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Candy‐O by The Cars
Candy‐O is an album by The Cars, released in 1979. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 94 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Let's Go”, on 64 lists with a best position of #89.
Candy-O, the second album from Boston's Cars, rolled out on Elektra on June 2, 1979, and it's the sound of a band that already knows exactly where to put the chrome. Roy Thomas Baker produced, and the machine purrs: Ric Ocasek's twitchy, deadpan songs, Benjamin Orr's smoother voice trading lead vocals with his, Elliot Easton's lean, stinging lead guitar, Greg Hawkes' keyboards bubbling and buzzing like a pinball table, and David Robinson keeping the whole thing ticking on drums.
"Let's Go" and "It's All I Can Do" were the singles, and the record outdid the debut, climbing to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Then there's the sleeve, a pin-up painted by the Peruvian-American artist Alberto Vargas, which tells you this was a band with one eye on the art gallery and the other on the drive-in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Candy‐O on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Go | 64 | #89 | – | 1982–2025 | |
| 2 | Dangerous Type | 18 | #104 | – | 1982–2023 | |
| 3 | Candy-O | 12 | #184 | – | 1982–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.