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| "Hanging on the Telephone" | ||||
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.jpg) UK vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Blondie | ||||
| from the album Parallel Lines | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | November 1978[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:17 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Lee | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| Blondie singles chronology | ||||
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| 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.
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