Hanging on the Telephone
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| “Hanging on the Telephone” | |||||
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| Single by Blondie from the album Parallel Lines |
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| B-side | 'Will Anything Happen' 'Fade Away And Radiate' |
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| Released | October 1978 (UK) December 1978 (US) |
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| Format | 7" Vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | 1978 | ||||
| Genre | New Wave | ||||
| Length | 2:17 | ||||
| Label | Chrysalis | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jack Lee | ||||
| Producer | Mike Chapman | ||||
| Certification | Silver (UK) | ||||
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| US edition of the "Hanging On Telephone" single with alternate cover art. | |||||
"Hanging on the Telephone" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. A 1960s-style song originally performed by The Nerves, the song is the opening track on Blondie's 1978 album, Parallel Lines. Many people are unaware that Blondie is not the original artist of the song, which was written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who 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 in both the US and the UK, eventually reaching number 5 in the UK in November 1978 as well as inspiring other cover versions.
[edit] Release history
- UK 7" (CHS 2266)
- "Hanging on the Telephone" (Jack Lee) – 2:17
- "Will Anything Happen" (Lee) – 2:55
- US 7" (CHS 2271)
- "Hanging on the Telephone" (Lee) – 2:17
- "Fade Away and Radiate" (Chris Stein) – 3:57
[edit] Chart Peaks
| Chart (1978) | Peak Position |
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| UK | 5 |
| Ireland | 16 |
| Netherlands | 21 |
| Australia | 39 |
| New Zealand | 43 |
[edit] Cover versions and appearances in other media
- In late 2005, an unreleased version of the song recorded by Cat Power was used for a Cingular commercial.
- This song can be heard in True Crime 2.
- 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.
- The song has also been covered by Alexi Laiho's Finnish extreme power metal band, Sinergy, on the album To Hell and Back.
- The master recording of the song is a downloadable track on Rock Band.
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