"Jingle Jangle"
Single by The Archies
from the album Jingle Jangle
B-side"Justine"
ReleasedNovember 1969
GenreBubblegum pop[1]
Length2:47
LabelKirshner Records 5002
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)

"Jingle Jangle" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim and performed by The Archies.[2] It was produced by Jeff Barry.[3] The single reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 27 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart in 1969.[4] In January 1970, it went to number 1 for one week in Canada. The song appeared on the 1969 album, Jingle Jangle.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1969–70) 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
  • In the television show Riverdale, based on the Archie comics, Jingle-Jangle is introduced as a potent recreational drug.[10] The Archies' version of the song is briefly heard in the episode "Chapter Thirty-Eight: As Above, So Below".[11]

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" chart positions Retrieved September 6, 2013
  5. ↑ The Archies, Jingle Jangle 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. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Szamborski, Kara. "#RiverdaleRecap S3 E3: As Above, So Below," Medium.com, Thursday, October 25, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2023.



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