The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song

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"The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song"
The-rigga-ding-dong-song-by-Passion-Fruit.jpg
Single by Passion Fruit
from the album Spanglish Love Affairs
Language
  • Spanish
  • English
Released7 June 1999
Recorded1999
Genre Eurodance, Pop, Electronic, Schlager, Euro-House
Length3:25
Label X-Cell / Sony Music
Songwriter(s) Mark Nissen
Hartmut Krech
Ronny Ronaldo
Antonio Berardi
Kenneth Clemmons
Producer(s) Mark Nissen
Hartmut Krech
Passion Fruit singles chronology
"The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song"
(1999)
"Wonderland"
(2000)
Music video
"Carrera" on YouTube

"The Rigga Ding Dong Song" is the debut single by the German Eurodance group Passion Fruit, released in 1999. The song is the group's most successful hit, reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the top 20 in the Netherlands. The first generation line-up can be seen in the single's cover sleeve and music video. [1] The vocals and rapping verses for the song were done by Leticia Spormann and Kenneth Clemmons.

Contents

Track listing

CD single

  1. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Extended Mix) - 5:12

CD maxi (Sony)

  1. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Extended Mix) - 5:12
  3. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Plastic Bubble Mix) - 5:03
  4. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Munsta Groove Mix) - 5:41

12" (Radikal)

  1. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Extended Mix) - 5:12
  2. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  3. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Plastic Bubble Mix) - 5:03
  4. "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" (Munsta Groove Mix) - 5:41

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 85
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 15
Germany (GfK Entertainment charts)9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 128

Cherona version

"Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song"
Rigga-ding-dong-song-by-Cherona.jpg
Single by Cherona
from the album Sound of Cherona
Released10 July 2009
Recorded2009
Genre Dance-pop, Pop, Euro House, Schlager, Electronic
Length3:27
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Mark Nissen
Hartmut Krech
Ronny Ronaldo
Antonio Berardi
Kenneth Clemmons
Producer(s) Elephant Music
Cherona singles chronology
"Ching Chang Chong"
(2009)
"Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song"
(2009)
"Dragonfly"
(2009)
Music video
"Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" on YouTube

Exactly ten years to the Passion Fruit release, the German pop group Cherona released its version titled "Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song" in 2009 dropping the definite article "the" from the title. The Cherona version on Columbia Records accompanied by a music video [7] became a minor hit in Europe, particularly Germany (peak #56) and Austria (peak #48). The song appeared on the band's 2009 album Sound of Cherona .

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 48
Germany (GfK Entertainment charts)56

Leticia cover

"The Rigga Ding Dong Song"
The-rigga-digga-ding-dong-song-by-Leticia.jpg
Single by Leticia
Released3 April 2010
Recorded2010
Genre Dance-pop, Pop, Euro House, Schlager, Electronic
Length3:25
Label No-Wa
Songwriter(s) Mark Nissen
Hartmut Krech
Ronny Ronaldo
Antonio Berardi
Kenneth Clemmons
Producer(s) Robert Meister

In 2010, Cubman-German singer Leticia (a.k.a. Leticia Spormann) released her own remixed revamped version with new arrangement under the title "The Rigga Digga Ding Song" with her record label NoWa. The single cover says "The voice of Passion Fruit" as she was credited as lead vocalist on the Passion Fruit released in 1999. The track was produced by Robert Meister.

Track listing

  1. "The Rigga Digga Ding Dong Song" (Radio-Mix) - 3:25
  2. "The Rigga Digga Ding Dong Song" (Extended Dance Mix) - 5:48

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