they dont want your name! they just want your number

[chinadoll]

part of a song from long ago.....maybe from the punk area....this part was spoken but cant remember the rest of it,,,,,can anyone?

[Ouisch]

You sure you don't mean "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" by the Beatles?

[Dazz]

Was it :

 Living by numbers, by New Musik, in the charts Feb 1980??

 

Dazz

[lookslikemik]

Sounds like "Living by Numbers" to me.  In various sped-up and slowed-down voices:

 

They don't want your name

They don't want your name

They don't want your name

They don't want your name

They don't want your name

They don't want your name

Just your number...

 

The album was called "From A to B".

[londondave]

I remember a CRASS song with those sort of lyrics though I doubt you woul have heard them on the radio

[jenstar]

I suspect it's New Musik. "Living By Numbers" was easily their biggest hit, though quite why the public didn't go for their other singles is something of a mystery as they're all quite catchy.

[cruthinboy]

World of Water was another biggish hit.