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Album: Dark Sky Paradise (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This introspective, hook-free track features a funky beat by DJ Dahi. The producer samples the acoustic guitar and light vocals from soul singer Darondo's 1973 single "Didn't I."
  • The song is the closing track of Dark Sky Paradise. Sean ends the cut by giving out a phone number:

    Say I'm hard to get in contact with, oh is that true?
    Well what about now, 3-1-3-5-1-5-8-7-7-2, bitch call me


    When the number is called you can hear the rapper say "Sean Don," followed by a voice stating, "the mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time." MTV News confirmed with Sean it really is his number.
  • Here are some more songs where a phone number is given out:

    "Jenny (867-5309)" by Tommy Tutone (A fictional number, but many women have used it to brush off unwanted male attention.)

    "Beechwood 4-5789" by The Marvelettes (A tale of a girl who encourages a guy's interest by giving him her telephone number. Until the release of "Jenny (867-5309)," "Beechwood 4-5789" was the most popular fictional phone digit in the US.)

    "Diary" by Alicia Keys. (The phone number in this song's lyrics "489-4608" was Keys' when she lived in New York.)

    "853-5937" by Squeeze (Squeeze guitarist Glenn Tilbrook's phone number was "853-5937." He originally wrote this as a jingle for his answering machine before deciding to make it into a song.)

    "Pennsylvania 6-5000" by Glenn Miller ("Pennsylvania 6-5000" was the phone number of the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City.)

    "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" by Soulja Boy (The 6789998212 phone number that appears in this song is virtually the same as the one that belongs to English partners Gerry Matley and Catriona Smith. At the peak of the single's success the couple were getting about 60 calls a day from fans hoping to talk to Soulja Boy.)

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