Candy (Cameo song)
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| “Candy” | |||||
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| Single by Cameo from the album Word Up! |
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| Released | 1987 | ||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Funk | ||||
| Length | 5:39 | ||||
| Label | Casablanca Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins |
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| Producer | Larry Blackmon | ||||
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"Candy" is a song by the group Cameo that reached number 1 on the R&B charts in 1987. The song has recently been featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and can be heard on the Bounce FM radio station in the game.
The song has been sampled by various artists, including 2pac ("All Bout U", featured on his album All Eyez on Me), Will Smith ("Candy", on his album Big Willie Style), and Mariah Carey ("Loverboy", on the soundtrack to the film Glitter); the latter song would reach #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001.
Cameo tried to capitalize off the song's success by re-using the melody on the song "Honey" from their next album, Machismo.
| Preceded by "Stop to Love" by Luther Vandross |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single January 31–February 7, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Falling" by Melba Moore |
