Jingle Jangle (The Archies song)

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"Jingle Jangle"
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Single by The Archies
from the album Jingle Jangle
B-side "Justine"
ReleasedNovember 1969
Length2:47
Label Kirshner 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. [1] It was produced by Jeff Barry. [2] The single reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 27 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart in 1969. [3] In January 1970, it went to number 1 for one week in Canada. The song appeared on the 1969 album, Jingle Jangle . [4]

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Chart performance

Chart (1969–70)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 1
New Zealand ( Listener ) [6] 10
South Africa (Springbok) [7] 15
US Billboard Hot 10010
US Billboard Easy Listening [8] 37

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References

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  6. Flavour of New Zealand, 20 February 1970
  7. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 18.