Add It Up

"Add It Up"
Song

"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:

I was in my bedroom -- that's where I wrote it -- feeling frustrated. I had nowhere to go and nothing to do. It just happened to feel good lyrically . . . and it still does.

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.
• Used in Season 3, Episode 1 of The 100 in an opening road-trip scene
• On Season 3, Episode 9 of Portlandia, Alexandra does a botched version of the song at an open-mic night.

External links

• "Add it up" - group interview