Famous Phone Numbers

Featuring a soul group from the 1980s, R&B singer Alicia Keys reveals a phone number (489-4608) rumored to have been her old New York phone number.

The infamous soul singer Etta James belts out a phone number (842-3089) in a song off her sixth studio album.

In a 2003 Jim Carrey comedy, God’s phone number (776-2323) appears on Carrey’s character’s pager.  His love interest is a TV-darling turned blockbuster star.

As a rising politician Matt Damon can’t seem to remember the phone number that the dancer played by Emily Blunt gives him (212-664-7665) in a new sci-fi thriller. The film is based on a story by a famous author

Michael J. Fox was a time-traveling teen who saved the Clock Tower and romanced his high school sweetheart, Jennifer Parker. She kissed him in the courthouse square before handing over her phone number (555-4823).

Rapper Mike Jones gave out his phone number (281-330-8004) in one of his songs, telling fans to give him a call. Fans could leave the rhymer a message, but the number no longer works.

Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot touted the benefits of a larger derriere and encouraged fans to dial 1-900-MIXALOT with his 1992 No. 1 single. The famous ditty samples a song from an Irish band.

Rapper and record producer Soulja Boy included digits (678-999-8212) in his 2008 hit song. He recorded the song with a pre-teen R&B singer.

Funk dance-pop ensemble The Time had a 1980s hit single with a song titled with a phone number that belonged to a member of this rock star’s band.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson included two real phone numbers in his 1999 drama starring Tom Cruise and Philip Seymour Hoffman. One number, 1-877-TAMEHER, was displayed on the infomercial from the sex evangelist character.

New wave band Tommy Tutone forever enshrined a certain phone number as the most recognizable in pop culture history with their 1982 hit.  Most phone providers don’t assign the number anymore because of the subsequent outbreak of crank calls.