867-5309: number from 1980s hit song Jenny now routes callers to cancer support

The telephone number immortalized in the enduring Tommy Tutone hit song 867-5309/Jenny has started connecting callers to a cancer support line – as one ad touting the news says it was time that music’s most famous digits “did some good”.

Cancer Support Community (CSC)’s Instagram page announced the campaign with a series of posts on Monday alluding to the song about a guy who nervously ponders calling the phone number of a woman named Jenny, which is scrawled on a bathroom wall.

“The number you and your friends sing at karaoke is now the number for cancer support,” one of the posts said, with the 1980s rock classic blaring in the background.