Candy (Cameo song) 4708287 214571093 2008-05-24T04:46:25Z 69.134.39.35 Disambiguation of "Back and Forth" {{Infobox Single | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs --> |Name = Candy |Artist = [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] |from Album = [[Word Up!]] |B-side = |Released = 1987 |Format = |Recorded = [[1986]] |Genre = [[Funk]] |Length = 5:39 |Label = [[Casablanca Records]] |Writer = [[Larry Blackmon]]<br />[[Tomi Jenkins]] |Producer = [[Larry Blackmon]] |Certification = |Chart position = * No.1 [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|R&B chart]] |Last single= "[[Word Up! (song)|Word Up!]]"<br />(1986) |This single= "Candy"<br />(1987) |Next single= "[[Back and Forth (Cameo song)|Back and Forth]]"<br />(1987) }} "'''Candy'''" is a song by the group [[Cameo (band)|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 [[Tupac Shakur|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 (song)|Loverboy]]", on the [[Glitter (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the film]] ''[[Glitter (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 (album)|Machismo]]''. {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "Stop to Love" by [[Luther Vandross]] | title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]] | years = [[January 31]]–[[February 7]] [[1987]] | after = "[[Falling]]" by [[Melba Moore]] }} {{end box}} [[Category:Cameo songs]] [[Category:Funk songs]] [[Category:Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles]] [[fr:Candy (chanson de Cameo)]]