Phonefreak Honey

Phonefreak Honey is a song by Birmingham-based band Sweet Jesus, and was their first fully available single.

It was released on Rough Trade Records (catalogue number R284) in 1992.

[1] Despite a previous release by the band (Honey Loving Honey) earlier in 1992, Phonefreak Honey was the first widely available single (the former was an exclusive Rough Trade Singles Club release).

[2] The title track was produced by Ray Shulman, with the two B-sides being produced by Dave Morris.

Paul Lester, of Melody Maker, described the title track's production in a February 1992 article: You couldn't guess what they were singing about, however – Ben [Bentley]'s androgynous falsetto (very Diana Ross) and Roy [Priest]'s hoover-wired-up-to-a-studio-console guitar (very Blondie-produced-by-Kevin Shields) mean that all the words are lost in the mix.Phonefreak Honey was Melody Maker's Single of the Week for the issue published on 8 February 1992.