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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.
Tommy Tutone is an American power pop band, known for its 1981 song "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and occasional keyboardist is Tommy Heath. He is the only active original member currently touring as Tommy Tutone.
Tommy Tutone 2 is the second album by rock band Tommy Tutone, released in 1981.It features its biggest hit, "867-5309/Jenny".The first two albums by the band were re-released by the Collectable label as a two-albums-on-one-CD release in 1997.
Jim Keller is an American musician, producer, [1] manager, publisher, and composer whose work in the music business spans more than 40 years. He was the co-founder, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter for the American rock band Tommy Tutone based in San Francisco, California, and was co-writer of that band's most famous single, 867-5309/Jenny.
Tommy Tutone's hit 1982 song "867-5309/Jenny" identifies a working number in many area codes which continue to receive large numbers of calls asking for "Jenny" decades later. [ 3 ] In the 1992 film Sneakers , the NSA agent Mary gives her telephone number as (415) 273-9164.
Now with Bruce’s daughter Jenny engaged, Bruce is brainstorming how to top his performance at her wedding — maybe a parody of the Tommy Tutone song “867-5309?” Bruce doesn’t get stage ...
At the airport bar, Brian gets drunk and, when Stewie comes to find him, their unattended bags are stolen, with the plane tickets inside. They stop at a decrepit motel, where Stewie tries calling home, but fails because he believes the phone number is 867-5309. The next day, they have to escape their room and hotwire a car due to their credit ...
Tommy Tutone's song "867-5309/Jenny" [13] and the cinematic release of Bruce Almighty displaying 776-2323 as a number to call God [14] both led to misdialed calls in multiple area codes. God's number was changed to 555-0123 in the video release of the movie. [ 15 ]