Candy Girl (Four Seasons song)

Infobox Single
Name =Candy Girl


Artist =The Four Seasons
from Album =Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others
B-side =Marlena
Released =July 1963
Format =7"
Recorded =
Genre =Rock
Length =2:39
Label =Vee-Jay Records
Writer =Larry Santos
Producer =Bob Crewe
Certification =
Chart position=* #3 (USA Hot 100); Marlena #36
Last single =Ain't That a Shame!
(1962)
This single =Candy Girl
(1963)
Next single =New Mexican Rose
(1963)

"Candy Girl" is the title of a hit single recorded in 1963 by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Written by Larry Santos and produced by Bob Crewe, it is the first original Four Seasons single not composed by either Bob Gaudio or Bob Crewe. The writer, Larry Santos, would become a chart artist in his own right with 1976's "We Can't Hide It Anymore". "Candy Girl" reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #13 on the R&B chart.

The song tackles the subject of a girlfriend whose "love is so sweet". The Four Seasons song is a doo-wop styled ballad to a loving girlfriend "("I've been a searching all this wide world/Finally I found my/Candy Girl")".

The B-side, "Marlena", was a mild hit in its own right: it reached #36 on the Hot 100. It was composed by Gaudio and produced by Crewe.