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"Ring My Bell" 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] 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] Billboard Hot 100[ 4] UK Singles Chart .[ 5] [ 6]
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."[ 7]
Composition
According to Billboard [ 8] chimes and of the Synare electronic drum playing a decaying high-pitched tom tone.
Weekly charts
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Sales and certifications
Chart successions
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Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single Succeeded by
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UK Singles Chart number-one single Succeeded by
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US Billboard Hot Disco Singles number-one single Succeeded by
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US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single Succeeded by
US Cash Box number-one single
US Record World number-one single
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US Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single
Canadian RPM 100 Singles number-one single
Canadian RPM Disco Playlist number-one single
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Canadian RPM Adult Oriented Playlist number-one single Succeeded by
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New Zealand number-one single Succeeded by
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Norwegian number-one single Succeeded by
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Spanish number-one single Succeeded by
References
^ Prato, Greg. "Anita Ward – Artist Biography" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved June 12, 2014 . ^ " . Super Seventies. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Ring My Bell by Anita Ward" . Songfacts. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ a b c d e "Songs of Love – Awards" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved June 3, 2013 .^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved June 3, 2013.^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 591. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 ^ McConville, Brigid; Shearlaw, John (1984). The Slanguage of Sex ^ "The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time" . Billboard . Retrieved October 13, 2016 .^ "Billboard – Hits Of The World" . Billboard 91 (35): 57. September 1, 1979. ISSN 0006-2510 .^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50 . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 4 augustus 1979" (in Dutch). Top 30 . Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ Template:Wayback . CHUM . Retrieved June 12, 2014.^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4491 ." RPM Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 4538 ." RPM Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4549a ." RPM Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Anita Ward" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Ring My Bell" . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ a b "I singoli più venduti del 1979" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons . Retrieved June 3, 2013 .^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Anita Ward - Ring My Bell" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . Top 40 Singles . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . VG-lista . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (W)" . Rock.co.za. Retrieved June 3, 2013 .^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2 ^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . Singles Top 100 . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ "Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . Swiss Singles Chart . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ Template:Wayback . Cash Box magazine^ Template:Wayback . Record World ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1970s" . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Jahreshitparade 1979" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Jaaroverzichten 1979" (in Dutch). Ultratop . Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Top Singles – Volume 32, No. 13, December 22, 1979" . RPM Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "TOP – 1979" (in French). Top-france.fr. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 . Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "End of Year Charts 1979" . Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved October 30, 2015 .^ "Top 100 Hits for 1979" . The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ Template:Wayback . Billboard ^ Template:Wayback . Cash Box magazine^ "Canadian single certifications – Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . Music Canada .^ "Les Meilleures Ventes Tout Temps de 45 T. / Singles" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .^ "British single certifications – Anita Ward – Ring My Bell" . British Phonographic Industry .Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Ring My Bell in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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