My Ding-a-Ling

"My Ding-a-Ling"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions
B-side
ReleasedJuly 1972 (1972-07)
RecordedFebruary 3, 1972 at the Lanchester Arts Festival in Coventry, England
Genre
Length4:18 / 11:33 (Full Version)
LabelChess 2131
SongwriterDave Bartholomew
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Tulane"
(1970)
"My Ding-a-Ling"
(1972)
"Reelin' and Rockin'"
(1973)

"My Ding-a-Ling" is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number-one Billboard Hot 100 single in the United States. Later that year, a longer version was included on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions. Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and Robbie McIntosh, a drummer who later formed the Average White Band, played on the single along with Nic Potter of the British band Van der Graaf Generator on bass.