List of songs whose title includes a phone number
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This article lists song titles that either are or contain telephone numbers within them. Since many such song titles include word mnemonics, each entry should include the full telephone number (in bold) that the song describes, followed by the actual title and artist. The list does not include songs which have been modified for the purposes of advertisements, for which lyrics including a telephone number are common.
Numbers
- BEechwood 4-5789: (234-5789) by The Marvelettes (notable cover by The Carpenters)
- BIgelow-6200: (246-200) by Brenda Lee
- ECho Valley 2-6809: (322-6809) by The Partridge Family
- LOnesome 7-7203: (567-7203) by Hawkshaw Hawkins
- DI1-9026: (341-9026) - Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
- PEnnsylvania 6-5000: (736-5000) by Glenn Miller (New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave., 212/736-5000, www.hotelpenn.com still exists at this number)
- 002 345 709: "002 345 709 (that's my number)" by Trinity (band)
- 061: "061" by The Grid
- 06-53931302: "Ringtone (06-53931302)" by Alain Clark
- 1-800: "1-800-Sleazorama" by The 69 Eyes
- 212-8506: "2-12-85-06" by Aquarium
- 22339: "22339" by Blancmange
- 236-6132: "236-6132" by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
- 2441139:"2441139"- A Bangla song composed and performed by Anjan Dutta
- 254 13 26: "254.13.26" by the Spanish group Mecano
- 272-5035: "272-5035" by Canadian Rock Band, Toronto
- 26580: "2-6-5-8-0" - Kim Wilde
- 3699-2230: "3699-2230" by Joaquín Sabina
- 411: "What's the 411?" by Mary J. Blige
- 493-1023: "493-1023" by Aslyn
- 54-46: "54-46 (That's my number)" by Toots and the Maytals
- 555-4475: "555-GIRL" by Goin' Places
- 5705: "5.7.0.5" by City Boy
- 606-0842: "6060-842" by the B-52's
- 634-5789: "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" by Wilson Pickett, Ry Cooder
- (646): "(646)" by The WoWz
- 666-6666: "666-6666" by Corky and the Juice Pigs
- 777-9311: "777-9311" by The Time
- 842-3089: "842-3089 (Call my Name)" by The Kinks
- 853-5937: "853-5937" by Squeeze
- 854-3028: "Girly Cell Phone Number (854-3028)" by Darkbuster
- 867-5309: "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
- 911: "911" by Wyclef Jean and Mary J. Blige; "911 is a Joke" by Public Enemy (covered by Duran Duran)
- 956-2789: "95-NASTY" by W.A.S.P.
- 976-2277: "976-BASS" by Bass Erotica
- 234-5678: "234-5678" by the Brazilian rapper Gabriel Pensador
- 976: "976" by Eazy E in "radio"
Notes
- The old mnemonic system used in the early- to mid-20th century in the U.S. took the first two letters of a word and mapped them into two numbers. The notation used for the original "named exchanges" capitalised the first two letters as the only in the exchange name to actually be dialed; in the years leading up to direct long-distance dialing, numbers originally formatted in LIberty9-9999 format became LI9-9999 and then 549-9999 (for example) in preparation for the addition of a prepended area code. The length of numbers, often four or five digits in smaller communities, was also standardised in North America. For easy translation, here are the numbers for each letter (using the modern ITU E 1.161 system that has all the earlier letters in the same place, but adds the Q and Z that were omitted from old telephone dials):
- * ABC: 2
- * DEF: 3
- * GHI: 4
- * JKL: 5
- * MNO: 6
- * PQRS: 7
- * TUV: 8
- * WXYZ: 9
- The North American Numbering Plan reserves a portion of the exchange prefix 555- for use in fictitious telephone numbers, in an attempt to prevent the problems caused by the use of real numbers in films, television, or music. The 555- exchange originally contained the directory/information number 555-1212 and little else, allowing a block of fictitious numbers to be reserved across multiple area codes.
- Song titles from other countries may use different keypad mnemonics to spell out phone numbers. The number listed for each song should reflect the expected use.
- The band 999 was named after the British emergency telephone number (the counterpart to US 911).
- The band 000 (Nolla Nolla Nolla) of Finland was named after the old (then actual) Finnish emergency telephone number. [link]
See also
- List of songs with numbers in the title
- List of songs whose title includes dates and times
- List of songs whose title includes geographical names
- List of songs whose title includes personal names
- Lists of songs
External links
- [DialABC: Phone Key Pads]
- [Privateline.com: Telephone History]
- [TENProject: Telephone EXchange Name Project (main)]
- [TENProject: Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names]
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