Ring My Bell (Monie Love vs. Adeva song)

"Ring My Bell"
Single by Monie Love vs. Adeva
from the album Love or Lust
Released1991
Genre
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richie Fermie
Adeva singles chronology
"Treat Me Right"
(1990)
"Ring My Bell"
(1991)
"It Should Have Been Me"
(1991)
Monie Love singles chronology
"It's a Shame (My Sister)"
(1990)
"Ring My Bell"
(1991)
"Born 2 B.R.E.E.D."
(1993)
Music video
"Ring My Bell" on YouTube

"Ring My Bell" is a song recorded by British rapper, actress, and radio personality Monie Love and American singer Adeva. Released in March 1991 by Chrysalis and Cooltempo Records as a single, it became a top-10 hit in Finland and Switzerland, and a top-20 hit in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK. Love co-wrote the lyrics with the song's producer Richie Fermie. It was included on Adeva's second album, Love or Lust (1991). The accompanying music video features the singers battling each other in a boxing ring.

Critical reception

Andrew Mueller from Melody Maker wrote, "Subtitled "A Contest Over Twelve Inches", this ostensible clash of the titans pits Monie Love's affected staccato rap against Adeva's oddly tuneless warble and produces a contest roughly as entertaining as any other rock-type collaboration you can think of. That is to say, not very."[1]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 44
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 36
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 7
Germany (Official German Charts) 25
Israel (Israeli Singles Chart)[5] 29
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)[6] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 8
UK Singles (OCC) 20

References

  1. ^ Mueller, Andrew (30 March 1991). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 32. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Monie Love vs. Adeva – Ring My Bell" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 20. 18 May 1991. p. 19. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Monie Love vs. Adeva". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 153. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ^ Israeli Singles Chart. 5 May 1991.
  6. ^ Radio Luxembourg Singles. 28 April 1991.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Monie Love vs. Adeva" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Monie Love vs. Adeva – Ring My Bell" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Monie Love vs. Adeva – Ring My Bell". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Monie Love vs. Adeva – Ring My Bell". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 October 2021.