it's not a riddim in the sense it's shared with other artists...shabba is the only person officially on that beat

DAMMIT!!!!! That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.

I know of 2 songs that uses the same riddim.

1. Worl-a-Girl "back to school"
2. Patra "Romantic call" <-- it uses parts of the ting-a-ling ridddim

Wrong. Like D Star star said. It's a single. I don't know what version of Romatic call you have but mine has no excerpts from ting a ling.

Just a little history on that song while i'm at it. That song was made when Shabba and Ninja Man were having beef so there are a couple of songs with them going at each other, this is the only one that got airplay though.

I guess the closet to this is the 1992 Giggy Riddim. The one with Sasha "Kill The Bitch" .

and "maddy maddy cry" by papa san. also on the giggy riddim no?

also whats everyone's thoughts on the words to the chorus? mine is
ting a ling a ling
dancehall in swing
wife and father fight fi dumpling.

ive always wondered about that

Chorus is actually:

Ting a ling a ling,
Dancehall in swing,
Deejay face cock up when dem play boom riddim,
Ting a ling a ling school bell a ring,
Knife and fork a fight fi dumpling,
Booyaka booyaka offa Shabba Rankin',
Cause Shabba Rankin dissappear wid hair offa another man chin,
Tru dem a di don to di biz mi have di key,
Put di don to di key and turn them inna donkey.

that shit just blew me away. ive sang this at a karaoke spot and just made shit up. wow....

Lol. You friendly Dancehall Lyrics translator at your service :)

my old room mate used to give me movies to watch like 'the harder they come', i never understood what they were saying, then id watch it with him translating and explaining whats going on. always makes more sense when someones explaining it to me.

ting a ling karaoke? awesome. ive done "hotstepper" before and towards the end mashed it up with "welcome to jamrock" and "ghetto story" lyrics.

i rocked elton john - benny and the jets and broke out into dick in a box

nice allenbina. but yo what about "holy diver" (you know the metal song by Dio) over "eye of the tiger"? yea thats right. i 'roke like that.

simpleton-Coca Cola Shape> uses the ting a ling beat...

Yeah, that's one track of the Giggy Riddim I was talking about.

Sasha "Kill The Bitch"

love this song - instant dance floor frenzy