# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/21 "2019-07-18T18:15:49Z")
[Pennsylvania 6-5000](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_muFwwTSMs). Also [Beechwood 4-5789](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us18AUBM2RI). Both use the old fashioned named exchanges. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/22 "2019-07-18T18:16:37Z")
Travis Tritt - [Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QD8yLlAfs) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/23 "2019-07-18T18:23:06Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s3KeiPjbgcE/hqdefault.jpg "Don't Call Us We'll Call You- Sugarloaf- 1975") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KeiPjbgcE) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/24 "2019-07-18T18:23:47Z")
All Alone By The Telephone - by Irving Berlin Hello! Ma Baby - Al Jolson ---
**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, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/25 "2019-07-18T18:26:28Z")
Squeeze - [853-5937](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0iT7egdd4) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/26 "2019-07-18T18:31:50Z")
[Phone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZzn-KxeRI) by Lizzo (about losing your phone) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/27 "2019-07-18T18:37:38Z")
Blondie - [Hanging On the Telephone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8) Jimmy Buffett - [If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woXyx_QLgu0) Jimmy Buffett - [Everybody’s On the Phone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ94BLzZm9c) ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/28 "2019-07-18T18:38:31Z")
[Another Rainy Night (Without You)](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/queensryche/anotherrainynight.html), Queensryche ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/29 "2019-07-18T18:39:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 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” The ending of the video is hilarious. 😃 [Call me maybe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic) She’s been trying to get the attention of a cute guy during the whole video. At the end, he gives his number to a guy in her band, and she has the best WTF?? expression. 😃 My contribution to the thread is [Payphone by Maroon 5.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaWnd3LJfs) ---
**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, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/30 "2019-07-18T18:41:03Z")
[The Telephone Hour](https://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/byebyebirdie/thetelephonehour.htm), from Bye Bye Birdie ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/31 "2019-07-18T18:50:27Z")
Robert Cray - [Phone Booth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMdGqfrT7Ro) I’m in a phone booth, baby Number scratched on the wall I’m in a phone booth, baby Number scratched on the wall I’m new in Chicago Got no one else to call ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/32 "2019-07-18T19:02:13Z")
[Georgia Satellites, Keep Your Hands to Yourself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMFMf9cN64U) Darlin’ (I’m feeling kinda lonesome, I’d call you on the phone some…) [Bette Midler, Mr. Rockefeller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfWrbwDNG8) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/33 "2019-07-18T19:14:26Z")
Todd Rundgren, Hello It’s Me ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/34 "2019-07-18T19:22:28Z")
[Girlschool - Emergency](https://youtu.be/FbR2eczApEI?t=19) is excellent but I prefer this cover version: [Motörhead - Emergency](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjisSJmKffc) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/35 "2019-07-18T19:27:02Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > ELO - Telephone Line And, their sort-of sequel to it: [Calling America](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_XsOUC9s0) Also: Primitive Radio Gods – [Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJxFAoiWSY) (only one mention of a call in the lyrics, but gets special credit for the title 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/36 "2019-07-18T19:27:44Z")
Beck - _Cellphone’s Dead_ It might be about a phone, but who can tell with those lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/37 "2019-07-18T19:43:14Z")
The Kinks - _Long Distance_ Cheap Trick - _She’s Tight_ > [@](#): > > I got the number and it starts to ring > I get excited and I start to dream > I start to fantasize of memory lane > Then she answers and she says right way > She says “I’m home on my own, home all alone” > So I got off the phone The Knack - _Good Girls Don’t_ > [@](#): > > So you call her on the phone > To talk about the teachers that you hate. > And she says she’s all alone, > And her parents won’t be coming home til late. And while the lyrics are not about a phone call, the last minute or so of Pink Floyd’s _Young Lust_ features a phone call. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/38 "2019-07-18T19:48:11Z")
Telephone Song - Stevie Ray (and Jimmie) Vaughan [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s3KeiPjbgcE/hqdefault.jpg "Don't Call Us We'll Call You- Sugarloaf- 1975") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KeiPjbgcE) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/39 "2019-07-18T19:58:18Z")
Deee-Lite - Call Me I mostly remember this because a friend and I used to make fun of this terrible lyric: “You can call me any time On my hello happy line.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263/40 "2019-07-18T20:05:03Z")
Chuck Berry’s “Promised Land”: _… Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia Tidewater four ten O nine Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin’ And the poor boy’s on the line._ Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Operator, Information (Get Me Jesus on the Line)” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-songs-about-phones-phone-calls/837263.md?page=3)