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Subject: rock music
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: rwe-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 08 Dec 2005 14:09 PST
Expires: 07 Jan 2006 14:09 PST
Question ID: 603365
What rock song contains the phrase "jelly, jelly, who should I turn to ?"

Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 08 Dec 2005 14:24 PST
Could the lyrics be "Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?"

Please let me know if this is your song:

http://www.letssingit.com/?/tommy-tutone-8675309-jenny-vcs7dgp.html

Clarification of Question by rwe-ga on 11 Dec 2005 19:20 PST
That is the correct song. Thanks.
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Subject: Re: rock music
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 11 Dec 2005 20:13 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
I'm glad to have been able to help you identify your song as Tommy
Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny." This is one of my favorite '80s songs.

Here's an article about an unusual side-effect of the song:

"The 1980s produced a number of one-hit wonders, including the
infamous Tommy Tutone and its 1982 hit song 'Jenny (867-5309).' This
San Francisco band led by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller doesn't appear to
have made much of a mark on the music world, and it likely wouldn't
now be remembered were it not for the furor raised by its use of a
phone number in its one memorable song...

'Jenny (867-5309)' caused nothing but grief for telephone customers
unlucky enough to have that combination of numbers as their own. Its
relentless chorus, 'Jenny don't change your number - eight six seven
five three oh nah-eeh-ah-ine,' pounded the phone number into the minds
of teenagers everywhere, resulting in waves of kids dialing it and
asking for Jenny. The joke quickly became old for those who had the
number and weren't interested in talking to horny teens. Even as
recently as 1999, phone customers unlucky enough to have been assigned
an 867-5309 number were still getting plenty of crank calls."

Snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages: Jenny 867-5309 
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.asp

You can listen to the song here:

iOscars: 8675309
http://www.ioscars.net/pages/8675309.html

And here's a bargain-priced CD:

Amazon: 867-5309/Jenny
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009N1VO

My Google Search Strategy: "tommy tutone" "jenny jenny"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22tommy+tutone%22+%22jenny+jenny%22

I hope this is helpful. If anything is unclear or incomplete, please
request clarification; I'll gladly offer further assistance before you
rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud
rwe-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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