Candyman (3:13)
1,240,399 plays (235,751 listeners)
“Candyman” is a swing jazz song written by Christina Aguilera and Linda Perry for Aguilera’s third studio album, Back to Basics. It was released as the album’s third and final American single in early 2007. In December 2007, it received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Background and writing
Perry and Aguilera have said that the song is new lyrics to music that is a new arrangement of The Andrews Sisters’ 1941 hit “
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Critics are usually complimentary towards Aguilera for her authentic replication of the old style.
The song includes the military cadence “Tarzan & Jane Swingin’ On A Vine”, sampled from the album Run to Cadence with the United States Marines, Volume 2.
Release
Originally, “Candyman” was to be the second single off the album, but the label pushed for “Hurt” hoping it would have comparable success to 2002’s “Beautiful” and would become a holiday hit. The song was released on February 5, 2007 in the US, although Aguilera had already performed it on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. The song debuted in the January 20, 2007 release of the Billboard Hot 100. “Candyman” peaked at #25 in its seventh week on the chart making it Christina Aguilera’s 14th top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK it was released on download only, peaking at #17 on the UK main singles chart and getting over 100,000 digital downloads. The song re-entered the UK Itunes chart in 2008 reaching 60 on the top 100 after Alexandra Burke performed the song on X-Factor. The song performed very well in Oceania, peaking #2 in both Australia and New Zealand and remaining in the Australian Top10 over 15 weeks.
Background and writing
Perry and Aguilera have said that the song is new lyrics to music that is a new arrangement of The Andrews Sisters’ 1941 hit “
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Critics are usually complimentary towards Aguilera for her authentic replication of the old style.The song includes the military cadence “Tarzan & Jane Swingin’ On A Vine”, sampled from the album Run to Cadence with the United States Marines, Volume 2.
Release
Originally, “Candyman” was to be the second single off the album, but the label pushed for “Hurt” hoping it would have comparable success to 2002’s “Beautiful” and would become a holiday hit. The song was released on February 5, 2007 in the US, although Aguilera had already performed it on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. The song debuted in the January 20, 2007 release of the Billboard Hot 100. “Candyman” peaked at #25 in its seventh week on the chart making it Christina Aguilera’s 14th top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK it was released on download only, peaking at #17 on the UK main singles chart and getting over 100,000 digital downloads. The song re-entered the UK Itunes chart in 2008 reaching 60 on the top 100 after Alexandra Burke performed the song on X-Factor. The song performed very well in Oceania, peaking #2 in both Australia and New Zealand and remaining in the Australian Top10 over 15 weeks.
Video
Added by Jeannie007
Christina Aguilera - Candyman
Live MTV Special
Share Video
See 5 more
Live MTV Special
Related Tracks
-
Ain't No Other Man
Christina Aguilera -
Slow Down Baby
Christina Aguilera -
Toxic
Britney Spears -
Gimme More
Britney Spears -
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé -
When I Grow Up
The Pussycat Dolls
Albums featuring this track
-
My Playlist
Various ArtistsBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $15.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $100.00
- eBay Search
-
Candyman
Christina Aguilera Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $29.99
- eBay Search
-
Smash! Vol. 36
Various Artists Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
-
Kayna22 wrote:
love Candyman,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
-
holodocdr wrote:
This plays for about 5 seconds then goes to the next song. FIX PLEASE
-
zeke119 wrote:
Sweet, Sugar, Candyman
-
ludmillasb wrote:
Sweet, Sugar, Candyman [19]*-*
-
FOBlove wrote:
Sweet, Sugar, Candyman [18]
-
andrinaluvsmart wrote:
why is Dirrty & Candyman NOT playing for me anymore? :(
-
Ka_mylo wrote:
My favourite song! <3 Sweet, Sugar, Candyman [16]
-
Minni_S wrote:
am sweet as a Candy Man :P
-
Tevo- wrote:
Sweet, Sugar, Candyman [16] <3'
-
xaviglez4427810 wrote:
candyman (1)
-
bicknor wrote:
Sounds like the Andrews Sisters, slightly updated, from the 1940s. Good.
-
xaviglez4427810 wrote:
Love it <3333
-
Langevins wrote:
i love this song:D!
-
andrinaluvsmart wrote:
♥ !
-
Soluna129 wrote:
Good things come for boys who wait :)
-
backtostripped wrote:
Nice! Sweet, Sugar, Candyman (15)
-
xaviglez4427810 wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman (14)
-
caiquekimball wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman [13]
-
blond-ambition wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman (12)
-
secretnumber wrote:
make my cherry huh!
Christina Aguilera
Candyman
full track
Listeners
-
imhuny
Listening now
-
artisticvanity
Top Listener
-
cheztina
Top Listener
-
xionel
Top Listener
-
felipemiguele
Top Listener
-
AliFiend
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
hannahkkk, UKIIGHOSTFACE and Tirzaya loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 5 hours ago
-
CliffsOfLatmo added Candyman to CliffsOfLatmo’s library. 6 hours ago
-
CliffsOfLatmo added Candyman to the playlist DANCE TRACKS. 6 hours ago
-
SuperBrittany8D, Whiteloin, gradefschoolian and 8 other people loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 7 hours ago
-
HondaBiker3 added Candyman to HondaBiker3’s library. yesterday evening
-
HondaBiker3 tagged Candyman with ‘female vocalists’. yesterday evening
-
spyke1017, ThewetONE, dsireme and 1 other person loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. yesterday evening
-
scorpio_rising added Candyman to scorpio_rising’s library. yesterday evening
-
scorpio_rising added Candyman to the playlist Best Songs of the Decade. yesterday evening
-
carlyyspeakk added Candyman to the playlist PlAyLiSt. yesterday evening
Related Journals
-
Bum Tracks (updated 2009.12.23)
by fmera |
4 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
Boulevard of Broken Streams - Tracks With Corrupt Streams
by mvordeme |
7 Nov 2009 | 1 comment
-
Single Of The Week
by yxsarvik |
17 Oct 2009 | Add comment
