"Ring A Ding-Ding" is a song recorded by American pop music group

Leslie and the LY's Leslie & the LY's was a pop music band from Ames, Iowa that began as an open mike trio in 2004. Leslie & the LY's is made up of front-woman Leslie Hall, also known as Mother Gem, who composes all of the music herself generally using the Apple Com ...

for their debut studio album, ''

Gold Pants ''Gold Pants'' is the debut and only studio album by American pop music group Leslie and the LY's, released to iTunes on March 11, 2005. and released in CD format on March 15, 2005. The record serves as front-woman Leslie Hall's first musical projec ...

''. Serving as the album's opening track, the track was premiered on November 23, 2004, on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. It was also supplemented with its own music video.

Composition

"Ring A Ding-Ding" is an

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song. It has a length of two minutes and twenty-three seconds and a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Leslie Hall provides lead vocals, rapping in the opening of the song, and sings for the rest. Hall's vocals span from C₄ to D#₅. Hall opens the track with the lyrics: "Ring A Ding-Ding, who's got that thing?" An

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drum beat then begins, followed by an

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bass. The track has minimal production.

Music video and live performance

"Ring A Ding-Ding" was supplemented with a music video. It consists of the group performing in the middle of a party, as well of scenes of Hall and the other LY's in a separate room. The group performed the track during their appearance on ''Unscrewed! with Martin Seargent''.

Release history

References

{{Reflist 2004 songs Leslie and the LY's songs