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

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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

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

Release history

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

References

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  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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