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|Canada ([[CHUM Chart|''CHUM'']])<ref>{{webarchive|title= CHART NUMBER 1176 – Saturday, July 28, 1979 |date= February 12, 2006 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060212014846/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1176}}. [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]].</ref>
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|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |publisher= InfoDisc |id= Select "Anita Ward" from the artist drop-down menu |accessdate= June 12, 2014 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_W.php |language= fr}}</ref>
|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title=InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |publisher=InfoDisc |id=Select "Anita Ward" from the artist drop-down menu |accessdate=June 12, 2014 |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_W.php |language=fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920064608/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_W.php |archivedate=September 20, 2013 |df= }}</ref>
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|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']]<ref>{{webarchive|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 30, 1979 |date= February 5, 2011 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110205163532/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19790630.html}}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19790630.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 30, 1979 |accessdate=2014-06-12 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205163532/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19790630.html |archivedate=February 5, 2011 |df= }}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
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|US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{webarchive|title= RECORD WORLD 1979 |date= May 11, 2005 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050511101958/http://www.geocities.com/muggy59/1979.html}}. ''[[Record World]]''. Geocities.com.</ref>
|US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/muggy59/1979.html |title=RECORD WORLD 1979 |accessdate=2014-07-12 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050511101958/http://www.geocities.com/muggy59/1979.html |archivedate=May 11, 2005 |df= }}. ''[[Record World]]''. Geocities.com.</ref>
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|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1970s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40276 |accessdate= June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1979 |publisher= The Longbored Surfer |accessdate= June 12, 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1979.php}}</ref>
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Hits for 1979 |publisher=The Longbored Surfer |accessdate=June 12, 2014 |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1979.php |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183205/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1979.php |archivedate=March 3, 2016 |df= }}</ref>
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|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]]<ref>{{webarchive|title= Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 1979 |date= June 18, 2009 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090618165035/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1982}}. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.</ref>
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|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']]<ref>{{webarchive|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1979 |date= August 25, 2012 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120825012820/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html}}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1979 |accessdate=2014-07-12 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825012820/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |archivedate=August 25, 2012 |df= }}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
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Revision as of 23:08, 24 May 2017

"Ring My Bell"
Song
B-side
  • "If I Could Feel That Old Feeling Again"
  • "Make Believe Lovers" (alternate B-side)

"Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song written by Frederick Knight. The song was originally written for then eleven-year-old Stacy Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone.[2] When Lattisaw signed with a different label, Anita Ward was asked to sing it instead, and it became her only major hit.[3]

Ward's single hit number one on the disco charts.[4] "Ring My Bell" went to number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Soul Singles chart.[4] It also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.[5][6]

Composition

The song is noted for its innovative use of the Synare electronic drum, playing a decaying high-pitched tom tone on every fourth beat. It also uses chimes. The lyrics concern a woman encouraging her partner to relax with her after a hard day at work.[7]

The lyric "You can ring my bell" was seen as sexually suggestive according to the The Slanguage of Sex (1984), "'You can ring my bell any time you want to' would be regarded as a 'come-on' phrase in the US if used by a female," and "Songs like 'Ring My Bell' by Anita Ward caused scarcely a raised eyebrow in the 70s."[8] Billboard magazine included the song on its list of the 50 sexiest songs of all time.[7] Knight, however, said that he deliberately avoided any overly suggestive lyrics, wanting to project a clean-cut image for Ward.[9]

Chart performance