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Jingle Jangle (The Archies song)

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"Jingle Jangle"
Single by The Archies
from the album Jingle Jangle
B-side"Justine"
ReleasedNovember 1969
GenreBubblegum pop[1]
Length2:47
LabelKirshner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeff Barry
The Archies singles chronology
"Sugar, Sugar"
(1969)
"Jingle Jangle"
(1969)
"Who's Your Baby?"
(1970)

"Jingle Jangle" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, produced by Barry[2] and recorded by The Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics.[3] It was released as the group's fourth single on the Kirshner Records label in November 1969, and included on their third album, Jingle Jangle.[4] It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 27 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart in 1969.[5] In January 1970, it went to number 1 for one week in Canada.

Chart performance

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Chart (1969–1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[7] 10
South Africa (Springbok)[8] 15
US Billboard Hot 100 10
US Billboard Easy Listening[9] 37

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  • In the television show Riverdale, based on the Archie comics, Jingle-Jangle is introduced as a potent recreational drug.[11] The Archies' version of the song is briefly heard in the episode "Chapter Thirty-Eight: As Above, So Below".[12]

References

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  1. ^ Smay, David (2001). "The Candy Ass Charisma of the Archies". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. p. 43.
  2. ^ The Archies, "Jingle Jangle" Retrieved September 6, 2013
  3. ^ The Archies, "Jingle Jangle" Retrieved September 6, 2013
  4. ^ The Archies, Jingle Jangle Retrieved September 6, 2013
  5. ^ The Archies, "Jingle Jangle" chart positions Retrieved September 6, 2013
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-01-24. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  7. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 20 February 1970. Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 18.
  10. ^ "American single certifications – The Archies – Jingle Jangle". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  11. ^ Bell, Crystal. "Riverdale's New Street Drug Jingle Jangle Is Actually A Trippy Archie Throwback," MTV.com, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  12. ^ Szamborski, Kara. "#RiverdaleRecap S3 E3: As Above, So Below," Medium.com, Thursday, October 25, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2023.