(this may be nothing more than an
urban legend, but it is very much still worth
noting):
Many people were angered by this song, as stated briefly above. Among them was a police chief's
daughter, who happened to be named
Jenny. The
exchange 867 does exist here in the greater Seattle
area. Numbers with
5309 as the last four
digits of that exchange are now
blocked,
supposedly.
I heard that this song
created such an
outrage, that tons of people complained to the band to issue some sort of
message with their
song. The
band, high on the
success of the song,
refused. As a sort of
justice, a well read
music magazine (the
specifics as to which I am not sure of) posted all the
personal and
work phone numbers of the band
members for people to call and
harass. Today, such an outcry would not go unheard, in the light of our lawyer moderated culture. But, there seems that justice has been heard:
Tommy Tutone, was definately a
one-trick pony.