sugarloaf - don't call us, we'll call you

[dumberer67]

this song is crazy stupid and a hell of alot fun ! i wish i was 8 again dancing to this with my siblings in the mid 70's

[ksiebert631]

you don't see the spirit of it do you?

[Nortonics]

"The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract."

And God bless Corbetta for the hope of extending their career, but really when all is said and done, this is the 2nd and last decent tune they did. Probably best that CBS turned 'em down 'cause they would have sucked CBS for all they were worth...

[emdeth]

Casey Casem was the highlight of my week back then in those tween years.

[spacemouse1]

This song reached # 1 for two weeks in the year 1974...

[97chux]

love that song brings back the 70s for me. 1974 best yr ever out of school  good pot music and jobs

[kja427]

I wish there was a live performance of this tune; It would have rocked.

[chuckmaiden]

This is a real musical nugget!

[DarrylMihalek]

Wow; a lot of us were young and SO inspired. Some of us still are .... !

[BigfootPreston]

Great song! Skynyrd, Grand Funk Railroad, Steve Miller Band and so on! ear candy all of them from the good old days, just like this one as well!!! The key is: vocals!!!

[jorgealbertobaron]

Tema original de 1974

[DancingSpiderman]

I could hear Beavis-n-ButtHead now, doing air tuigar,

DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH DAAAAH DAH-D-DON DON DAH-DAH-DAAAAAA....

DAH-DAH-DAH-DAH DAAAAH DAH-D-DON DON DAH-DAH-DAAAAAA....

[jmeitzen]

Killer classic. Sweet video!

[kenmtb]

Johnny lightnings, bazooka bubble gum, click clack balls and vampire blood

[nokomisjeff]

1975 Arkansas sinsemilla was $15 for a big fat four finger lid. Still, the medical MJ is 1000% better than that old stuff, and I'd rather pay $55 for a quarter oz of OC Kush than $15 for an oz of that sinse.

[MrSteamie]

1975 Northern Virginia - Washington DC area, a ounce of weed was 35 bucks.

[midsizedwhiteboy]

Can you relate to a Quatertrack tape and The band performs in the nude?

He said " unh unh!

[tommieparch]

looollpo

[topcatroar61oliosc]

this is their other hit that i totally love, i wish they stuck in there for at least a few years

[oldiesmusic76]

1975 Rules!

[uncleroddy]

add a screaming guitar and tonnes of feedback and you could have a Jack White song

[jaime58ify]

Another great find from "THE MIND OF REMIND"

[jang6969]

Long live the 70's and all the fun that happened to alot of us.....

[roccotanto]

weed was $40 an ounce (lid) when this came out.......the good old days

[smokeymcpot375]

@roccotanto man that was the cheap days just like four fingers huh now its way more love sex drugs and rock n roll like this

[Watersnake777]

@roccotanto And that was for the real giggle weed. Mexican was $10-15.

[MrSeeker77]

@roccotanto I don't know where you lived to have payed $40 an ounce for weed in '75, but in Indiana it was only $30-35 an ounce, and that was for the Redbud and Goldbud. A quarter pound was only $95-105 back then, and we thaought prices were high. LOL

[mecop186]

@MrSeeker77 

[mecop186]

@MrSeeker77 $20 for a lid here in Maine and it was GREAT!!

[BrotherLeader]

Call Joe...! #liveline

[APTQ245]

what a song and what a great early vid huh class of 75

[DaveWollenberg]

Sugarloaf hit #9 in Billboard, 3-29-75. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

[ilipsoussan]

I'm in love with you and I feel fiiine!!!

[choosing2lookeast]

I always crack up when I hear that spoke part "you got my number?" "yeah, I got it when you walked in the door..."

[skodiakman]

dont call us 

[jnelson43]

Shout out to John, Paul and George at 1:48

[alc661]

George Harrison's magic riff (I feel fine )and Stevie Wonders Superstition riff

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO

[JByrd029]

What a GREAT song!

[cheeriosinabowl]

This is a great song, catchy. I have it on my iPod.

This song is (almost) never heard on the radio anymore? Why?

[fvrrljr]

LMAO this song always made me think about sex

[kinkybeatle]

Great in many ways.......touches my brain, my heart and my dancing feet.

[mocus1]

The Super Seventies !!

[Icuknowme2]

They just don`t write songs like this anymore......what a trip down memory lane.Was in HS when this came out. Frigging great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrSimonGirty]

Wolfman Jack and Ringo too!!

[3partharmony]

Love this song!

