"Ring a Ding Dong" is

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Kaela Kimura is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter. Career Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine ''Seventeen''. ...

's 16th physical single, released on June 9, 2010. The song was used in a wide-scale commercial campaign for NTT DoCoMo, which featured Kimura in the commercials.

Background

This single is the first to be released after Kimura's hit song "

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," and the first after the announcement of her marriage to Japanese actor

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Music video

The

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was shot by director

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. It features Kimura in a brightly painted room with many doors, dancing to the song along with four dancers, dressed in maid's outfits and suits and holding umbrellas. Through the video, more and more exotically dressed dancers enter the room and begin dancing.

Track listing

*Tracks 2-9 live recordings from Kimura's Live Tour 2010 "5 Years" @ Nippon Budōkan (March 27/28 2010).

Chart rankings

Reported sales and certifications

References

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Columbia "Ring a Ding Dong" profile
{{Authority control Kaela Kimura songs 2010 singles RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs about telephones Songs in Japanese Songs written by Kaela Kimura NTT Docomo 2010 songs