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“I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow

From the EP The Last of the Mohicans (1982)

“I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow appears on 53 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1988 and 2024. It was first released in 1982 on the EP The Last of the Mohicans. Its best result is #38 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #345 alternative song of all time.

53countdowns
14stations
#38best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988–2024years charted

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Bow Wow Wow grabbed "I Want Candy" for their 1982 EP The Last of the Mohicans, dusting off a song the Strangeloves first cut back in 1965, and they play it like a dare. The tune rides the Bo Diddley beat, and that beat is the whole engine here: a thumping, rolling shuffle that sounds like a drumline crashing a beach party, with the vocal bouncing gleefully on top.

Kenny Laguna produced it lean and loud, leaving nothing in the way of the rhythm. The songwriting credit still belongs to the original team of Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, but Bow Wow Wow make it sound brattier and a lot more breathless.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 192 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 116 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 60 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 105 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 73 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 262 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 73 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 331 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 79 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 252 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 119 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 112 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 83 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 111 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 233 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 158 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 192 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 127 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 66 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 742 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 127 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 444 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 802 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 77 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1101 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 516 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 432 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1103 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 433 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1109 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 439 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1108 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 393 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 468 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1093 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 255 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1093 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 402 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1093 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 38 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 414 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 477 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1662 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 393 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1617 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1628 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1671 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1736 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1793 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1848 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 639 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 394 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2024 147 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

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