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and the 27th single by Japanese singer/songwriter

Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.

. Written by Moritaka, the single was released by One Up Music on December 1, 1995. The song is a modified version of "Gin Gin Gin", which Moritaka wrote for a

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Ice Gin commercial. The first B-side is "Gin Gin Gingle Bell", which was used for the Suntory Ice Gin Christmas commercial that year. The second B-side is Moritaka's cover of "Ichigatsu Ichijitsu", a popular Japanese

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song.

Chart performance

"Jin Jin Jingle Bell" peaked at No. 2 on

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's singles chart and sold 253,000 copies. It was also certified Gold by the

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Other versions

Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her

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channel on December 1, 2012. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album ''Love Vol. 3''. Moritaka uploaded different self-covers of the song annually until 2016. The song was remixed by

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in the 2014 collaboration album '' Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu''.

Track listing

All songs are written by

Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.

, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi.

Personnel

* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums * Yasuaki Maejima – piano,

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* Masafumi Yokoyama – bass * Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboard, programming * Yukio Seto – guitar

Chart positions

Certification

Nozomi Sasaki version

Japanese model and singer Nozomi Sasaki covered "Jin Jin Jingle Bell" as her second single on November 24, 2010. This version features rap lyrics by Pentaphonic. The single peaked at No. 29 on Oricon's singles chart.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by

Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.

and Pentaphonic; all music is composed by Moritaka and Masaru Iwabuchi; all music is arranged by Iwabuchi. ;CD ;DVD *"Jin Jin Jingle Bell" (Music video)

Chart positions

Super Girls version

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group Super Girls (performing as ) covered "Jin Jin Jingle Bell" as their eighth single on December 4, 2013. The single peaked at No. 10 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 12,137 copies.

Track listing

;CD + DVD ;CD Single ;CD Single vent Venue / mu-mo Shop Limited Edition

Chart positions

Other cover versions

* Runa Miyoshida covered the song on her 2021 Christmas EP ''Flowers of Love: X'mas Ska''.

References

External links

Chisato Moritaka * * Nozomi Sasaki * * {{authority control 1995 singles 1995 songs 2010 singles 2013 singles Japanese-language songs Japanese Christmas songs Chisato Moritaka songs Songs with lyrics by Chisato Moritaka One Up Music singles Avex Group singles SME Records singles