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“IN 1987, HE WALKED INTO A NASHVILLE STUDIO… AND TURNED A TEENAGE LOVE SONG INTO A MAN’S PRAYER.” Ricky Van Shelton didn’t just cover “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck” — he transformed it. What once sounded like youthful excitement became, in his hands, a quiet vow from a man who knew how fragile love truly is. He stripped away the swagger. He slowed the heartbeat of the song. And suddenly that little ring wasn’t a playful promise anymore — it was everything he hoped would keep someone from slipping away. In Ricky’s voice, you hear no bravado. Just a soft tremble, the kind that belongs to a man who has loved deeply… and feared losing even deeper. And maybe that’s why his version hits harder: because it doesn’t ask for love — it begs to be worthy of it.

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Introduction

There’s something special that happens when Ricky Van Shelton takes a song that once belonged to the bright, restless days of early rock ’n’ roll and turns it into something quieter — something grown-up. “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck” was originally a teenage promise, full of excitement and young love, but in Ricky’s hands, it becomes a vow spoken by a man who knows what it costs to love deeply.

What makes Ricky’s version stand out is the vulnerability tucked between each line. He doesn’t rush. He doesn’t shout. He lets the melody breathe, like someone finally admitting how much they want to hold on to the person standing in front of them. That little ring — once just a symbol of young romance — suddenly feels heavy with meaning. It becomes a plea, a hope, and maybe even a fear that love, if not protected, can slip away faster than we ever expect.

Listening to Ricky here feels like listening to a friend who has lived enough life to understand what devotion really sounds like. His voice carries the tenderness of someone who has lost before, and the courage of someone willing to try again. It’s a gentle reminder that sometimes the simplest promises are the ones that matter the most.

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Lyrics

Won’t you wear my ring (du-du-du-du), around your neck? (Du-du-du-du)
To tell the world (du-du-du-du), that I’m yours by heck (du-du-du-du)
Let them see (du-du-du-du), your love for me (du-du-du-du)
And let them see by the ring around your neck (du-du-du-du)
Won’t you wear my ring (du-du-du-du), around your neck (du-du-du-du)
To tell the world (du-du-du-du), that I’m yours by heck? (Du-du-du-du)
Let them know (du-du-du-du), I love you so (du-du-du-du)
And let them know by the ring around your neck (du-du-du-du)
They say that goin’ steady is not the proper thing
Say that we’re too young to know the meaning of a ring
I only know that I love, love you and that you love me too
So, darling this is what I ask of you
Won’t you wear my ring (du-du-du-du), around your neck? (Du-du-du-du)
To tell the world (du-du-du-du), that I’m yours by heck (du-du-du-du)
Let them see (du-du-du-du), your love for me (du-du-du-du)
And let them see by the ring around your neck (du-du-du-du)
Well, they say that goin’ steady is not the proper thing
They say that we’re too young to know the meaning of a ring
I only know I love, love you and that you love me, too
So, darling this is what I beg of you
Won’t you wear my ring (du-du-du-du), around your neck? (Du-du-du-du)
To tell the world (du-du-du-du), that I’m yours by heck (du-du-du-du)
Let them know (du-du-du-du), that I love you so (du-du-du-du)
And let them know by the ring around your neck (du-du-du-du)
And let them know by the ring around your neck (du-du-du-du)
And let them know, wear my ring around your neck

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