I heard this 80ish - 90ish song playing this afternoon and wanted to followup on it. My goodle fu is weak as all I can get is Elvis Costello’s song. Not Duran Duran, but similar big atmospheric sound.
The refrain “less than zero” is repeated at least twice in the song.
This was my first thought also. I grew up in a town where someone had as their phone number XXX-0000 and they had that song on their answering machine…
We went to see The Fixx last summer - they were absolutely excellent, in spite of playing a half-full casino. I’d recommend them to anyone. They hung around and chatted and signed autographs afterwards, too.