Jingling Baby

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{{Infobox song

| name = Jingling Baby

| cover = Jingling Baby.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = LL Cool J

| album = Walking with a Panther

| B-side = Illegal Search

| released = January 8, 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 4:16

| label = Def Jam

| writer = * James Todd Smith

• Dwayne Simon
• Brian Latture

| producer = * Dwayne Simon

• LL Cool J
• Marley Marl

| prev_title = One Shot at Love

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = To da Break of Dawn

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Jingling Baby" is the final single released from LL Cool J's third album, Walking with a Panther. It was released on January 8, 1990 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by LL Cool J and Dwayne Simon. The single version was remixed by Marley Marl. "Jingling Baby" peaked at #32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It was backed by remixed versions of "Illegal Search", a track from LL Cool J's fourth album, Mama Said Knock You Out. The song was later sampled by contemporary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest on their penultimate album The Love Movement on the track "Against the World", and also by Ludacris in his 2012 single "Jingalin'".{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.20060/title.ludacris-recalls-ll-cool-j-blessing-his-jingaling-remake|title = Ludacris Recalls LL Cool J Blessing His "Jingaling" Remake|date = 11 June 2012}}

Both versions of "Illegal Search" featured here are exclusive to this single.