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The Deborah Harry song catalog you find on this page was compiled by me, the webmaster, with the help of my personal record collection, booklets, biographies, setlists, ASCAP, the LoC (Library of Congress), articles and (live) bootlegs. It's my goal to create a page which features Deborah's complete musical body of work, no matter if Deborah was in any way musically involved herself or whether she contributed her own lyrics to a project. In order to keep up the standard of this page and to make it grow you can help by submitting song titles and/or information which are missing on this site. Every contribution is greatly appreciated. Official song lyrics were taken from booklets. I transcribed those songs myself where no official lyrics were available (with no guarantee for their accuracy). I apologize for possible errors and will gladly take corrections. I kindly ask you not to copy any of these lyrics from this page.
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INFO

originally by The Nerves

length (album version): 2:17-21 [depending on edition]
written by: Jack Lee
produced by: Mike Chapman
released: December 1978
Copyright © 1978 Rare Blue Music, Inc./Monster Island Music (ASCAP)
highest Australian singles chart position: #39
highest Billboard hot 100 chart position:
#17
highest UK singles chart position: #5

 

FEATURED ON

Parallel Lines [album] (1978)

At The BBC [CD + DVD] (2010)
Live In Toronto [live album] (2006)
Live By Request [live album] (2004)
Philadelphia 1978/Dallas 1980 [live album] (1999)
Livid/Live [live album] (2000)
Picture This Live [live album] (1997)
Beautiful - The Remix Album [remix album] (1995)

Call Me (remix) [single] (1989)
Sunday Girl [single] (1979)
Heart Of Glass [single] (1978)
Hanging On The Telephone [single] (1978)

 

REMIXES & OTHER VERSIONS

■ Nose Bleed Handbag mix (remixed by Blu Peter)


MUSIC VIDEO

Hanging On The Telephone
directed by: David Mallet
produced by: Chrysalis Records Ltd.
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HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE

I'm in the phone booth it's the one across the hall
If you don't answer I'll just ring it off the wall
I know he's there but I just had to call
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

I heard your mother now she's going out the door
Did she go to work or just go to the store
All those things she said I've chosen to ignore
Oh why can't we talk again
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

It's good to hear your voice you know it's been so long
If I don't get your calls then everything goes wrong
I want to tell you something you've known all along
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone

I had to interrupt and stop this conversation
Your voice across the line gives me a strange sensation
I'd like to talk when I can show you my affection
Oh I can't control myself
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Hang up and run to me

COMMENTS

source: wikipedia.org

"'Hanging on the Telephone' is a song originally performed by The Nerves, but popularized by Blondie, who put it as the lead-off track on their 1978 breakthrough album, 'Parallel Lines.' The original is so obscure that many are unaware that Blondie is not the original artist, but it was written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who also placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release.
In late 2005, an unreleased version of the song recorded by Cat Power was used for a Cingular commercial. In 2006, both UK girl band Girls Aloud and Def Leppard released covers of the song"

 

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