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<p>LOVE JOHN PRINE! <span class="ql-emojiblot" data-name="heart"><span contenteditable="false"><span class="ap ap-heart">❤</span></span></span> FIRST TIME TRYING THIS ONE! THANKS FOR LISTENS SWEET FRIENDS! <span class="ql-emojiblot" data-name="heart"><span contenteditable="false"><span class="ap ap-heart">❤</span></span></span></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Hello in There</strong>" is a song written by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Prine</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_In_There_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> The song deals with themes of isolation as a result of growing old.</p><p><br></p><p>Prine wrote the song when he was 22, stating: "I delivered to a Baptist old people’s home where we’d have to go room-to-room... and some of the patients would kind of pretend that you were a grandchild or nephew that had come to visit, instead of the guy delivering papers. That always stuck in my head."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_In_There_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> Prine also went on to state that some of the names of the characters in the song come from real-life sources, such as Rudy being the name of a neighbor's dog.</p><p>John Prine explains in a Performing Songwriter interview how this track was sparked from a John Lennon tune and evolved into a poignant song about growing old: "I heard the John Lennon song 'Across The Universe,' and he had a lot of reverb on his voice. I was thinking about hollering into a hollow log, trying to get through to somebody - 'Hello in there.' That was the beginning thought, then it went to old people I've always had an affinity for old people. I used to help a buddy with his newspaper route, and I delivered to a Baptist old peoples home where we’d have to go room-to-room. And some of the patients would kind of pretend that you were a grandchild or nephew that had come to visit, instead of the guy delivering papers. That always stuck in my head. It was all that stuff together, along with that pretty melody. I don’t think I’ve done a show without singing 'Hello in There.' Nothing in it wears on me." </p><p><br></p><p>Prine on choosing the name Loretta for the song's aging wife (Collier Books, 1975): "The names mean a lot. You know, like Loretta in 'Hello In There.' I wanted to pick a name that could be an old person's name, but I didn't want it to stick out so much. People go through phases one year where a lot of them will name their kids the same... and I was just thinking that it was very possible that the kind of person I had in mind could be called Loretta. And it's not so strange that it puts her in a complete time period." As for the name of old factory friend Rudy, Prine explains: "We used to live in this three-room flat and across the street there was this dog who would never come in and the dog's name was Rudy. And the lady used to come out at five o'clock every night and go 'Ru-dee! Ru-dee!' And I was sitting there writing and suddenly I go 'Rudy! Yeah! I got that.'"</p><p><br></p><h2>Other versions</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allan_Coe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Allan Coe</a>'s 1983 album is titled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_in_There" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hello in There</em></a> and features a cover of the title song, in tribute to John Prine.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^] In 2020, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Isbell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Isbell</a> covered the song for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alzheimer's Association</a>'s <em>Music Moments</em> compilation: according to Isbell, John Prine is one of his favorite songwriters.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_In_There_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p><br></p><h2>The <em>Hello in There Foundation</em></h2><p>After John Prine's death from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> in 2020, Prine's family established the <em>Hello in There Foundation</em>. While also honoring Prine himself, the foundation aims to support marginalized groups and persons.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_In_There_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4</a>"<strong>Hello in There</strong>" is a song written by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Prine</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_In_There_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> The song deals with themes of isolation as a result of growing old.</p><h2><br></h2>