Ring A Ling (Sneakbo song)

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"Ring A Ling"
Ring-A-Ling.jpg
Single by Sneakbo
Released7 July 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:22
Label Play Hard
Songwriter(s) Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, Agassi Odusina, James Grant, Darius Ellington
Producer(s) iLL BLU
Sneakbo singles chronology
"Zim Zimma"
(2012)
"Ring A Ling"
(2013)
"Dr. Who!"
(2014)
Music video
"Ring A Ling" on YouTube

"Ring A Ling" is a song by London rapper Sneakbo. Ring A Ling samples the chorus from Shabba Ranks "Ting A Ling". "Ring A Ling" was also playlisted on Radio 1 A list. [1] The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 27. The song was written by Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, Agassi Odusina, James Grant, Darius Ellington and produced by ILL BLU.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Ring A Ling" was first released onto YouTube on 30 May 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty six seconds. [2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Ring A Ling" (Clean Edit)3:22
2."Ring A Ling" (Explicit Edit)3:22
3."Ring A Ling" (Play Hard Remix) (featuring Wiley, Krept and Konan)3:22
4."Ring A Ling" (Paris Esquire Trap Remix)2:38
5."Ring A Ling" (Ruff Loaderz Dance Remix)6:04
6."Ring A Ling" (Teddy Music Garage Remix)2:58
7."Ring A Ling" (Skinner & Brackes Deep House Remix)6:08

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [3] 37
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [4] 6
UK Indie (OCC) [5] 5
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 27

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 7 July 2013 [7] Digital DownloadPlay Hard Records

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