Pittsburgh Calling

Pittsburgh Calling is a 1999 song released by American dance-punk band Screaming Yellow Players.

Writing and conception
According to a interview with Derek De Vriendt, he and Gabriel Haim improvised the song and Derek's guitar lines for it while riding the on the way to a gig in,.

The voice of the female operator on the song is, producer 's former bandmate. The male operator is voiced by personality Larry Richert.

Music video
The song's music video was directed by a then-unknown and shot in. plays the role of a tour manager for the Screaming Yellow Players. Pittsburgh landmarks featured in the video include the, the and , and the. In the video, Derek De Vriendt plays a 1986 G&L Broadcaster (the song was recorded with his Dean Budweiser Bowtie guitar) and Samantha E. Aizer plays a Roland GR-500 (the song was recorded with her Fender Mustang).

Release and promotion
The band performed the song on an episode of Top of the Pops USA, in a performance where the band members wore T-shirts for each one of their favorite artists (for example: Derek De Vriendt wore a T-shirt with the cover of The Cars' Heartbeat City album, while Gabriel Haim wore a Tom Petty T-shirt)