Add It Up

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"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

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.

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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 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.
Canadian singer Shawn Mendes performed a cover of the song during the season 3 premiere of The 100, "Wanheda: Part One", which aired on January 21, 2016. In the episode, Mendes's character plays the piano and sings a soulful version of the song for the Sky People, at Raven's (Lindsey Morgan) request. A music video for the cover was released by The CW. Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie responded positively to the rendition through the band's official Facebook page, saying "It's a testament to the universality expressed in [the song] that it can be resurrected with a different result even after 35 years and still sound current."
The song is used in a drunken karaoke scene in Love, Simon