Candy (Cameo song)

Candy (Cameo song)

Infobox Single |
Name = Candy
Artist = Cameo
from Album = Word Up!
B-side =
Released = 1987
Format =
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Funk
Length = 5:39
Label = Casablanca Records
Writer = Larry Blackmon
Tomi Jenkins
Producer = Larry Blackmon
Certification =
Chart position = * No.1 R&B chart
Last single= "Word Up!"
(1986)
This single= "Candy"
(1987)
Next single= "Back and Forth"
(1987)

"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 ' 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".


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