Come on Phone
{{Infobox song
| name = Come on Phone
| type = single
| artist = Jean Shepard
| album = Slippin' Away
| B-side = "Are You Sincere?"
| released = October 1973
| recorded = March 1973
| studio = House of Cash
| genre = Country{{cite magazine |title=C&W Singles Reviews: Picks of the Week |magazine=Cashbox |date=November 3, 1973 |page=47 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1973/Cash-Box-1973-11-03-OCR-Page-0047.pdf#search=%22jean%20shepard%20come%20on%20phone%22 |access-date=19 June 2024}}
| length = 2:12
| label = United Artists
| writer = {{hlist|Johnny Slate|Larry Henley}}
| producer = Larry Butler
| prev_title = Slippin' Away
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = At the Time
| next_year = 1973
}}
"Come on Phone" is a song originally recorded by American country singer Jean Shepard. Released as a single in 1973, it reached the top 40 of the US and Canadian country songs charts. It was the second single spawned from her 1973 album Slippin' Away. It received positive reviews from music magazines following its release.
Background and recording
One of the first female country artists to find solo success, Jean Shepard had charting country records for 20 years. Beginning in the 1950s, she had sporadic top ten songs. In 1973, she signed with United Artists Records and had her last top ten song that year called "Slippin' Away".{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Dan |title=Jean Shepard |url=https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/jean-shepard |website=Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=30 June 2024}} Four more of her follow-up singles would reach top 40 positions, including "Come on Phone".{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}} Co-written by Johnny Slate and Larry Henley,{{cite journal |last1=Shepard |first1=Jean |title="Come on Phone"/"Are You Sincere?" (7" vinyl single) |journal=United Artists Records |date=October 1973 |id=UA-XW317-W}} the song was described as being an "uptempo rocking tune" by Cash Box magazine. "Come on Phone" was recorded at the House of Cash studio in March 1973 and was produced by Larry Butler.
Release, critical reception and chart performance
"Come on Phone" was released as a single in October 1973 by United Artists Records. It was issued as a seven-inch vinyl single. On the B-side was Shepard's cover of "Are You Sincere?". Cash Box magazine thought the song would get quick radio attention and found it production to be "very well done". Billboard named it one of its "recommended" single picks in November 1973.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard's Top Single Picks: Recommended |magazine=Billboard |date=November 10, 1973 |page=98 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1973/1973-11-10-Billboard-Page-0098.pdf#search=%22jean%20shepard%20come%20on%20phone%22 |access-date=1 July 2024}} Record World thought the song "comin' on strong" (in reference to the song's title and to the reception from radio stations).{{cite magazine |last1=Ratliff |first1=Maria |title=Country Hotline |magazine=Record World |date=December 1, 1973 |page=47 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/73/RW-1973-12-01-OCR-Page-0047.pdf#search=%22jean%20shepard%20come%20on%20phone%22 |access-date=1 July 2024}} "Come on Phone" reached the top 40 of both the US and Canadian country charts. In the US, it reached the number 36 position on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}} In Canada, it reached the number 28 position on the RPM Country Tracks chart.{{cite magazine|title=Search results for "Jean Shepard" under RPM Country Singles|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4hgr7djetk7308bs87htaiiri6&q1=Jean+Shepard&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|magazine=RPM|accessdate=September 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073559/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4hgr7djetk7308bs87htaiiri6&q1=Jean+Shepard&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|archive-date=October 24, 2012|url-status=dead}} It was the second single spawned from Shepard's United Artists studio album Slippin' Away.
Track listings
File:Jean Shepard – Come On Phone, 1973.jpg
- "Come on Phone" – 2:12
- "Are You Sincere?" – 1:59
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Come on Phone" ! scope="col"| Chart (1973) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)
|align="center"|28 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|36|artist=Jean Shepard|rowheader=true|access-date=June 30, 2024}} |