Ring My Bell

"Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song by Anita Ward. It was originally written for then eleven-year-old Stacy Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone. When Lattisaw signed with a different label, Ward was asked to sing it instead, and it became her only major hit.

The song hit number one on the disco charts. "Ring My Bell" went to number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Soul Singles chart. It also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.

"Ring My Bell" has been covered by many artists since its original release, including DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Ann Lee, Tori Amos, Dynamic Duo, Collette, Saïan Supa Crew, INOJ, Pato Fu, Joey Boy, Sxip Shirey, and Princess X (a modern interpretation under the title "Gimme All (Ring My Bell)"). It has also been remixed many times and was featured in the movie The Book of Eli.

Instrumentation

The song is characterized by the sound of chimes and of the Synare electronic drum playing a decaying high-pitched tom tone.

Ring My Bell (disambiguation)

"Ring My Bell" is a song by Anita Ward.

Ring My Bell may also refer to:

Ring My Bell (Hitomi Yaida song)

"Ring My Bell" is a song by Hitomi Yaida, released as her sixth Japanese single. It is also the first single taken from the album I/flancy.

It reached number four in the Oricon charts on June 4, 2002.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yaiko, arranged by Diamond Head. 

Notes

Ring My Bell (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song)

"Ring My Bell" was the second single released from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's fourth studio album, Homebase. The song sampled and shared the same name as Anita Ward's 1979 hit, "Ring My Bell", though the original lyrics were replaced by those written by the Fresh Prince (Will Smith). Nevertheless, The songs original writer, Fredrick Knight was sole writer who received writing credits. The song appears on Smith's series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the closing credits from "The Mother of All Battles" off the season 2 episode.

"Ring My Bell" was the follow-up to the duo's smash hit, "Summertime", which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Though not as successful as "Summertime", "Ring My Bell" also became a top-40 hit, peaking at No. 20 on the Hot 100 and receiving a gold certification from the RIAA on November 26, 1991 for sales of 500,000 copies.

Single track listing

A-Side