"Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" is the tenth track on the album eMOTIVe by the American rock band A Perfect Circle. While the rest of the album is filled with covers of songs by earlier artists such as John Lennon, "War Drums" is often regarded as a remix of "Pet", from the previous album, Thirteenth Step. However, on the aMOTION DVD commentary, Maynard James Keenan states that it is a second part of "Pet", a continuation. While the former refers to addiction, "War Drums" focuses on a political agenda. Mixed by Danny Lohner, the music is completely electronic and without any guitars, unlike "Pet". The song was used in trailers for the films Fantastic Four (2005) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), the launch trailer for the video game Rage (2011) and ads for the TV series Missing (2012).
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