867-5309 is Jenny’s number, and it is written on the wall for everyone to see. Naturally, desperate males pray that Jenny will pick up the phone just for them.

Written and released in 1981, “867-5309/Jenny” rose in popularity incredibly fast, reaching #4 in the US, #2 in Canada and #22 in Australia in the spring of 1982. Billboard later named it the #16 song of the year.

The song prompted hundreds and thousands of calls to phones across the nation with the famed digits. One woman even received 22,000 calls.