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"867-5309/Jenny" is a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Keller's band Tommy Tutone. It was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2 (1981) through Columbia Records . It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Rock Top Tracks chart in April 1982.
Songs about telephone calls (108 P) Pages in category "Songs about telephones" ... You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
The song's title, "777-9311", was Prince guitarist Dez Dickerson's actual telephone number at the time the song was written. Once the song became a hit, the phone calls started coming in, and Dickerson ended up having to change his phone number.
The song became a hit again when it was covered by the pop duo the Carpenters in 1982. The song's title is derived from the now-defunct use of telephone exchange names in telephone numbers. In this case, the significant portions of the exchange name were the first two letters of "Beechwood" (BE), and the remainder of the number.
The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records in Manhattan ("area code 212" stated in the song), and the number of the White House switchboard (in the similar-sounding area code 202).
The song reached number one in Ireland, [43] number two in Sweden [44] and number three in Hungary. [45] In Australia and New Zealand, "Telephone" reached a peak of number 3, [46] [47] and it was certified eight times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 560,000 copies. [48] "
In 1977, the song reached number 1 in New Zealand and Canada. "Telephone Line" and Meri Wilson's "Telephone Man" were back-to-back on Hot 100's top 40 for two non-consecutive weeks in the summer of 1977. [10] As was the norm, many ELO singles were issued in different colours, but the US version of the single was the only green single ELO issued.