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"I Want Candy" is a song written and originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 1965 that reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [4] It is a famous example of a song that uses the Bo Diddley beat .
"Candy" is a song by American pop singer Mandy Moore. Serving as Moore's debut single, it was released as the lead single from her first studio album, So Real (1999), on August 17, 1999, by Epic Records and 550 Music .
Bow Wow Wow songs "Aphrodisiac", "I Want Candy" and "Fools Rush In" (the latter two remixed by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine) were included on the soundtrack of the 2006 Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette. The band performed on 2 November 2006 at the Maritime Hotel's Hiro Lounge in New York City to promote the film.
Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that Carter "discovers the thrills of impending puberty with a helping hand from "My Internet Girl" and chirps the least metaphorical version of "I Want Candy" ever". He also criticized the singer's voice, calling it "too Buffy" and "not Jody enough".
The Strangeloves' only LP, I Want Candy, was released in 1965 on Bang Records, with several of the album tracks having been released as singles. [1] Other singles by The Strangeloves appeared on Swan Records and Sire Records. The Strangeloves continued recording singles, with moderate American success, through 1968.
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IN FOCUS: The memorable track is the reggae icon’s most-played song in the UK – more so than ‘One Love’ and ‘Three Little Birds’. Why do Brits love it so much? asks Annabel Nugent
"Candy" is a song from Iggy Pop's ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. A duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52's , it was the album's second single , in September 1990. [ 1 ] It became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop's career, as he reached the top 40 in the United States for the first and only time.