Once Anita got her hands on it, the words were, well, spiced up a bit. ‘Ring My Bell’ was originally a teenybopper song about kids calling one another on the phone. She sounds like she’s going for cute and innocent as she welcomes her man home after a day’s work: Well lay back and relax, While I put away the dishes… But it comes off a little nasal and grating, especially as she hits the chorus’s high notes. Plus, Anita Ward’s voice is an acquired taste. I’m not sure… Should we be treating this as a novelty? It is very in your face in its attempts to be catchy. The chimes in the chorus do: You can ring my bell… Ding-dong-ding-dong… They don’t sound much like bells, though. It’s all chucka-chucka guitars, and a distinctive pew pew sound that sounds like a futuristic arcade shooter (apparently it’s an electronic drum giving us this tight beat). ![]() Ring My Bell, by Anita Ward (her 1 st and only #1)
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