[PAULLONDEN]

Fascinating vid.Nice surprise !

[ktmggg]

I hear two familiar keyboard riffs; Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group. And at 2:35 I really hear Stevie Wonder's intro to Superstition. Still, this is a damn fine song.

[billyfan8305]

@ktmggg Who cares???

[ktmggg]

@billyfan8305 Apparently you do or you wouldn't have responded to my innocuous comment.

[billyfan8305]

@ktmggg No, I dont understand WHY you took the time to point that out..Since YOU obviously  cared about it

[ktmggg]

The organ riff sounds a bit like Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group. Or maybe Billy Preston, but not sure which one his songs. Still a damn fine song though!

[Tikayyan]

I remember this from the skating rink, circa 1980. Landmark Skate Center in Lee's Summit MO

[DrFeelRotten]

I dont recall if i was in jr high or earlier when this was done.. still remember it well..

[hnorky]

Ah memories of my Pa's old Alfetta, which he'd fitted with a sophisticated (in its day) Pye car hifi with Aiwa amp & speakers, always playing the rock 'n' roll. Memories of watching the sun set through the windscreen as Pa would zoom down the N2 at 150 kms, after a day of whale-watching in Hermanus, my sunburnt kid brother asleep on the back seat as I'd sit back in the co-pilot's seat and let the cool sea air blast me through those little triangle vents that cars had in those days....

[WayneStation]

2:02 Sounds like someone saying "Hey, Wayne!"

[MaceMn]

LOL I had forgotten about this tune... Gotta luv YouTube.

[squeak1964]

These sunny days have me thinkin of this old tune!

[foreveronfilm]

Any way, we cut a hit and we toured a bit with a song he said he couldn't use And now he calls and begs and crawls It's telephone deja vu We got percentage points and lousy joints And all the glitter we can use, Mama So, uh huh, don't call us now, we'll call you Listen kid you paid for the call You ain't bad but I've heard it all before Don't call us, we'll call you Don't call us Don't call us, we'll call you

[foreveronfilm]

I got your name from a friend of a friend

who said he used to work with you

Remember the all night creature from stereo ninety two

Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape

You know the band performs in the nude

He said uh huh don't call us child we'll call you

Listen kid you paid for the call

You ain't bad but we've heard it all before

And it sounds like John, Paul and George

[foreveronfilm]

SUGARLOAF - "Don't Call Us We'll Call You" A Long distance directory assistance, area code 212 Say hey, A and R this is mister rhythm and blues He said hello, and put me on hold To say the least the cat was cold He said, don't call us child we'll call you I said, you got my number He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door Don't call us, we'll call you Don't call us, we'll call you

[tommieparch]

@foreveronfilm worst mistake ever... sun records sellin the young elvis contract!

[nyyankee23tnmn]

@tommieparch unh uh, worst mistake ever...Decca Records turning down the Beatles.

[J4C0BC0OK]

7 people didn't get called...

[centerforce2]

Funky. I like it.

[curtdammit]

7 people didnt get called

[truckman14]

Telephone sex?

[muthafugger]

This video,I have no idea if was made back in the day when song was popular,but it just hit me it is a lot like the Peter Gabriel video for Sledge hammer? Just a thought..

[TigerRocket]

Fun fact from wiki: "The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records and a public number at the White House respectively."

[lakeguild]

@TigerRocket I didn't know that. Cool.

[circusitch]

@TigerRocket CBS has since changed their number, now it's mine. Bad move, I get nothing but calls from Sugaloaf fans.

[memmies]

wow

[Fashizle20]

Kinda like "Have A Cigar" in content; Also Sugarloaf is a place in Denver,CO!

[IndysBack]

Wow the guitar at parts sounds like "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles.

[Cml725]

@IndysBack It is. :-) "We got John, Paul and George"

[Cml725]

@IndysBack It is. :-) "sounds like John, Paul and George"

[IndysBack]

@Cml725

Yeah I gathered, Lol.

[14truthisbeauty]

set the way back machine

[cambriacity]

That is really cool .

Like the "creeping carbon"

Songs like this are a thing of a past now. was in 5 grade back then, and had a transistor radio taped to my bike.  Those were good days back then.

[HammondMaster]

This IS Mr. Rhythm and Blues.

[couch63]

good video. nice work

[mbnye]

One of my old fav's, thanx for posting!! Love the bass line.

[gR8FuLpOnTiAc]

yep, this song was on the radio in chicago all the time back then, i remember hearing it in the back of my mom's 73 rs camaro. i was 5 years old....this and "broher louie" by stories.

