Answer the Phone

"Answer the Phone"
Single by Sugar Ray
from the album Sugar Ray
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2001 (2001-09-24)
GenrePop-punk[1]
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gilmore
Sugar Ray singles chronology
"When It's Over"
(2001) 		"Answer the Phone"
(2001) 		"Ours"
(2002)
Music video
"Answer the Phone" on YouTube

"Answer the Phone" is a song by the American rock band Sugar Ray. It was released on September 24, 2001, via Atlantic Records and Lava Records as the second single from their self-titled fourth studio album. It is a pop punk song that was written by Mark McGrath, Stan Frazier, Murphy Karges, and Don Gilmore and produced by the latter.

Track listing

US CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Answer the Phone" (intro edit)3:45
2."Answer the Phone" (intro bridge edit)3:31
3."Answer the Phone" (album version)3:59
Germany CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Answer the Phone" (album version)3:58
2."Answer the Phone" (edit 1)3:45
3."Answer the Phone" (edit 2)3:31
Australia CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Answer the Phone" (album version)3:58
2."Falls Apart" (live from Spain)4:26
3."Fly" (live from Spain) 

Charts

Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 68
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 40
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[4] 12
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[5] 33
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 39

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States September 24, 2001 Hot adult contemporary radio
[7]
September 25, 2001 Contemporary hit radio [8]
Australia December 10, 2001 CD [9]

References

  1. ^ "Does Sugar Ray Actually Suck? - LA Weekly". LA Weekly.
  2. ^ "Issue 621" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Sugar Ray – Answer the Phone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Sugar Ray Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sugar Ray Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Sugar Ray Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hot AC: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1420. September 21, 2001. p. 71. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "CHR/Pop: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1420. September 21, 2001. p. 46. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 10th December 2001" (PDF). ARIA. December 10, 2001. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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