The Archies (album)

The Archies
The Archies
Studio album by The Archies
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Bubblegum pop
Length	28:28
Label	Calendar
Producer	Jeff Barry
The Archies chronology
Singles from The Archies
	"Bang-Shang-A-Lang"; Released: August 31, 1968;

Released1968

Recorded1968

Length28:28

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Allmusic	^[1]

The Archies is the debut studio album by The Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics. It was produced by Jeff Barry, co-produced by Don Kirshner and released on the Calendar Records label in 1968.^[2] The album includes the band's debut single, "Bang-Shang-A-Lang", which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[3] The song "Seventeen Ain't Young" became a Top 40 hit in Australia for Frank Howson.^[4] The album peaked at No. 88 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[5]^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Archie's Theme (Everything's Archie)"	Jeff Barry	1:31
2.	"Boys and Girls"	Barry	2:14
3.	"Time for Love"	Ritchie Adams Mark Barkan	2:22
4.	"You Make Me Wanna Dance"	Barry	2:22
5.	"La Dee Doo Down Down"	Barry	2:12
6.	"Truck Driver"	Barry	2:54

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Catchin' Up on Fun"	Adams Barkan	2:18
8.	"I'm in Love"	Barry	2:24
9.	"Seventeen Ain't Young"	Barry	2:19
10.	"Ride, Ride, Ride"	Barry	2:13
11.	"Hide and Seek"	Adams Barkan	2:30
12.	"Bang-Shang-A-Lang"	Barry	2:34

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