time Low. The song is from their second studio album So Wrong, It's Right. It was released May 6, 2008, through Hopeless Records as the album's second single. The song became the band's first to chart on a Billboard chart, reaching No. 86 on the Pop 100, and had a music video that aired frequently on MTV. The commercial success of the song contributed to All Time Low's greater success with their follow-up album Nothing Personal in 2009. In 2011, the song was certified Gold by the RIAA for reaching 500,000 sales, and later Platinum in 2015 for reaching 1,000,000 units consumed. Since its release, it has been considered a pop-punk classic. The song was featured in the first episode of the TV show Stoked, chosen by show-creators Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch. In January 2021, the song went viral on TikTok, also appearing on Spotify’s “Viral Hits” playlist. The song first gained major traction on the app when a user posted a video of himself listening to the song in the car and declaring: "Mom, it was never a phase, it’s a lifestyle!" This started the viral "it’s not a phase" trend, which saw users quote the line while listening to "Dear Maria, Count Me In" to emphasize their continued appreciation for the pop punk and emo pop of the 2000s. The song gained further notice when users began to argue that it sounded similar to the songs often used in the title sequences of popular anime. This song also appeared in Guitar Hero 5 DLC and Rock Band 4 DLC.