Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)

"Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)"
Single by Cheyne
Released 1985
Format 12"
Recorded 1985
Genre dance
Freestyle
Italo dance
Length 6:25
Label MCA Records (U.S.)
WEA (Co-distributor, Worldwide)


Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service) is a 1985 single by the American teenage singer, Cheyne, which was produced by Mark Kamins and Stephane Gerbier, and written by Nicolosi Giuseppe and Tony Carrasco (credited as Answering Service).

Background

The single is a cover version of a 1984 single that was recorded by the Italian group Answering Service, whose name was included in the bracket as an acknowledgement to the group and to avoid confusion due to the single being released internationally. This was Cheyne's only charted single, which topped the Dance chart for 1 week on June 8, 1985, and remained on the chart for eleven weeks.[1] On the soul chart Call Me Mr. Telephone peaked at number sixty-two.[2]

Preceded by
"Do You Wanna Get Away" by Shannon
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
June 8, 1985
Succeeded by
"I Wonder If I Take You Home" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 96.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 116.

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