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Answer the Phone

{{Short description|2001 single by Sugar Ray}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Answer the Phone

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sugar Ray

| album = Sugar Ray

| released = {{start date|2001|9|24}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop-punk{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/does-sugar-ray-actually-suck/|title=Does Sugar Ray Actually Suck? - LA Weekly|website=LA Weekly}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=59}}

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Don Gilmore

| prev_title = When It's Over

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Ours

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|FLG9NrP29zo|"Answer the Phone"}}}}

}}

"Answer the Phone" is a song by the American rock band Sugar Ray. It was released on September 24, 2001, via Atlantic Records and Lava Records as the second single from their self-titled fourth studio album. It is a pop punk song that was written by Mark McGrath, Stan Frazier, Murphy Karges, and Don Gilmore and produced by the latter.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = US CD single

| title1 = Answer the Phone

| note1 = intro edit

| length1 = 3:45

| title2 = Answer the Phone

| note2 = intro bridge edit

| length2 = 3:31

| title3 = Answer the Phone

| note3 = album version

| length3 = 3:59

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Germany CD single

| title1 = Answer the Phone

| note1 = album version

| length1 = 3:58

| title2 = Answer the Phone

| note2 = edit 1

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = Answer the Phone

| note3 = edit 2

| length3 = 3:31

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Australia CD single

| title1 = Answer the Phone

| note1 = album version

| length1 = 3:58

| title2 = Falls Apart

| note2 = live from Spain

| length2 = 4:26

| title3 = Fly

| note3 = live from Spain

| length3 =

}}

Charts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Chart (2001–2002)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

{{single chart|Australiapandora|68|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue621.pdf|urltitle=Issue 621|rowheader=true|access-date=April 25, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|40|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Answer the Phone|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|12|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=April 25, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|33|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|39|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2018}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | Region

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format(s)

! scope="col" | Label(s)

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | United States

| September 24, 2001

| Hot adult contemporary radio

| rowspan="3" | {{hlist|Atlantic | Lava}}

| {{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-09-21.pdf |title=Hot AC: Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records | issue=1420 |page=71 |date=September 21, 2001 |access-date=April 25, 2021}}

September 25, 2001

| Contemporary hit radio

| {{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2001/RR-2001-09-21.pdf |title=CHR/Pop: Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |issue=1420 |page=46 |date=September 21, 2001 |access-date=April 25, 2021}}

scope="row" | Australia

| December 10, 2001

| CD

| {{cite web |url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue615.pdf |title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 10th December 2001 |publisher=ARIA | page=25 |date=December 10, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222431/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue615.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |access-date=April 25, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{YouTube|id=FLG9NrP29zo|title=Answer the Phone}}
  • {{AllMusic|class=song|id=answer-the-phone-mt0009197484|label="Answer the Phone"}}
  • {{MusicBrainz recording|mbid=7e86f310-0d96-43c1-9a72-8e223a94da72|name=Answer the Phone}}
  • {{Discogs release|id=4240366|name=Answer the Phone|type=single}}
  • {{Discogs master|master=519455|name=Answer the Phone|type=single}}

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Category:2001 songs

Category:2001 singles

Category:Sugar Ray songs

Category:American pop punk songs

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Lava Records singles

Category:Music videos directed by McG