Just as his solo career took off, Loggins hooked up with former Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald to write this smash hit, a song that, despite its obvious charms, managed to fall just short of the Top 10 in 1980.
When they performed it, lead singer Art Alexakis would pick out girls from the audience and ask them to come up on stage and dance.
so my friends and I called 867-5309 in all known area codes and we never did contact Jenny. "For years, Tommy Tutone has used a story that there was a Jenny and she ran a recording studio. A lot of women have told me they use the name and number as a brush off, which I think is really great. You can even add a song to the list if it's not already here, as long as it's a song with Jenny in the title or lyrics. "Tim and his brother Richard are the Furs' foundation; Tim explains how they write and tells the story of "Pretty In Pink." When they performed it, lead singer Long before he was a governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger used the song on his Many women have used the fictional Jenny's telephone digits to brush off unwanted male attention.
They loved it, and as they've all grown up - it's a big extended family, they all have on their cell phones 5309, no matter what the prefix is, so all you need to know is what cousin Bob's prefix is. He can't work up the courage to call her, but thinks he can have her if he ever does. It made the song a lot more intriguing, but made life very difficult for people who had that number. Many businesses were interested in the number because it is so recognizable and easy to remember.Tommy Tutone originally told Alex that they'd only cut the song if he signed over all of his publishing royalties for the song to them. Angie from Ocean Springs, Ms I was 11 in 1982 and there was no caller i.d. It is presumably about Jenny of Oldstones, who, according to the tales, was acquainted with a woods witch. Other songs he's written include "In 1999, Brown University put in a campus exchange of "867." In 2006, he got his answer when shortly before his 64th birthday, he and Heather Mills separated.Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" tells the story of real people who were part of Andy Warhol's "factory," including Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others. More than one guy has gotten a girl's digits, only to discover they are 867-5309.During the the men's restroom scene in the 1982 "Coach Returns to Action" episode of Some forums can only be seen by registered members. He got a lot of media attention and bidding got up to $80,000 before Ebay canceled the auction, since phone numbers are not technically owned by their users. Many of them had to change it because they were flooded with prank calls, usually kids asking for "Jenny. Everclear also covered the song at some of their shows. The group, led by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller, originally called itself Tommy and the Two-Tones. Tommy Tutone is the name of the band, not the lead singer. A guy came up to me at one of my gigs - his family is from Florida and they had the number. The number 867-5309 went to two freshman girls who got about five prank calls a day.In 2004, after laws passed allowing people to keep their phone numbers when they changed carriers, a man in New York tried to sell the number 212-867-5309 on eBay.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Symphonion Dream; Lyrics: "Oh, little Jennifer, I'd give a penny for what you've got on your mind." We recommend you to check other playlists or our favorite music charts. This song is about a guy who gets Jenny's number off the bathroom wall. A lot of people who had it were really pissed off about it. They have also said it was inspired by a real girl who band member Tommy Heath met in a nightclub and 867-5309 was the phone number of her parents. Songs with a person's name in the title are quite common, but for this list we're only ranking the best songs about people named Jenny or Jennifer. Nick Lowe was one of their mentors, and brought Clover to England, where they played on Elvis Costello's first album, Alex Call continues to write songs and perform in the Nashville area. The chances of choosing a random 7-digit (telephone) number and finding that it is prime is about 13 out of 200 (about 6.5%).The Goo Goo Dolls often performed a cover of this at their concerts.