<P> The song was the lead - off track on the Nerves's 1976 EP, the group's only release . It was later popularized by new wave band Blondie when they released a cover of the song as the second single from their 1978 album Parallel Lines in both the US and UK . It eventually reached number 5 in the UK in November 1978 . </P> <P> Like one of Blondie's subsequent singles, "Sunday Girl", "Hanging on the Telephone" employs a double backbeat rhythm in its drumming pattern . This percussion style also appeared on other power pop singles from the period, like the Romantics' 1978 release "Tell It to Carrie". </P> <Dl> <Dt> UK 7" (CHS 2266) </Dt> </Dl> <Dt> UK 7" (CHS 2266) </Dt>

Don't leave me hanging on the telephone harley quinn