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.
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Numbers
- 061: "061" by The Grid
- 06-53931302: "Ringtone (06-53931302)" by Alain Clark
- 234-5789: "Beechwood 4-5789" by The Marvelettes (notable cover by The Carpenters)
- 236-6132: "236-6132" by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
- 244-6200: "BIGELOW 6-200" by Brenda Lee
- 26580: "2-6-5-8-0" - Kim Wilde
- 382-6809: "Echo Valley 2-6809" by The Partridge Family
- 411: "What's the 411?" by Mary J. Blige
- 555-4475: "555-GIRL" by Goin' Places
- 567-7203: "Lonesome 7-7203" by Hawkshaw Hawkins
- 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
- 634-5789: "634-5789" by Ry Cooder
- 736-5000: "Pennsylvania 6-5000" by Glenn Miller
- 777-9311: "777-9311" by The Time
- 842-3089: "842-3089 (Call my Name)" by Kinks
- 853-5937: "853-5937" by Squeeze
- 867-5309: "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
- 911: "911 is a Joke" by Public Enemy(covered by Duran Duran)
- 976-2277: "976-BASS" by Bass Erotica
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. 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 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.
- 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.
See also
- 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 (http://www.dialabc.com/motion/keypads.html)
- Privateline.com: Telephone History (http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory3A/numbers.html)
- TENProject: Telephone EXchange Name Project (main) (http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html)
- TENProject: Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names (http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html)