867-5309: Famous ’80s song phone number now directs to cancer support line

It likely won’t be hard to remember the new phone number for a cancer support line: CSC-867-5309.

The seven digits, made famous by the 1981 Tommy Tutone hit, “867-5309/Jenny,” now directs callers to the nonprofit organization, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), which provides information, support and advice from trained specialists to people affected by cancer.

Securing the earworm-inducing number for the free and confidential calls was part of a joint effort by CSC, Gilda’s Club locations and the health marketing agency Klick Health, according to organizers.

“When we recorded ‘Jenny/867-5309,’ none of us imagined that number would still be stuck in people’s heads decades later,” Tommy Heath, Tommy Tutone’s lead singer, said in a statement. 

“If that little piece of pop culture can now help someone remember........

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