[america1125]

at about fifty seconds the guitar riff is just like a beatles song, i should know the song but i cant remember the name

[drummastaj]

@america1125 that's why he says "it sounds like John, Paul, and George" at 1:45

[loudmusic67]

@drummastaj Nice they left out Ringo! (the song wouldn't have came together very well if they would have used Ringo)

[umdesch4]

@america1125 The song you're thinking of is "I Feel Fine"

[AlgisKemezys]

This is also a classic...

[1wingchunguy]

The best music came from this era. You actually had to have talent to produce a good song!

[hotdog1960]

I remember this song on the radio back in 1975...my cousin just got his license..had a hot 1970 chevy nova. The best was when we pulled over a 1970 Cuda loaded down with girls...man what a night!

[panzerfaust54]

@hotdog1960 I remember those 70 coda's in high school man what a memory..

,

[ultrakool]

@hotdog1960 brings me back too

[DaveWollenberg]

WLS-AM made their own edit, with a touch tone of their own, to start it off. Billboard's #555 song for '75. The guys hit #9 in Billboard. Check out the sample of 'I feel fine' in it. God bless!

[Multi1628]

THANK U VERY MUCH FOR POSTING THIS 1974-75 CLASSIC AND ESSENTIAL 7" DANCE TRACK, ALSO CHECK OUT THE 1970 LONG (LP) VERSION OF GREEN-EYED LADY FOR MORE, AS WELL AS THE CHIMIRA 12" , YOU'RE SO VAIN ORIGINAL MIX (12") THAT GIVES PROPS TO DON'T CALL US. LOVE TO EVERY BIG BEAT BEATLES RECORD FOREVER!!!!!! DANCE ON... DAVEDJ

[Vendettathegreat]

This would make the PERFECT ringtone. Amirite?

[PopCulture20]

@Vendettathegreat hahahaha agree!!!

[MrBayfire66]

awesome song i was 10 when this came out

[cryptonet007]

Beatles yes, but this is an early funk rock tune to the bone..............Child

[blackhawk10972]

Great tune. I like the Beatles guitar riff from " I feel fine" .

[leahanania]

don't miss the part where he referrs to the Beatles  - nice

[WebSurfing1ish]

My dad loves singing this tune, he always thought it was BTO.

[Getitinya0069]

Great song~ Timeless Classic.  :D :D

[Quantumew]

if these guys didn't write green eyed lady I probably would like this song. just not up to par instrumentally. haha HE FORGOT RINGO

[mundanejane550]

Don't bother calling...

[squeak1964]

I still dig this tune! After all these years~~~~~~~~~

[jimmybassplayerrocks]

Do thses guys tour ?

[Quantumew]

@jimmybassplayerrocks I think jerry corbetta still does based on the videos ive seen

[DonFormica]

I would call this ban the greatest one hit wonder band, except they were a 2 hit wonder band.

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

my grandma use to have one of them old spin dial telephones. whenever i see it i think of this song.

[iannetta11]

groovy.

[2guitarme]

Good video. I finally got my old phone put back together...

[marr1157]

Sugarloaf es uno de esos grupos que nunca se olvida .

[yoyopro]

Wow, look at how much work went into an old phone . . . . now it's just a few soldier points and it's done.

[blackout2240]

lol i always sing this song to myself when i tell a friend that I'll call him not for him to call me.

[hiswife1108]

This song can still make me feel young-it definitely takes me back :)

[mocus1]

the Super Seventies!

[chelehipchick70]

this is a killer song,was back then & still is!

[flap4eva]

i love this tune!!!! takes me back to good times back in the day-im an old school hippie chick/ PEACE!!!

[craigh46]

Cool Video!

[lakeladymel]

Funky.fun song.Used to beg the parents to turn it up in the T-bird. We cruised to Loblaws and we jammed !

[Emilylenore]

Same here gabblerachett is song and lyrics are cool

[BrightLightGirl]

This has got to be the best song in rock history - and definitely the MOST unique! It's just as much fun to listen to now as it was 35 years ago.

[granger18trains]

this was a good tune !

[lowaces]

thats my message to obama

[tuff47]

Dude!!!! This some righteous rock and roll right here! One of my all time favorites.

[danzthaman62]

Sounds like ahh John Paul & George.....

[Cml725]

First time I heard this song I went nuts when I heard the I Feel Fine riff! LOL :) Rock on!

[dickderry]

this shit rocks!

