Chase & Status Feat. Moko

The recording appeared on Brand New Machine and reached its own single campaign in the same year. Within an album interested in several strands of dance music’s earlier history, this collaboration gives the featured voice an unusually direct role. The singer supplies both the melodic centre and much of the track’s authority.

The arrangement has room for the vocal to make a complete statement before the rhythm takes over more fully. That patience helps the larger passages feel like an extension of the song’s feeling rather than a separate club section.

The original release campaign included remixes by Steve Angello, Andy C and Nathan C. Those names suggest different rhythmic priorities, and the versions reveal how much of the track’s identity remains attached to Moko’s performance through those changes.

Her lower, weightier tone gives the melody a different colour from the lighter singing often heard in electronic pop. The production can remain bright and open because the voice supplies enough substance at the centre. “Count on Me” uses that balance to make a direct dance record feel inhabited by a particular person.