The song by the San Francisco-based power pop band led by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller appeared on the 1981 album Tommy Tutone 2 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 22, 1982.
In the song, Heath fantasizes about calling a girl after finding her phone number on a wall. He also begs her not to change her number.
Was Jenny real?
The song also had fans questioning the identity of Jenny. In 1982, Keller told People magazine, “Jenny is a regular girl, not a hooker. Friends of mine wrote her name and number on a men's room wall at a bar. I called her on a dare, and we dated for a while. I haven't talked with her since the song became a hit, but I hear she thinks I'm a real jerk for writing it."
Heath also told Classic bands, “I actually know Jenny and that was her parent's phone number. …I saw her about five years ago and asked her if she wanted anybody to know who she was and she said no.”
But years later, Call changed the story in an interview with Songfacts. “Despite all the mythology to the contrary, I actually just came up with the 'Jenny,' and the telephone number and the music and all that just sitting in my backyard,” the songwriter said in 2004. “There was no Jenny. I don't know where the number came from, I was just trying to write a 4-chord rock song and it just kind of came out."
Keller later claimed the record label came up with the idea to say Jenny was a real girl. “There was never a real Jenny, and none of us saw that number anywhere,” he told Guitar Player. “Our label thought we should make up a good story about it, so we went with it. It took on a life of its own.”
“But Jenny and I think she’s real, and Jim and Alex say she’s not,” the Tommy Tutone singer added. “That’s all I can say. She did give me that number, and I did write it on the bathroom wall instead of giving it to Jim. But they claim that never happened.”
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