- published: 26 Oct 2015
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A hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook. An example would be a phone that automatically connects to emergency services on picking up the receiver. Therefore, dedicated hotline phones do not need a rotary dial or keypad. A hotline can also be called an automatic signaling, ringdown, or off-hook service.
True hotlines cannot be used to originate calls other than to preselected destinations. However, in common or colloquial usage, a "hotline" often refers to a call center reachable by dialing a standard telephone number, or sometimes the phone numbers themselves.
This is especially the case with 24-hour, noncommercial numbers, such as police tip hotlines or suicide crisis hotlines, which are manned around the clock and thereby give the appearance of real hotlines. Increasingly, however, the term is found being applied to any customer service telephone number.
My family doctor couldn't find me no cure, oh no
Said you really got it bad and I know it for sure, yes, he did, baby
He said the only one that can fill your prescription, oh yeah
And this feeling I got, ain't got but one description
Said I got a thing called
Love-itis, got a hold on me
Love-itis, got control on me
Love-itis, got a hold on me
Love-itis, got control on me
I tried so hard, baby, but I couldn't run away, oh no
Yeah, and my fever gets higher, come on, honey, day by day, yeah
This feeling I got, man, is like a disease, oh no, baby
It's really got me down, really got me down
Really got me down, got a hold on me, yeah
Love-itis, got a hold on me
Love-itis, got control on me
Love-itis, got a hold on me
Love-itis, got control on me
Shake what momma gave ya
Watch it now
It's got me, man, it's got me
It's really, really got me
It's got me, man, it's got me
It's really, really got me
It's got me, man, it's got me
It's really, really got me
It's got me, man, it's got me
It's really, really got me
Love-itis, got a hold on me
Love-itis, got control on me
Love-itis, got a hold on me, baby
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Love-itis, my fever getting higher
Love-itis, you're my desire
Love-itis, come on