Paul Evans Hello this is joannie

[ca90163h]

Turn Back the hands of time

[FlipGarador]

My name's Joni, and I have the chorus set as my answering machine message...not morbid because none of my friends have heard the full song ;)

I do love it though...so sad but such a great tune!

[DasKemp]

@FlipGarador One of your friends has heard it all now :L

[JimManclark]

Not heard this song in soooo many years. It was in a music quiz the other night so I just had to go looking for it again lol.

[Janie70]

this is my name heeh :D

[021purple]

pmsl!!!!

[brightmovecouk]

This has always been a real tear jerker of a song to me, since the very first time I heard it. One of the saddest songs ever produced - I hope this never happens to me.

[pumkinpatch]

This song was played at every party i went too years sago so much the record broke....lucky I found one a few years back in a second hand store....

[missymarie81]

@davempo:you're so right!!

[davmpo]

man that brought back some memories. awesome!

[rockdoowop5060]

a classic telephone answering song.i have a copy on 45

[rezelkins]

memories gosh

[mediasceneatmyspace]

this is a work of art!!!!!

[tyreburster]

Bizarre. A man who gets his kicks out of hearing his dead woman's voice on a telephone answering machine. Good song anyway, despite the subject.

[YORKIE230557]

OMGIve been looking for this for ages-didnt even know who sang it but I remember it from my teen days.brings back so many memories.

Thanks so much for listing this

[pheatetr]

Boy, great memories of the 70s. Radio one, Simon Bates, DLT, Kid Jensen, TOTP, Seaside Specials on ITV, etc. Was stationed at Upper Heyford at that time when I was a teen and loved these songs. YouTube is great! Thanks for posting!

[MisspentYouth70]

MADD should use this as their theme song. Brilliant tune!

[PAULLONDEN]

"Fish In The Ocean"....his best...

A whale of a lie....☺ NOT.

[ztromso]

you can find a copy on ebay uk i just looked 12 available. that was funny not playing it on hospital radio you could just imagine a road traffic victim lying in bed with earfones on

[seamydev]

My brother Rory loves this song!

[kevofaz25]

classic- never played it on my 70s show at hospital radio though

[SueStar112]

Ahhh, I remember my mum playing this on her old cassette recorder! Good memories :)

[yumyummoany]

I love this song. At the same time there was a song that went 'me and my friend mary jessel' can't find it anywhere. Any help is welcomed.

Thanks for posting this wonderful song'

[bradgam08]

love it from being little. 42 now

[SHAYDJ08]

hi everyone

can anyone help me to find this song,i really need to have it ive tried everywhere web stores second hand stores etc,please help

thanks

[kellieslot]

when i was in my early teen i had this song on tape - and my eyes wet every time i heard it. in my 30s i found the man of my life - our plans for life was full of it all - hes kids mine kids - the child i was carring - but it wasnt ment to be - my X-boyfriend killed him in jalousy. In the time after his dead i phoned him to hear his voice on his answeringmachine - and then it all maked sense - this song i remembered - i will always love him Truely Deeply Madly (savage Garden)

[julesgreaves]

when i hear this on the radio ime singing it in my head for days isnt that what songs are all about .thanks .great.

[Ursulauu]

Ahh poor Joannie!

I remember this song from when I was little and its still as sad today!

[lauralushy]

wow...i remember my mum used to play this song to get me and my sister to sleep in the 80's i so love it...i hope someone will bring this song back out into the charts

[Grayt42]

I heard this on radio the other day, to my wife's disgust I remembered all the words even tho' I hadn't heard it in 20 something years. When the DJ mentioned the age of the song I was disgusted and wanted to throw me zimmer frame out the window LOL

[clcrehan]

I loved this song when it came out. I thought it was 1978 though not 1979.

[Grayt42]

Dec 1978 according to my musical year book :-)

[Bugnation]

soooo sad

[zaaritha]

This I had forgotten!

Great to remember!

[preposterouscarrot]

had to look for "hello this is joanie" then had to do a search for the singer then put the singer's name into youtube search and found this the two ns threw me. But I got there and that's the main thing.

[spannert]

She's faking it. She's run off with Barry from Halifax sales.

[littleaprilroses]

@spannert Lawl. xD Nice. :P

[skeleion]

What memories, thanks so much for posting. This one makes me feel really old, very old.

[scoobyjeff]

Takes me right back to the 70's