Operator, Operator

"Operator, Operator" (also titled "Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)") is a country music song co-written and recorded by Larry Willoughby, a cousin of Rodney Crowell. He released the song in 1983 from the album Building Bridges, and took it to number 65 on the Hot Country Songs charts.^[2] The Oak Ridge Boys also recorded it under the original title, as the b-side to their 1983 single "Love Song".^[3]

A 1985 recording by Eddy Raven, under the title "Operator, Operator", appeared on his album Love and Other Hard Times. This version went to number 9 on the same chart.^[1] Two versions of Raven's version were issued: One has a standard fade during the reprisal of the refrain, the other has a slightly different transition into the final refrain, with Raven – after being cut off – screaming into the phone that he has no more change to continue the call, with that track being played over Raven singing.