Candyman (3:13)
1,208,843 plays (226,638 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
-
Limonata567 wrote:
i want some candy..
-
Soulbeans wrote:
Love the modern/ swing jazz feel. Fusion of old and new with a naughty twist.
-
Vietboy93 wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman (9)
-
pablojca wrote:
1.204.154 scrobblings (225.139 oyentes) En tu colección (614 scrobblings)
-
Arielsp1 wrote:
Haha! Love it ^_^
-
murjanb wrote:
lol this sounds innocent but it's so dirty lol
-
blond-ambition wrote:
<333
-
xaviglez4427810 wrote:
the best aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa@@@@@@@@@@
-
igottrouble wrote:
makes my cherry pop ♥
-
secretnumber wrote:
i love this retro style!
-
brilhar wrote:
I swear I will never get why Christina loves this whole 20s/40s/60s vibe.... but i love her anyway <33 But, hoping for less Candyman more Dirrty kind of songs..
-
querraan wrote:
THIS IS MII FAV SONG
-
cheztina wrote:
lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove!
-
sarayuki wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman (8)
-
caroleona wrote:
lovely, just lovely!!! Christina is the Best...!
-
sweetnanda wrote:
sweet, sugar, candyman!
-
xdevotchkax wrote:
the best ♥
-
Ludi_Nascente wrote:
Adorooo essa musicaa!!The Best
-
luke_suspicious wrote:
LIPS LIKE SUGARCAAANE
-
pantseeker wrote:
her best track in awhile~♪
Listeners
-
fightcats
Listening now
-
AngelaLK
Listening now
-
faelhenrique
Listening now
-
nastyboy1009
Top Listener
-
9095
Top Listener
-
Vivienne16
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
LAWZzIARS3NAL added Candyman to their Loved Tracks. 8 minutes ago
-
Madeline_Jonas added Candyman to Madeline_Jonas’s library. 3 hours ago
-
johnnydoom68 and Private_Number loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 3 hours ago
-
luluR24 added Candyman to luluR24’s library. 4 hours ago
-
Pirate_Pixie, INDIGOsunrise, martinaspin and 13 other people loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 5 hours ago
-
RichmondRocks added Candyman to the playlist WACKY DELIGHT. 10 hours ago
-
mightysweet1, blackpyrowolf, saucydragonlady and 2 other people loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 11 hours ago
-
steveerkle added Candyman to steveerkle’s library. 12 hours ago
-
steveerkle added Candyman to the playlist chicks man. 12 hours ago
-
purple_panda96, darknightstrife, AFM079 and 6 other people loved Christina Aguilera – Candyman. 12 hours ago
Related Journals
-
Boulevard of Broken Streams - Tracks With Corrupt Streams
by mvordeme |
7 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Single Of The Week
by yxsarvik |
17 Oct 2009 | Add comment
-
My Library Annotated: Christina Aguilera
by rwitte |
4 Oct 2009 | 1 comment
