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Tommy Tutone — 867-5309 (Jenny)
Album: Tommy Tutone
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Released: 1982
Length: 3:01
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Most people in my time share condo went outside to get some air during this song.
Posted 12 years ago by steventylersqa    [ Reply ]
OMG...are you serious?? This song sucked when it came out and now it's 10X worse. And worse you're playing it on rp. Totally bummed and tuning out until you get back on track. 
 
Posted 12 years ago by grudy    [ Reply ]
 edbollix wrote:
This song has withstood the test of time in my world. It's always been my voice mail password at work.
 
Your bank account too?? Innocent
Posted 12 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
junior high flashback...
Posted 12 years ago by ofanansky    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

Nice plug for the Listener Review Channel — see LRC/Upload tab in upper right corner of this window.  There's good and bad, and you get to VOTE on what gets moved to the main channel.  I spend days on end listening over there.

 
Thanks for the info! I didn't know about this previously.

Posted 12 years ago by drsteevo    [ Reply ]
This song has withstood the test of time in my world. It's always been my voice mail password at work.
Posted 12 years ago by edbollix    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:
Local AC repair company stole this phone number and uses it in their ads.
 

Genius!

Posted 12 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
Tommy Tutone headlines, Stevie Ray Vaugn opens...hmmmm?
1982, Lowell Michigan. 

Posted 12 years ago by tpowers    [ Reply ]
You can save money as the cash register when the cashier asks you for your discount card.  Say you don't have your card and ask to enter your phone number instead.  Then, key in your area code + 867-5309.  Turns out, a good number of folks apply for discount cards using this iconic number rather than their real number.

To wit, Tommy Tutone, the spawn of thousands of prank calls!
Posted 12 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
Oh - I see what Bill did there! That Man ends with a phone number....clever
Posted 12 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
When is 1982 when you need it?
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 i4niblind wrote:
There's never a reason to completely mute/turn off RP.  If a song comes on that annoys you (this one in my case), just switch over to the listener review channel.  There are tons of hidden gems on that feed.
 
Nice plug for the Listener Review Channel — see LRC/Upload tab in upper right corner of this window.  There's good and bad, and you get to VOTE on what gets moved to the main channel.  I spend days on end listening over there.

Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
"I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed." {#Lol}

I've always loved that line.
Posted 12 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
this would pair nicely with some Del Fuegos
Posted 12 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
PLEASE get this number out of my head
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]

Giving this an 8.....655309  just because I'm an older guy and think its fun.

 

/also use to dial to irritate the heck out of who ever had it.


Posted 12 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Local AC repair company stole this phone number and uses it in their ads.
Posted 12 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
Wonder if this is Forrest Gump's Jenny?

Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

 
Ehh...I like it.
Posted 12 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
Now that was a swift segue!!!!
:-) 
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Hahahaha hilarious transition, Bill.
Posted 12 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]

If you ever forget your Safeway Discount Card, just use (your area code) 867-5309, it works every time. . . 


Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol} hearing this on RP!

Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
now i have to spend my lunch getting eyeball replacement surgery after spontaneously gouging them out!
Posted 15 years ago by ecclissi    [ Reply ]
Hey, aren't they copying the chord structure from Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere?"

Z, with tongue in cheek.

{#Iamwithstupid}
Posted 15 years ago by zaedrus    [ Reply ]
exactly; guilty pleasure. 
Posted 15 years ago by Ljenny    [ Reply ]
I'm wondering if Bill was watching VH1s 'One Hit Wonders of the 80s' over the weekend.....we had "She Blinded me With Science;' earlier this morning and now this. Not that I'm complaining......good stuff!


Posted 15 years ago by ICHawk    [ Reply ]
OMG!  {#Lol} 

I thought I was in high school again.....

Posted 15 years ago by SantaFeGrace    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]
Shit ...my bandana's at the cleaners.

Great early MTV period piece.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 bknv wrote:
Please don't play crap like this.
 
+1

Posted 15 years ago by widespot    [ Reply ]
JENNY!
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Hahahaha, love this song! It's a guilty pleasure.
Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
Please don't play crap like this.
Posted 15 years ago by bknv    [ Reply ]
Bill, you're slipping. The correct segue from Jenny Don't Be Hasty is to a Tommy Tutone song other than this one. Going straight to this one is too "on the nose".
Posted 15 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
When I was in college, back in the day, Tommy played our campus. He decided to "rub elbows" with the students, and came out to a  party.

