Mr. Telephone Man
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| Single by New Edition from the album New Edition |
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| Released | November 28, 1984 | ||||
| Format | Cassette single, CD single, Vinyl single | ||||
| Recorded | 1984 | ||||
| Genre | R&B/Pop | ||||
| Length | 3.58 | ||||
| Label | MCA | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ray Parker Jr. | ||||
| Producer | Ray Parker Jr. | ||||
| Certification | — | ||||
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"Mr. Telephone Man" is a 1984 song by R&B/Pop group New Edition, and is the second single from their eponymous second album, New Edition.
[edit] Overview
"Mr. Telephone Man" included lead vocals from Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell and Bobby Brown with a rap by Michael Bivins and was written for the group by smooth R&B singer-songwriter Ray Parker, Jr.
The song discusses how the narrator tries reaching for his girlfriend by phone but no one answers or "I get a click every time" and tries in vain to ask the telephone operator to help him out "Please operator, see what you can do, I dialed the right number, but I still couldn't get through, could you check the line one more time if you can, I'm pretty sure her phone won't be answered by no man!" The single reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and was the group's third number-one single on the R&B charts.
[edit] Aftermath
Brown returned to perform this song with the group in a reunion of the original group on the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards and again rejoining the group at the BET 25th anniversary in 2005.
The song was covered by the girl group Dream off of their 2001 debut album It Was All a Dream.
| Preceded by "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" by Eugene Wilde |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single February 2, 1985-February 16, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Missing You" by Diana Ross |
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