"Switchboard Susan" is a song written by Mickey Jupp[1] and recorded by Nick Lowe for his 1979 album, Labour of Lust.
[2] Jupp originally wrote the song for his album Juppanese, which Lowe was producing.
He recalled: "Mickey Jupp is touched with genius but he could be a difficult and contrary man.
I nearly had to throw myself across the tracks to stop the train and prevent Rockpile from leaving town.
But "Switchboard Susan" had a cracking backing track, so I offered to buy it off Mickey and he agreed.