Mr. Telephone Man

E140494
single song

"Mr. Telephone Man" is a 1984 R&B single by New Edition, known for its catchy melody and narrative about phone-line heartbreak.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mr. Telephone Man canonical 4
Mr. Telephone Man (song) 2
Mr. Telephone Man (song by New Edition) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album New Edition ⓘ
artist New Edition ⓘ
associatedAct Ray Parker Jr. ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit ⓘ
Billboard Hot Black Singles top 10 hit ⓘ
composer Ray Parker Jr. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1980s R&B ⓘ
featuresSpokenInterlude true ⓘ
followedBySingle Lost in Love ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
contemporary R&B ⓘ
hasBside Wonderful Tonight ⓘ
hasCatchyMelody true ⓘ
hasCoverVersions true ⓘ
hasHookLine "Mr. Telephone Man, there's something wrong with my line" ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasTelephoneSoundEffects true ⓘ
includedInAlbum New Edition ⓘ
isPerformedInConcertsBy New Edition ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf New Edition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalsBy Bobby Brown ⓘ
Michael Bivins ⓘ
Ralph Tresvant ⓘ
Ricky Bell ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe ⓘ
length approximately 3:58 ⓘ
narrativeTheme romantic relationship problems ⓘ
telephone-related heartbreak ⓘ
partOfArtistDiscographyPhase early New Edition era ⓘ
performer New Edition ⓘ
precededBySingle Cool It Now ⓘ
producer Ray Parker Jr. ⓘ
recordedIn 1984 ⓘ
recordLabel MCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-12-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
subjectMatter calling operator about malfunctioning phone line ⓘ
targetAudience teen and young adult listeners ⓘ
vocalGroupSize five-member boy band ⓘ
writer Ray Parker Jr. ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Edition → notableWork → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
Ricky Bell → notableSongWithGroup → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe → notableWork → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Telephone Man (song)
Cool It Now → hasBside → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
Ralph Tresvant → notableWork → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Telephone Man (song by New Edition)
But You Caint Use My Phone → hasPart → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
Michael Bivins → notableWork → Mr. Telephone Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Telephone Man (song)