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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

867-5309: number from 1980s hit song Jenny now routes callers to cancer support

A man sings in front of a microphone
Tommy Heath, lead singer of Tommy Tutone, is best known for his hit tune 867-5309/Jenny. Photograph: John Atashian/Getty Images

The telephone number immortalized in the enduring Tommy Tutone hit song 867-5309/Jenny has started connecting callers to a cancer support line – as one ad touting the news says it was time that music’s most famous digits “did some good”.

Cancer Support Community (CSC)’s Instagram page announced the campaign with a series of posts on Monday alluding to the song about a guy who nervously ponders calling the phone number of a woman named Jenny, which is scrawled on a bathroom wall.

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