{"id":3638245,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638245/?format=json","airdate":"2026-04-05T16:01:35-07:00","show":66375,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66375/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/09c2427d-c6e1-4523-a3ae-51ce1b312061/16177182479-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/09c2427d-c6e1-4523-a3ae-51ce1b312061/16177182479-250.jpg","song":"777-9311","track_id":null,"recording_id":"af8e63ff-5f18-47ec-9e0d-e098b5c54a47","artist":"The Time","artist_ids":["3bfa8f23-2dbb-43e2-b1da-3cfaa6c5ff9d"],"album":"What Time Is It?","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"5ea6f155-9afa-339b-bb78-d740a55ce152","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1982-08-25","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"In 1982, the same year Tommy Tutone gave us \"Jenny (867-5309),\" The Time dialed in with another phone number song, this one funky as all get. The songs have very different storylines. In \"Jenny,\" the guy sees the phone number on a bathroom wall and takes his shot; in \"777-9311,\" The Time lead singer Morris Day gets right to the point, seeing a lovely lady and asking for her phone number, which see supplies. Looks like he's in for a good night.\n\nThe Time was created by Prince, who wrote the song along with Morris Day. Prince also produced the song and played all the instruments, although the drum machine - a Linn LM-1 - was programmed by David Garibaldi, drummer for Tower Of Power, according to Jesse Johnson of The Time, who also cleared up the origin of the phone number in a Facebook post. It was the home phone number of Dez Dickerson, a guitarist in Prince's band. As you can imagine, his phone started ringing after the song was released. \"he was very pi--ed at us all,\" says Johnson.\n\nhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-time/777-9311","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}