Songs that mention a phone, calling someone up...

[Gary M]

"Beechwood 4-5789"-The Marvelettes

 

[moniqueand2]

Lips of an angel - Hinder

Honey why you calling me so late
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a cl

 

[Atlas722]

Judas Priest's "Diamonds and Rust":

And here I sit, hand on the telephone.

 

[Atlas722]

Adrian Belew's "Phone Call from the Moon"
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers' "Telephone Blues"
Jimmy Buffett's "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me."
Billy Idol's "Crank Call"

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Operator Midnight Star.

 

[jeff_h]

 

[TheFloatingBear]

Cheap Trick - "She's Tight" ETA: I saw them a couple of months ago but sadly they did not play this song...

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Star 69 REM

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I'll be around.

This is a cover by The Rippingtons

 

[scrhsa]

I Just Called to Say I Love You-Stevie Wonder

No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact here's just another ordinary day

No April rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

No summer's high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night

No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies

No Libra sun
No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart, of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart, baby of my heart

Goodness, this song! Long ago, my cousin told me that this was his and his wife's song. Not long after he committed suicide. The first couple of years I blubbered like a baby every time I heard this. Now I just smile and tell him thanks for visiting

 

[scrhsa]

You beat me to it!! This is the first song I thought of!!!!

 

[Domo]

BANANAPHONE!

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

One of the last songs noticebly before the widespread use of cell phones.
Also a fantastic album by the way. Just about a teen living on Utopia Parkway in late 80/90;
Being a teenager who grew up on Utopia Parkway I can say they nailed it beyond belief.
It does not surprise me that it wasn't a commercial success, believe I could have told them nobody wants to knowabout a teen who grew up on Utopia Parkway.

 

[ChickieToo]

A sad one, but I always loved it:

Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)
by Jim Croce
Operator, well could you help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
Well, I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

No, no, no, no - that's not the way it feels
Operator, well let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

 

[lorijohnhill]

Fire and Rain
James Taylor

LYRICS
Just yesterday morning, they let me know that you were gone.
Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song,
I just can't remember who to send it to.
I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
But I always thought that I'd see you again.
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus,
You've got to help me make a stand.
You've just got to see me through another day.
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way.
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
But I always thought that I'd see you again.
Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come.
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
But I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.
Thought I'd see you one more time again.
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.