Jingle Jangle (The Archies song)

1969 single by The Archies

"Jingle Jangle"

Single by The Archies
from the album  Jingle Jangle
B-side| "Justine"
Released| November 1969
Genre| Bubblegum pop[1]
Length| 2:47
Label| Kirshner
Songwriter(s)|

* Jeff Barry
* Andy Kim

Producer(s)| Jeff Barry
The Archies singles chronology
| "Sugar, Sugar"
(1969)  | "Jingle Jangle"
(1969)  | "Who's Your Baby?"
(1970)

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"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

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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

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United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold  | 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## Popular culture

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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.

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The Archies

* Ron Dante
* Toni Wine

Albums|

* The Archies
* Everything's Archie
* Jingle Jangle
* Sunshine
* The Archies Christmas Album

Singles|

* "Bang-Shang-A-Lang"
* "Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)"
* "Sugar, Sugar"
* "Jingle Jangle"
* "Who's Your Baby?"
* "Sunshine"
* "Together We Two"

Related articles|

* The Archie Show
* "Seventeen Ain't Young"
* Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
* The Archies
* "Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town"

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Andy Kim

Studio albums|

* Baby I Love You
* Andy Kim

Singles|

* "Baby, I Love You"
* "Be My Baby"
* "Rock Me Gently"
* "Oh, Pretty Woman"

Songwriting credits|

* "Jingle Jangle"
* "Sugar, Sugar"

Cover songs|

* "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
* "If I Were a Carpenter"
* "This Guy's in Love with You"

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Archie Comics properties in other media

Television series|

| Archie|

* The Archie Show
* Archie's TV Funnies
* The U.S. of Archie
* The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
* The New Archies
* Archie's Weird Mysteries

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Sabrina|

* Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970)
* Groovie Goolies
* Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
* Sabrina: The Animated Series
* Sabrina's Secret Life
* Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch

Josie|

* Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
* Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space

Riverdale Universe|

* Riverdale
* characters
* episodes
* Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
* episodes
* Katy Keene

Films|

* Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
* Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
* Sabrina Goes to Rome
* Sabrina Down Under
* Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
* Sabrina: Friends Forever
* The Archies (2023)

Music|

* The Archies
* discography
* soundtrack
* Josie and the Pussycats
* soundtrack
* Sabrina the Teenage Witch

* See also: Archie Comics in popular culture
* List of Sabrina the Teenage Witch Books, CDs and DVDs

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* MusicBrainz work

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