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This page contains information about Dial-A-Song and a list of songs that have been or are featured on the service.
For information about the online version of Dial-A-Song and a list of songs featured on it, see DialASong.com.
A Record-A-Call 690 answering machine, the model currently used by TMBG for Dial-A-Song
Flansburgh examining the $2 price tag on his Record-A-Call 675 in 2001
File:DAS ad.jpg
A promotional card for Dial-A-Song
A Dial-A-Song advertisement in the Village Voice, a NYC paper, during the mid-80's

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Dial-A-Song, reached at (718) 387-6962, is a service that TMBG has operated almost since they first formed. It's basically just an answering machine that plays an exclusive TMBG song- when it's actually working, that is.

The service started back when TMBG's hopping around the early 80's NYC punk scene hit an unexpected snag- John Linnell broke his wrist in a biking accident and John Flansburgh had his new Brooklyn apartment thoroughly burglarized. Despite being unable to perform, they wanted to keep the band's momentum going, and thus Dial-A-Song was born.

The band used cassette-based answering machines for "Dial-A-Song" for years, until they finally decided to go digital in about 1998. However, due to the computers' frequent crashes, TMBG returned to tape machines in late 1999. Dial-A-Song went strong and saw us through demos of tracks from Mink Car and No!, but in the hot, hot summer of 2002, the machine, as well as its backup, melted in the non-air conditioned apartment. Fans responded by sending equipment to TMBG, and in April 2003, the service was restored after a fan found a Record-A-Call 675 on eBay and notified the band. The machine was soon replaced in late 2004, however, when the folks at TechTV built the Johns a new computer-based system. In early 2005, the computer seemingly crashed, bringing Dial-A-Song down once again. On March 29, 2006, Dial-A-Song returned. According to the April 4, 2006 newsletter, the Johns "scored a Record-A-Call 695 phone machine from a friend of the band who pointed out its availability on Ebay". The machine was actually a Record-A-Call 690, and the 'friend of the band' was CapitalQ (Story here).

25 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Free when you call from work.
Always busy, often broken.
718-387-6962

FAQ

Do I have to pay for Dial-A-Song?

Dial-A-Song is just a regular phone call to Brooklyn, and therefore a free service. You only have to pay if you're calling it long distance.

Why is it free if I call from work?

The slogan 'free when you call from work' is pointing out the fact that you don't pay your job's phone bill; your boss does. It's free to you. ;)

I called and received a busy signal, what does that mean?

Someone else is on with Dial-A-Song right now. Wait a minute or two and try again.

I called and my phone said that the number is down or doesn't exist. What does that mean?

You need to put a 1 before the area code when calling long distance on anything but a cell phone.

Track listing

A list of the most recent songs that have been featured on Dial-A-Song, and the dates they first appeared.

A fairly complete list of songs that have been featured on Dial-A-Song during the last 23 years, since 1983.

See also

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