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“867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone

From the album Tommy Tutone 2 (1981)

“867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone appears on 27 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1981 on the album Tommy Tutone 2. Its best result is #54 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 alternative song of 1982 and #3,617 alternative song of all time.

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18stations
#54best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"867-5309/Jenny" is the power-pop earworm that turned a phone number into a national prank, pulled from Tommy Tutone 2 on Columbia in 1981. Alex Call and lead guitarist Jim Keller wrote it, Tommy Heath sings it with a lovesick bark over chiming guitars, and Keller co-produced with Chuck Plotkin, with John Cowsill chipping in percussion and backing vocals.

Just who Jenny was depends on who's telling it. Keller claimed friends scrawled her name and number in a bar's men's room, and that he dialed on a dare and ended up dating her; Heath's version has the digits coming from a girl of his acquaintance, jotted on a motel bathroom wall for a laugh. Either way, the joke got loose: the song set off a craze of callers ringing 867-5309 to ask for Jenny.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 214 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 327 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
2001 707 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 348 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 1492 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1579 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2012 244 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 489 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2016 167 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2020 1015 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 642 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 147 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 346 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 240 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 246 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 475 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 623 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 472 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 327 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 465 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 456 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 465 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 403 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 807 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 117 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 442 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: 867-5309 (Jenny); 867-5309 / Jenny; 867-5309/ Jenny; 8675309 Jenny.

Charting alongside it in 1982

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  4. 4Promised You a MiracleSimple Minds
  5. 5TemptationNew Order
  6. 6I Ran (So Far Away)A Flock of Seagulls

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