Song Details: 867 And 5309 Lyrics Meaning by Tommy Tutone. The song name is 867-5309/Jenny which is sung by Tommy Tutone
867 And 5309 Lyrics Meaning
867 And 5309 Lyrics Meaning
Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309/Jenny” is centered on the singer trying to muster up the courage to call the titular “Jenny”. He acquired her number by observing it written on a “wall”, as in someone posting her contact information in a public area.
FYI, such practices are usually reserved to advertise prostitutes. And it would appear that he regards “Jenny” to be someone tantamount to the aforementioned professional, as he drops the line “for a good time call” – a slogan often used by people in this line of work – in relation to his aspirations for an eventual encounter with “Jenny”.
However, Tommy Tutone band member Jim Keller, who co-wrote the track, has stated that “Jenny” is a real person who he got acquainted with via friends who posted her “number on a men’s room wall at a bar” and that she was “a regular girl, not a hooker”. But interestingly enough, to the contrary, the other co-writer of the song, non-band member Alex Call, has recounted that the character is entirely fictitious, and this is a song that he originated “just sitting in (his) backyard”.
Either way, the storyline presented in this song is not hard to follow.The central character is not “Jenny” but rather the singer himself. “Jenny” is just the object of his affection, someone we know nothing about outside of the narrator arbitrarily coming across her phone number. Rather the narrative that comes forefront of this track is his high level of excitement as well as anxiety and expectation when it comes to actually reaching out to her.
867 And 5309 Lyrics
Hey!
Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?
You give me somethin’ I can hold on to
I know you think I’m like the others before
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, don’t change your number
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
Jenny, Jenny, you’re the girl for me
Oh, you don’t know me, but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before, but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed
Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, don’t change your number
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
I got it, (I got it), I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it, (I got it), I got it
For a good time, for a good time call
Hey, Jenny, don’t change your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, I call your number
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?
867-5309
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
(5309) 867-5309
(5309) 867-5309
(5309) 867-5309
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