I Want Candy

"I Want Candy"
"I Want Candy"
	Side-A label of the American vinyl single
Single by the Strangeloves
from the album I Want Candy
B-side	"It's About My Baby"
Released	1965
Genre	Rock and roll; garage rock; proto-punk; bubblegum;
Length	2:59
Label	Bang
Songwriter(s)	Bert Berns; Bob Feldman; Jerry Goldstein; Richard Gottehrer;
Producer(s)	The Strangeloves
The Strangeloves singles chronology

"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.^[4]

^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Strangeloves – I Want Candy – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Breihan, Tom (May 31, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 10, 2023. The Strangeloves fucking ruled, developing a take on proto-punk garage rock that was both bubblegum-catchy and dizzily percussion-heavy. Their singles, like "I Want Candy" and "Night Time," were just killer.
^ Sheffield, Rob (September 27, 2022). "100 Best Songs of 1982". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 9, 2023. I Want Candy" was a forgotten Sixties bubblegum hit...
^ ^a ^b Cooper, Kim; Smay, David; Austen, Jake (2001). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-9229-1569-9. They hoodwinked enough American teens with their phony story, "Aboriginal" drums and cheap Beatle wigs in 1965 to send "I Want Candy" to number 11 on the national charts. If only for that one song, the Strangeloves are worthy of discussion. "I Want Candy" is a revelation. a Bo Diddley jungle beat, jazzy guitar line, and massed, aharmonious male vocals sounding like a fraternity at its drunken pinnacle