# Hello? Songs about phones/phone calls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263 "2019-07-18T17:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/1 "2019-07-18T17:14:43Z")
What are songs that are about telephones or phone calls? Some obvious examples: ELO - Telephone Line Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny Blondie - Call Me Lady Gaga - Telephone The Orlons - Don’t Hang Up The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville Others? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/2 "2019-07-18T17:18:28Z")
Adele - Hello ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/3 "2019-07-18T17:22:28Z")
Jim Croce _Operator_ > [@](#): > > Operator, well could you help me place this call? > Well, I can’t read the number that you just gave me > There’s something in my eyes, you know it happens every time > I think about a love that I thought would save me ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/4 "2019-07-18T17:29:46Z")
Chuck Berry - Marie England Dan & John Ford Cody - I’d Really Love to See You Tonight ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/5 "2019-07-18T17:33:27Z")
I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder I was going to say Lionel Ritchie’s Hello, but it’s not about an actual phone call. Just Lionel wondering where the love of his life is. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/6 "2019-07-18T17:39:42Z")
[Memphis, Tennessee](https://songs-tube.net/222200-George%20Thorogood-Memphis%2C%20Tennessee.html) By George Thorogood ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/7 "2019-07-18T17:41:52Z")
The Kinks - [Party Line](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pSbUEdTyW8) The Bad Examples - [Statue By My Phone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQQ7iW72RE) Paul McCartney & Wings - [Call Me Back Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJnUIEvLYMc) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/8 "2019-07-18T17:42:53Z")
Wilson Pickett: [634-5789](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUNkVsx1-s) > [@](#): > > If you need a little lovin’ > Call on me…(alright) > If you want a little huggin’ > Call on me baby…(mmhmm) > Oh I’ll be right here at home > All you gotta do is pick up > Your telephone and dial now > > 6-3-4-5-7-8-9 (That’s my number!) > 6-3-4-5-7-8-9 The Turtles: [Happy Together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XIsNBrK99o) > [@](#): > > If I should call you up > Invest a dime > And you say you’re the one to me > And ease my mind > Imagine how the world could be > So very fine > So happy together ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/9 "2019-07-18T17:44:06Z")
“Telephone” from Shelby Lynne; _“…I never really thought you would answer. Now it’s a big blown up thing. I wish you hadn’t been at home when the telephone rang.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/10 "2019-07-18T17:44:19Z")
[Meri Wilson - Telephone Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahswYBewb0) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/11 "2019-07-18T17:45:12Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [Memphis, Tennessee](https://songs-tube.net/222200-George%20Thorogood-Memphis%2C%20Tennessee.html) By George Thorogood Which is the actual title of the song written and originally recorded by Chuck Berry I mentioned in my earlier post. ETA: And of course there’s a [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_telephone_calls) for this. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/12 "2019-07-18T17:46:40Z")
Dr. Hook: [Sylvia’s Mother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPrixYOTNHw) > [@](#): > > Sylvia’s mother says, ‘Sylvia’s busy > Too busy to come to the phone’ > Sylvia’s mother says, ‘Sylvia’s tryin’ > To start a new life of her own’ > Sylvia’s mother says, ‘Sylvia’s happy > So why don’t you leave her alone?’ > > And the operator says, ‘40 cents more for the next 3 minutes’ > Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her > I’ll only keep her a while > Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/13 "2019-07-18T17:50:01Z")
[Answering Machine](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=answering+machine+lyric+rupert+holmes), Rupert Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/14 "2019-07-18T17:53:44Z")
Glen Campbell: [Wichita Lineman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU) > [@](#): > > I hear you singing in the wire > I can hear you through the whine > And the Wichita lineman > Is still on the line I’m not sure it’s about a phone call, but it’s certainly about phones. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/15 "2019-07-18T17:55:37Z")
It Must Be Him – Vikki Carr I tell myself don’t be a chump Who cares, let him stay away That’s when the phone rings and I jump And as I grab the phone I pray Let it please be him, oh dear God It must be him or I shall die Or I shall die Oh hello, hello my dear God It must be him but it’s not him And then I die That’s when I die ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/16 "2019-07-18T17:56:50Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/17 "2019-07-18T18:00:33Z")
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe “Hey, I just met you and this is crazy But here’s my number, so call me maybe It’s hard to look right at you baby But here’s my number, so call me maybe” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/18 "2019-07-18T18:12:11Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > [Answering Machine](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=answering+machine+lyric+rupert+holmes), Rupert Holmes The Replacements - [Answering Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4QYJG8AxSw) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/19 "2019-07-18T18:14:30Z")
Party Line - the Kinks I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder Say My Name - Destiny’s Child The Telephone Call - Kraftwerk Star 69 - R.E.M. Hotline Bling - Drake Appelle mon numéro - Mylène Farmer 6060-842 -B-52s Clouds Across the Moon - The RAH Band ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/20 "2019-07-18T18:14:51Z")
Huey Lewis and the News - _If This Is It_ “I’ve been phoning, at night and morning.” The Stampeders - _Hit the Road, Jack_ The caller is pouring out his lament over the phone to Wolfman Jack. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263.md?page=2)