Tommy Tutone 2 Explained

Tommy Tutone 2
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tommy Tutone
Cover:	tommy_tutone_2.jpg
Recorded:	1981
Label:	Columbia/CBS Records
Prev Title:	Tommy Tutone
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	National Emotion
Next Year:	1983

Tommy Tutone 2 is the second album by rock band Tommy Tutone, released in 1981. It features its biggest hit, "867-5309/Jenny". The first two albums by the band were re-released by the Collectable label as a two-albums-on-one-CD release in 1997. John Cowsill of the Cowsills appears on backing vocals and plays percussion on the album.

In October 2006, VH1 listed "867-5309/Jenny" as the 36th-greatest song of the 1980s.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "867-5309/Jenny" (Alex Call, Jim Keller) – 3:46
2. "Baby It's Alright" (Tommy Heath, Keller) – 3:23
3. "Shadow on the Road Ahead" (Rita Abrams, Heath) – 3:36
4. "Bernadiah" (Heath, Keller) – 5:29
5. "Why Baby Why" (Heath, Keller) – 2:58

Side two

1. "Which Man Are You" (Heath, Keller) – 2:50
2. "No Way to Cry" (Heath) – 3:07
3. "Steal Away" (David Gilman, Keller) – 3:50
4. "Tonight" (Brian Dalton, Heath) – 2:41
5. "Only One" (Keller) – 3:24
6. "Not Say Goodbye" (Keller) – 3:26

Personnel

• Tommy Heath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
• Jim Keller – lead guitar, vocals
• Jon Lyons – bass guitar (tracks A1-5)
• Victor Carberry – drums (tracks A1-5)

Additional musicians

• Steve LeGassick – keyboards (became an official member of the band by 1982)
• Rick Cutler – drums (tracks B1-6)
• Lonnie Turner – bass guitar (tracks B1-6)
• John Cowsill – percussion, harmony vocals (tracks A1-2)
• Sam Clayton – percussion (track A4)

Production

• Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Geoff Workman
• Engineers

Toby Scott, Geoff Workman

• Assistant engineers: Catharina Masters, John Weaver

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Canada Albums	44
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape	20

Singles

Single	Chart	Position
"867-5309 (Jenny)"	Canada (RPM)	2
	Official New Zealand Music Chart	32
	U.S.Billboard Hot 100	4
	U.S. Billboard Rock Tracks	1
"Which Man Are You?"	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100^[2]	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's: 1-50 . . 2006 . Rock On The Net . . July 9, 2021.
2. "Which Man Are You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.