Everything went great, until he followed a couple of girls into the loo. He had been a bit of a "handful" already, and this was the "final straw".

Yep, he got his ass kicked. We still played his song at parties, though. It was/is a great song, even if its singer was (is?) a major prick.

Good times! {#Dance}{#War} {#Chillpill}


Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
 somli wrote:
Bill, I see you are staying current with the news!
 
Funny. A little meat on the bone...a DJ in northern Jersey and his roommates went and got the number for their house and were getting 30-40 calls a day for Jenny. He's selling the number on eBay. Great tune.

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
What a coincidence. Today I stepped to this blog post which caled mi attention.
Then I start the radio...and this song´s on!!!

Woa...creepy...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/01/867-5309/

Check the story about that phone number...it´s interesting.

Greetings from Argentina to everyone listening to RP.
buda
Posted 15 years ago by budaloco    [ Reply ]
I heard this number just came available on e-bay.  Seems a group got it cause they thought it would be funny but get 30-40 calls per day from people just trying it out.  Funny.
Posted 15 years ago by Seahunt    [ Reply ]
Bill, I see you are staying current with the news!
Posted 15 years ago by somli    [ Reply ]
Great college nostalgia!  (For me anyway).
Posted 15 years ago by zogma    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
I have to admit... I love this song...  just get up and dance!

There is no need to sound like you are confessing some terrible crime!!  This is a fun tune, and it never fails to draw a chuckle out of me.  I always try to walk in the other guy's shoes, trying to imagine what it is in a particular song that could possibly justify all the bellyaching.  I never find an answer...  other than that they probably had a bad day, and want to ruin yours, too!  Just don't let them...  give them the raspberry instead!  {#Nyah}

Posted 16 years ago by Aegean    [ Reply ]
There's never a reason to completely mute/turn off RP.  If a song comes on that annoys you (this one in my case), just switch over to the listener review channel.  There are tons of hidden gems on that feed.
Posted 16 years ago by i4niblind    [ Reply ]
Nice segue.....two Jennys for the price of one.    {#Dance}
Posted 16 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Catchy but BAD
Posted 16 years ago by ord_mike    [ Reply ]
 kvmrdj wrote:

Though these songs are terrible, they aren't great.  As a Jenny I wish something in the contemporaty genre with my name could come along the caliber as Nat Cole's "Portrait of Jenny"    Ideas?


 
Jennifer Juniper, by Donovan (Leitch). You've probably heard it on the oldies stations. Nice song, not on the level of Nat Cole perhaps, but still way classier than Tommy Tutone.

Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
nice story, thanks.  Couldn't hear the entire song though, but the message is clear enough. 
If interested, go to:  https://cbs11tv.com/local/Jenny.Jenny.the.2.804653.html
Posted 16 years ago by kvmrdj    [ Reply ]
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Posted 16 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
oops, meant to say aren't terrible {#Redface}
Posted 16 years ago by kvmrdj    [ Reply ]

Though these songs are terrible, they aren't great.  As a Jenny I wish something in the contemporaty genre with my name could come along the caliber as Nat Cole's "Portrait of Jenny"    Ideas?


Posted 16 years ago by kvmrdj    [ Reply ]
Great to hear this one again. Trying not to sing along. Coworkers think I'm weird enough as it is. ;-)
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
{#Snooty}
Posted 16 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
 rah wrote:
Awesome segue from the Paolo Nutini song!
 


Fun to hear this in the mix on RP, even if it is still played on commercial radio.  
Posted 16 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Radio Nowhere...
Posted 16 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
always thought this a great tune! highly under-rated
Posted 16 years ago by bonnielynn    [ Reply ]
Should the follow up be Mike Doughty's "27 Jennifers" ?

Posted 16 years ago by jadedragon    [ Reply ]
Really now?  I expect Turning Japanese by the Vapors next!

Posted 16 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
oh hell.  no way.
Posted 16 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Awesome segue from the Paolo Nutini song!
Posted 16 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Holy Zappa.  What station is this?  And I'm first to comment.  Wow, that is some way back machine ju-ju. 

Posted 16 years ago by Tree_Hugger    [ Reply ]