Hanging on the Telephone
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| "Hanging on the Telephone" | ||
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| Single by Blondie | ||
| from the album Parallel Lines | ||
| B-side(s) | 'Will Anything Happen' | |
| Released | 1978 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1978 | |
| Genre | Punk pop/New Wave | |
| Length | 2:17 | |
| Label | Chrysalis Records | |
| Writer(s) | Jack Lee | |
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |
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| Blondie singles chronology | ||
| "Picture This" (1978) |
Hanging on the Telephone (1978) |
"Heart of Glass" (1979) |
"Hanging on the Telephone" is a song originally performed by The Nerves, but popularized by Blondie, who put it as the lead-off track on their 1978 breakthrough album, Parallel Lines. The original is so obscure that many are unaware that Blondie is not the original artist, but it was written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who also placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release.
One of Blondie's best-known songs, the track was released as the second single off Parallel Lines, eventually reaching number 5 in the UK in November 1978 as well as inspiring countless other cover versions.
In late 2005, an unreleased version of the song recorded by Cat Power was used for a Cingular commercial. In 2006, both UK girl band Girls Aloud and Def Leppard released covers of the song, on a limited edition bonus disc to The Sound of Girls Aloud and on Yeah!, respectively.
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