Released 1962 Genre R&B Label Cameo-Parkway | Format 7" single Length 2:19 Writer(s) Dave Appell, Kal Mann | |
"Don't Hang Up" is a 1962 hit single produced by Cameo-Parkway Records and performed by the American R&B music group The Orlons. The song is also credited under the Ariola Records label. The song was a number-four hit on the Billboard Pop chart and reached number three on its R&B chart. One of the group's biggest songs during their career, the song achieved notoriety again in the 1990s, when it was included in the 1993 family comedy film Dennis the Menace. "Don't Hang Up" remains an icon of the early 1960s era of popular music and was awarded gold disc status for selling over one million copies.
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Bruce Springsteen performance
On February 2, 2017, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed the song in Australia in response to a heated phone call between President Donald Trump and the Prime Minister of Australia. "We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight. This is a song from 1965 by The Orlons. We're going to use this to send a letter back home" Springsteen said as he introduced the song.