Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

Infobox Single
Name = Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

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Artist = Primitive Radio Gods
from Album = Rocket
B-side =
Released = June 1996
Format = CD
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label =
Writer = Chris O'Connor
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = -
This single = "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (1996)
Next single = "Mutherfuck" (1996)

"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand" is an alternative rock song by the band Primitive Radio Gods. The song appeared on the band's major-label debut album, "Rocket", in June 1996, and became a popular radio hit over the next few months (Reaching #2 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 Chart in September 1996).

Its chorus consists of a sample from the 1964 B. B. King song "How Blue Can You Get?": "I've been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met." It became popular featuring in the movie "The Cable Guy" and soon after peaked at #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.

Chart positions

ingle track list

U.S. CD release

#"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (Radio Edit—4:35)
#"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (Album Version—5:39)

=U.S. 7″ release=

#"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (Radio Edit—4:35)
#"Feel Me" (2:46)

UK CD release

#"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (Radio Edit—4:35)
#"Mona Lisa" (3:10)
#"Feel Me" (2:46)

Trivia

* Canadian folk musician Bruce Cockburn recorded a song titled "Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in my Hands" and included it on his 1978 release, "Further Adventures Of". The two songs do not share any connection other than their remarkably similar titles.

*Pop-punk band The Copyrights recorded a cover of the song which is included on a split cd with pop-punk band The Methadones, released on July 1, 2008 via the Transparent Records label. The Copyrights' version, however, is retitled "Locked Outside A Motel Without Shoes, A Wallet, or A Phone" as a playful homage to the original title. The song remains lyrically identical.

External links

* [http://www.primitiveradiogods.info/ Primitive Radio Gods Official Web Site]