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How I Wrote… “867-5309/Jenny”

“AFTER ALL THESE years, I still love the song,” guitarist Jim Keller says about “867-5309/Jenny,” the hook-filled rocker that his band, Tommy Tutone, turned into a radio hit in 1982. “Any time I hear it, it sounds amazing. It always feels pure.”

Underscoring that point, Keller has seen many bar bands perform the song over the years, and never once did he think it sounded bad. “It’s a song that’s impossible to mess up,” he says. “It’s like

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