Reba McEntire has released the official music video for “Ring Ring,” the title track from her latest EP of the same name. The country singer finds herself behind bars in the new visual, where she calls someone to bail her out while attempting to explain the events that led to her arrest.
Written by Kellie Pickler, Bob DiPiero and Karyn Rochelle, “Ring Ring” was produced by Dave Cobb. The song uses a repeated telephone refrain and McEntire’s conversational delivery to tell its story with a lighthearted country sound.
McEntire opens the track by saying she has one phone call left before officers take her down the hall. She pleads the fifth because she cannot remember what she did, although the chorus provides several clues. A pool stick, a bloody lip and lipstick on her boyfriend’s collar appear to have started an argument that ended with someone receiving a drink to the face.
The second verse adds more details to McEntire’s unreliable account. She complains that her orange jail uniform does not match her boots before admitting that she may have hit someone. The story grows more ridiculous when she denies knowing a woman named Linda or understanding how Linda’s chair ended up thrown through a window.
Throughout the official video, McEntire uses her acting experience and comedic timing to play a jailed woman whose denials reveal more about the night than she intends. Her character relies on charm as she waits for someone to answer the phone and help her escape her situation.
“Ring Ring” appears on McEntire’s fourth monthly music capsule celebrating her 50-year career. The five-song EP pairs the new recording with four telephone-related tracks from her catalog: “It’s Your Call,” “Long Distance Lover,” “She’s Callin’ It Love” and “Why Haven’t I Heard From You.” McEntire previously released the One Night in Tulsa, Hurt Like That and Ain’t Gonna Keep It Waitin’ EPs as part of the series.
According to mxdwn, McEntire previously released Hurt Like That, the second installment in her monthly music-capsule series celebrating her 50-year career. While that collection focuses on heartbreak and loneliness, Ring Ring uses humor and a telephone theme to revisit songs from different periods of her catalog.
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