| "Hanging on the Telephone" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) UK vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Blondie | ||||
| from the album Parallel Lines | ||||
| B-side |
| |||
| Released | November 1978[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:17 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Lee | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| Blondie singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
 US picture sleeve | ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Hanging on the Telephone" on YouTube | ||||
"Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee. The song was released in 1976 by his short-lived US West Coast power pop band the Nerves; in 1978, it was recorded and released as a single by American new wave band Blondie.
Blondie had discovered the song via a cassette tape compilation which Jeffrey Lee Pierce had given the band. Beginning with a phone sound-effect courtesy of producer Mike Chapman, Blondie's version of the song was released on the band's breakthrough third album, Parallel Lines. The single was a top five hit in the UK and has since seen critical acclaim as one of the band's best songs.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ "The goddess still rocks". The Advocate. No. 780. Here. March 2, 1999. p. 57. ISSN 0001-8996.
- ^ Wide, Steve (September 22, 2020). "The defining albums: Blondie - Parallel Lines". A Field Guide to Post-Punk and New Wave. Smith Street Books. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-925811-76-6.
- ^ Cateforis 2011, p. 139.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 14, 2023). "This Ain't No Party?! Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved November 10, 2023.