Jingle Jangle (The Archies song)

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"Jingle Jangle"
File:Jinglejangle.jpg
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

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

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

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Popular culture

  • 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

  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.