'867-5309' (Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny" hit single) phone number for sale on eBay

[Amerigo Vespucci]

'867-5309' number for sale on eBay

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/02/ebay.jennys.number/index.html?eref=rss_topstories



(CNN) -- Jenny's phone number is for sale, but not for a song.

Bids for a New Jersey version of the number, stuck in the minds of millions since Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny" hit the Top 10 in 1982, had reached $5,100 on eBay as of Monday morning.

The song is about a guy who finds Jenny's name and number scribbled on a bathroom wall.

"This is really, in my opinion, one of the last cultural remnants of the '80s pop culture era ... other than the mullet," said Spencer Potter, a 28-year-old DJ who is selling the number he got for free five years ago.

[Deja Q]

1. I can only offer 99 luftballoons - for which I had to walk 500 miles...

:hide:

[cynatnite]

2. The song continues to suck to this day n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Those of us who had bands in those days...

...played that song. It wasn't an option. You played it, you plastered a big smile on your face as the audience sang along. It's called "working the crowd."

:toast:

[AwakeAtLast]

4. The toll-free version is a plumbing co. here

With a dancing, singing Benjamin Franklin! :crazy: