Beechwood 4-5789

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“Beechwood 4-5789”
Single by The Carpenters from the album Made in America
A-side	"'Beechwood 4-5789'"
B-side	"Two Sides"
Released	1981
Format	7" single
Recorded	1980-1981
Genre	Pop
Length	03:06
Label	A&M Records 2344
Writer(s)	Marvin Gaye William "Mickey" Stevenson Berry Gordy
Producer	Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Those Good Old Dreams" (1981) "Beechwood 4-5789" (1981) "Make Believe It's Your First Time" (1983)

"Beechwood 4-5789" is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla label.

Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Berry Gordy, the lyrics are about the narrator wanting a man she just met to call her number in order to "have a date, any ol' time."

An early Motown signature, the song was led by Marvelettes co-lead singer Gladys Horton, who sang lead on the group's groundbreaking 1961 smash, "Please Mr. Postman." The song reached number 17 on the pop singles chart almost repeating the success of "Postman."

In 1981, Karen and Richard Carpenter recorded it for their album Made in America. They then released it as a single in 1982 and did a music video in a 1950s-style diner.

The song's title became the most popular phone number in the country until two decades later, when Tommy Tutone released "Jenny (867-5309)."

By the mid-1960s, the phase-in of all-number calling was rapidly taking hold. Wilson Pickett did a similarly named yet remarkably different song entitled "634-5789 (Soulville, U.S.A.)" in early 1966.

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