I wonder how many times this phone number had to be retired after the Tommy Tutone hit of 1981 ? And how many of their customers were named Jenny ?
Earworm of the day. You’re welcome.
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Cannot watch the video
http://vevo.ly/YsTGN7
Erika….try this one. ☺
Looks like Tommy Tutone is not appreciated over here, doesn’t work either… don’t bother, Van! 😉
That number doesn’t cross the ocean, I guess. ☺
Looks like… lol
OMG. I can’t believe this came right back into my head as soon as I saw the number. Ugh.
I know…Sorry ??? ☺
I think that when that song first came out if a person phoned the number it went to an answering service set up by the band or the record label or some such thing.
Well…that was a good idea. Hope that’s true. Great marketing. But the residuals for those who had the real phone #…ugh.
I’m sure if that happened now someone would be sued. Big time.
Ha! I wonder that too Van! ❤
Diana xo
I know this number as well as the one my family had for 50 years…lol.
No way!
Yep.
did you get a lot of prank calls???
That glottal stop is so 80’s…it’s a great video…
I agree…thanks, Rob.
Probably the same number that had Beechwood 45789…..remember that one?
Oh my..yes, I forgot about that one. ☺ “You can call me up and have a date….any old time”. Marvelettes ? Thanks, George
You got it…😊
I glanced at the post this morning on my way out. That song has been stuck in my brain all day! 🙂
Sorry about that, Diana. ☺ Well…almost.
Better than the theme song from Spiderman, which the overlord sang all day 🙂
You have my sympathy. lol ☺
My daughter and I just heard this in the car a couple days ago. She started singing, I changed the channel. She asked, in an almost shocked tone, “you don’t like that song?!” Uh, no. Since my name is Jenny I have heard that song played, hummed, whistled, sang by good singers and bad, strangers just meeting me for the first time, karaoke, ugh, you name it. As I told her, you can only hear a song like that so many times before you’d rather pull out your own hair. Lol If I had a dime, blah blah blah… Lol
(This also applies to any popular Forest Gump quotes – even though I do like that movie).
I feel your pain in these words, Jenny. But, it is a catchy tune. Did you ever go by Jennifer ?
Nope, no Jennifer here. My given name is Jenny. I got lucky though, my Granny wanted to name me Virginia. Thankfully my mom nixed that. Lol Most of my first 21 years of life were lived in VA, that would have been not fun lol
Oh, my. You’re probably so right about Virginia. ☺
When I was a kid I was told that you could call that number and there was a voicemail from the band. Has anyone ever verified this?
It’s so funny that this would come up today as I saw a post on Facebook about an incredible magician turning over cards to music. The cards were the number in the song. Of course 8675309 came up. I hadn’t thought of that song in years. I love the synchronicities on blogging sites.
Hi Joanne. That voicemail from the band came up here in the comments above. Not sure if verified, but what a fun idea. I, too, love the synchronicity. Thanks for visiting. ☺ Van
I didn’t notice someone else wrote about the voicemail also. Maybe it’s true?!
Maybe so. I still wonder about those in various area codes that may have reaped the “benefits” of having that phone number. ☺
I had a real, live conversation with Tommy Tutone last summer, Van. I was thrilled. He was cool. We talked about when he used to put pocket change on our needle arms so our old records wouldn’t skip. He said his teenage son plays albums now. The next night I saw him concert, and he still rocks!
we used to. Not he. You get my typos …
Ah…the old “weight on the stylus”…we all did that. How cool that he still performs. I honestly don’t know any of his other songs, though. He must be sick of this phone number ! ☺
He must be really sick of it, until the monthly royalty check from the radio airplay comes, Van. 🙂 They played songs from their new allbum that night, and the theme of it was cover songs done in the style of bands that didn’t play the original. In other words, an Eagles song played in the style of Led Zeppelin … it was odd but interesting!