| "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 | 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. Mariah Carey sampled lyrics from "Candy" on her 2001 single "Loverboy" which reached number-two on the Billboard Hot 100. Tupac Shakur also sampled Cameo's Candy in "All Bout U", featured on his album All Eyez on Me. 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 |
