:Ring a Ding Dong

{{Infobox song

| name = Ring a Ding Dong

| cover = KaelaRingaDing.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kaela Kimura

| album = 8Eight8

| released = {{start date|2010|6|9}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = J-pop

| length = 3:24

| label = Columbia Music Entertainment

| writer = Kaela Kimura

| producer =

| prev_title = Musuko (Our Music Ver.) with Tamio Okuda

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = Deep Beep

| next_year = 2010

}}

"Ring a Ding Dong" is Japanese musician Kaela Kimura's 16th physical single, released on June 9, 2010.{{cite web | title=Ring a Ding Dong | url=http://columbia.jp/artist-info/kaela/COCA-16394.html | publisher=Columbia Music Entertainment | language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-24}} 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 "Butterfly," and the first after the announcement of her marriage to Japanese actor Eita.{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000061553 | script-title=ja:木村カエラ「とても幸せです」 |work=Barks | date=June 2010 | language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-24}}

Music video

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The music video was shot by director Takeshi Nakamura.{{cite web | url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0080506&ch=0 | script-title=ja:木村カエラ「とても幸せです」 |work=Space Shower | language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-24}} 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

{{tracklist

| total_length = 43:01

| title1 = Ring a Ding Dong

| lyrics1 = Kaela Kimura

| music1 = Kaela Kimura

| length1 = 3:24

| title2 = Butterfly

| lyrics2 = Kimura

| music2 = Atsushi Suemitsu

| length2 = 6:21

| title3 = Circle

| lyrics3 = Kimura

| music3 = Mito

| length3 = 5:22

| title4 = Stars

| lyrics4 = Kimura

| music4 = AxSxE

| length4 = 4:22

| title5 = 1115

| lyrics5 = Kimura

| music5 = Tamio Okuda

| length5 = 4:06

| title6 = Banzai

| lyrics6 = Kimura

| music6 = Tarō Kohada (Avengers in Sci-Fi)

| length6 = 4:40

| title7 = Tree Climbers

| lyrics7 = Kimura, Watanabe

| music7 = Watanabe

| length7 = 3:38

| title8 = Magic Music

| lyrics8 = Kimura

| music8 = Linus of Hollywood

| length8 = 3:08

| title9 = Level 42

| lyrics9 = Kimura

| music9 = Taiyō Yamazaki

| length9 = 4:39

| title10 = Ring a Ding Dong (Instrumental)

| lyrics10 = Kimura, Watanabe

| music10 = Watanabe

| length10 = 3:21

}}

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

Chart rankings

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! Chart

! Peak
position

Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/page:6 |title=Japan Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=June 21, 2010 |accessdate=July 24, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523170322/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/adult_airplay/page:6 |url-status=dead |archivedate=May 23, 2011}}

| align="center" | 1

Billboard Japan Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/page:6 |title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=June 21, 2010 |accessdate=July 24, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523173710/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/page:6 |url-status=dead |archivedate=May 23, 2011}}

| align="center" | 2

Billboard yearly Japan Hot 100{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100_year/11-50/ |title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard |date=December 10, 2010 |accessdate=December 11, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213160632/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100_year/11-50 |url-status=dead |archivedate=December 13, 2010}}

| align="center" | 25

Oricon weekly singles{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/77210/full/|script-title=ja:木村カエラ、デビュー6年目で初のシングル首位 |publisher=Oricon|accessdate=July 21, 2010|language=Japanese}}

| align="center" | 1

RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100{{cite web|url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010f&weeklyCd=20100615&rankKbn=50|title=RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue June 15, 2010|date=|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=2010-06-15|language=Japanese}}

| align="center" | 1

RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2010/pdf/pr101220.pdf |title=レコード協会調べ 2009年12月16日～2010年12月14日「着うたフル(R)」 2010年有料音楽配信「年間チャート」（通称：レコ協チャート） |trans-title=Record Association Analysis: December 16, 2009—December 14, 2010 Full-length Cellphone Download 2010 paid digital sales "Yearly Chart" (Abbreviated: RIAJ Chart) | publisher=RIAJ |date=December 20, 2010 |accessdate=December 22, 2010}}

| align="center" | 28

=Reported sales and certifications=

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! Chart

! Amount

Oricon physical sales{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon | accessdate=2010-06-12}} (subscription only)

| align="center" | 92,000

RIAJ shipping certification{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年6月 | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201006.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=July 2010 | accessdate=2010-07-24}}

| align="center" | Gold (100,000)

RIAJ ringtones{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 5月度有料音楽配信認定＜略称：5月度認定＞ | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w100620.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=2010-06-22 | accessdate=2010-07-24}}

| align="center" | Million (1,000,000)

RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 10月度有料音楽配信認定＜略称：10月度認定＞ | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w101122.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=2010-11-22 | accessdate=2010-11-22}}

| align="center" | Platinum (250,000)

RIAJ PC downloads

| align="center" | Gold (100,000)