Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/867-5309-jenny-tommy-tutone-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.

272-867-5309 specifically forwards to this help line. Any other area code is going to be different. I imagine anyone who gets that seven digit number quickly ditches it due to spam. It does come in handy if anyone asks for a telephone number tied to a grocery store account or similar though

Sure, Jenny's around 70 by now. I'm sure cancer is something on her mind.

Use the number at any rewards program kiosk like the grocery store.

Yeah, before reading the article I did wonder if they bought the number in hundreds of different area codes.

I think most people now live in areas where you can't even connect by dialing only 7 digits.

Could the phone companies really be using that number for unsuspecting customers? I would think they'd block assigning that one. I don't know anything, though.