[kkman2112]

the bass line in this jam is nasty

[dsaman]

Brings back memories.....thanks for posting my friend!

[ThePromovideo]

One timeless, jive-ass, great tune from the best era of ROCK-N-ROLL..

Baby play it loud! YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaH.. Video looks like something Ray Harryhausen did..

[richintalent]

This is what happens every time I go to a job interview...

[sassybear1000]

long distance directory assistance area code 212 baby!!!!!

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #9 in Billboard. WLS made up their own intro, usin', I guess, their own touch tone. God bless!

[AIKevorkian]

That's a very good video eh? Ancient telephone video to an awesome "ancient" song! I remember 1975!

[whirlspinner]

Wasted, I agree - this shizz IS still bangin'! :)

[slbabb]

The first set of touchtones was an unlisted number at CBS Records, who had just turned them down for a record deal. The touchtones near the end were a public number at the White House.

[coolmacmac]

This is cool Classic Rock. I like this.

[wastedzshizz]

this shizz is still bangin

[hendrixzilla]

The phone # you hear is Capitol Records!

[wastedzshizz]

dang this shizz is bangin

[TheSPACECOWBOY68]

A lot better than the Van Halen version

[3984ja]

Great sound nice basline to.

[nywilf]

Im just saying this is the best vid ever

[10khertz]

Love this tune and fantastic video!

Paul

[Fanfardon]

I also love how in the 70's women had big hairy juicy twats. The bush used to stand at least two inches of the meat, without apology or remorse. Women were women!

[theHandsofRasputin]

YES!

[musicman69123]

I like how they ripped off some famous classic rock riffs and turned them into a great song!

[flap4eva]

@musicman69123 PEACE MAN

[DoubleDutchBust]

Sugarloaf?

Shregdder

Goatmeat

[MiaBellaGSD]

wolfman jack still lives :-)

[soxfan801]

I remeber them on Wonderama

[cavemanhookers]

Looking for a great old song???? look up simon stokes' captain howdy. It was a mid 70's one hit wonder.

[Multi1628]

@cavemanhookers LOVE ALSO VOODOO WOMAN, 1969, ELEKTRA 45670 7" SINGLE. VERY POPULAR STILL IN NEW ORLEANS! DAVEDJ

[walliby]

One of the great songs from the past.

35 years old bit still sounds so good.

Music like this keeps me going.

[aristacourt]

5 STars

[lowaces]

sometimes this song goes through my head just out of nowhere and it don't piss me off !

[anitashelby]

Totally Coool Song!!! 5*s Thankyou!!!

[sunsets1977]

a totally cool & such an awesome song.

[satothequeen]

5*****

Very sweet song/video!

Thanks a lot for sharing, dear friend :)

[RoyProductions101]

lawlz oh em geeez, pro quality

mr rythym and blueeeezzz!

[DejaVuSu]

great song....nice post thanks :)

[Videoport1200]

The chocolated hairs

[DejaVuSu]

ahhh yeah, used to love this one :)

[rickygeorge77]

they also did green -eyed lady, another great tune

[gabblerachett]

i always come back to his song every month or so

[MaximusRelaximus]

197-197-1975 hello? yeah, i wanna go back, reverse the frickin charges, thanks.

[IKE11111]

"uh, Long Distance, Directory-Assistance, Area Code 212",

i Said, "hey Mama, This Is Mr. Rhythm-And-Blues"

he Said Hello And Put Me On Hold

to Say The Least, The Cat Was Cold

he Said, "don't Call Us, Child, We'll Call You"

i Said, "you Got My Number?"

he Said, "yeah, I Got It When You Walked In The Door."

[Axeminister5]

This used to be my favorite song back in like 1973 or so. They don't make music like this anymore. Although I'm trying to make some new music.

[Multi1628]

@Axeminister5 FALL, WINTER 1974. STILL COOL SONG... DAVEDJ

[BeamOut1]

Never listened to the verses of this song. Sooo funny! The production sounds like a home recording.

[stefelony]

I remember riding in my Dad's car

[MsPreciousParrot]

Another great song from the 70's that brings back special memories! Love listening to it.. over and over!

Thanks so much for sharing it here!

[ryphil4]

Im going to see them tonight in Durham NH....Opening for Railroad Earth...

[sassybear1000]

Shit! It`s been stuck in my head for over 30 years!!! Too bad they don`t make music like this anymore! I can`t see listening to Daughtry 30 years from now!!! Plleassse!!!

[kanelitwiniec]

Be prepared to have this song stuck in your head for the rest of the day.