This article is about the song, for the musician, see Diamond Rings (musician)

Diamond Rings (musician)

John O'Regan is a Canadian artist and musician best known by his stage name Diamond Rings. In addition to writing, recording, and producing his own music, he is also noted for transcending traditional representations of gender and identity in his live performances and videos.-2003 - 2008: Early...

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"Diamond Rings" is the third single released from Chipmunk's

Chipmunk (rapper)

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

 second album, I Am Chipmunk

I Am Chipmunk

I Am Chipmunk is the debut album by British grime and R&B MC, Chipmunk released on 12 October 2009 by Columbia Records. It has produced four top 25 singles included three consecutive top-ten hits and one chart topper...

. The song was released digitally on 5 July 2009 and physically on Compact Disc a day later. It features Emeli Sande singing the chorus. Chipmunk told Rewind RWD magazine about the lyrics: “It’s not about being flash and spending money though; it’s more about maintaining your value. It’s about feeling good out there. The song samples "Miss Ska-Culation” by Roland Al and the Soul Brothers.

Reception

BBC

BBC

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 Chart Blog critically praised the song giving it 4 out of 5 stars:

It's all in that vocal swoop at the end of each line - "I gotta keep on rhyming, maaaaan" - and the conversational, soft tone of voice. It helps that he is a dapper dresser too, and good at the rhyming. And if you're going to be inspired by anyone, why not pick the best? There again, it's quite hard to take Chipmunk seriously as the hard-bragging, hard-to-beat, rhyme hardnut he is in his lyrics, when he's at such a tender age. All you really want to do is pat his pretty head and say "awww, you kids". He will grow into his own boasts, though, you watch.

Digital Spy

Digital Spy

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 also praised the song giving it 3 out of 5 stars:

'Diamond Rings' shows no signs of youthful naivety, however, boasting just as much pop polish as recent offerings from N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder. His bragging raps ("Girls see me and scream cause I'm on the TV") may be lacking in originality, but the track's breezy, ska-infused shuffle and feisty female backing vocals are infectious enough to suggest Chipmunk may have a future in the music industry. Now all he has to do is finish his BA degree and we might just get a full album.

Formats and Track listing

CD Single
1. Diamond Rings - 3:06

2. Diamond Rings (feat. Emeli Sande/Kano/Wiley) - 3:06

Digital Download
1. Diamond Rings - 3:06

2. Diamond Rings (feat. Emeli Sande/Kano/Wiley) - 3:06

3. Diamond Rings (Terror Danjah Remix) (feat. Emeli Sande) - 4:38 ₁
iTunes exclusive.

Music video

The music video does not feature Emeli Sande, who provides the actual vocals for the chorus on the recording. She is replaced by an alternative woman who appears throughout the video miming along to the pre-recorded vocals. The video shows Chipmunk and a woman in a restaurant. The woman is on stage singing while Chipmunk is shown rapping in front of his backing dancers Flawless

Flawless (dance group)

Flawless are a UK based Street dance group.They appeared on the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent and got to the final of the competition, they appeared alongside fellow Street Dance team Diversity who went on to win the competition. They later appeared in the 2010 film StreetDance 3D. They...

. At the end, two policemen enter looking for Chipmunk and the woman. Both sneak out when the policemen aren't looking. A newspaper article later reveals that they are diamond thieves and have escaped again.

Charts

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Chart (2009)	Peak position
European Hot 100	38

End-of-year charts

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