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“Candy” by Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson

From the album Brick by Brick (1990) With Kate Pierson

“Candy” by Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson appears on 34 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1990 on the album Brick by Brick. Its best result is #3 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 1990, #525 alternative song of all time and #436 of the '90s.

34countdowns
15stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

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Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson - Candy (Official Music Video)

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"Candy" pairs Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson of the B-52's, a duet from Brick by Brick, his ninth solo album, that went out as its second single in 1990. It's Iggy at his most openly tender, his low, weathered croon trading lines with Pierson's bright, soaring voice until the two of them meet in a chorus that shines like a jukebox at closing time.

Iggy wrote it alone and plays electric guitar on it next to Waddy Wachtel, with Charley Drayton on bass, Kenny Aronoff on drums and Jamie Muhoberac on keyboards. Don Was produced, and Ed Cherney recorded and mixed it for Virgin with a big, clean, radio-ready gloss.

It turned out to be the biggest mainstream hit of his career, his first and only trip into the US top 40, and it went top 10 in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands as well. Iggy himself later reckoned it was the one good pop song he'd ever written. