"Counting Every Minute" is a pop-dance song written by Stock Aitken Waterman for Sonia's debut studio album Everybody Knows (1990).

Released in late March 1990 as the album's fourth single, it reached number 16 in United Kingdom, thus providing Sonia's fourth top 20 single from a same album, which made the singer the first female UK artist to achieve this feat.

To Gary James of Entertainment Focus, "SAW added hints of New Jack Swing with their trademark bubblegum pop" in "Counting Every Minute", adding that the song is his "favourite" from the album.

[4] On the overall Eurochart Hot 100 compiled by the Music & Media magazine, it started at number 98 on 14 April 1990, reached a peak of number 41 three weeks later and fell off the top 100 after six weeks of presence.

[5] It also appeared for two weeks on the European Airplay Top 50, with a peak at number 36 on 12 May.