"Alicia's not here"

Written by Eric Olsen
Published August 11, 2004

Shades of "867-5309": sloe-eyed hottie songstress Alicia Keys has unleashed more phone number madness with her "Diary" song:

    Fans of Alicia Keys keep calling her number, but only J.D. Turner of Statesboro picks up the phone.

    Turner had the unfortunate luck of having the same phone number that Keys references in her love song, "Diary," which is currently at No. 3 on the Billboard R&B/ Hip-Hop singles chart.

    "I get 20 to 25 calls a day," Turner said. "Sometimes at 4:30 a.m., and they say, 'I want to talk to Alicia Keys.'"

    In the song, Keys sings, "Oooo baby, if there's anything that you fear/ Come forth and call 489-4608 and I'll be here."

    The number used to be Keys' from when she lived in New York, said her publicist, Lois Najarian. The New York number, with a 347 area code, is still active and fans can reach a recorded message.

    But many people keep calling Turner's number, which has a 912 area code.

    Using the number in the song was "just Alicia inserting herself into her music," Najarian said. "Certainly she is not targeting this man in Georgia."

    "I don't want to change my number," said Turner, a retired pastor. "I've had the same number for 14 years." [AP]

Lyricists: include the area code when you write a phone number into a song - it's the courteous thing to do.

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