The Most Famous Telephone Number In History (Probably)

On my way to work this morning, I heard this song and realized it's been a while since I've sung along to "867-5309/Jenny." This set of numbers is probably one of the most famous and easily remembered telephone numbers today. Written by Tommy Tutone, 867-5309 is Jenny's telephone number and he's got it.

Now, young me thought that Jenny was a girl that Tommy had a crush on and finally got her phone number from her and he's going to call her soon to ask her out. Alas, grown-up me now knows that he's just looking for a good time and got Jenny's number on the wall of the men's bathroom. So is she a hooker, call girl, escort? Or did one of her friends/ex-boyfriend get pissed off with her and write the number down so she gets calls at all hours of the nights?

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My heart goes out to those who have been cursed with those digits as their telephone number. Did the band realize that 555-5309 indicates a fake number and that he would have saved dozens of people the trouble of answering the phone only to hear someone on the end answer "JENNY?! Is that you?"

Unfortunately, the band isn't really known for any other song, so maybe I'll give them a break on that front...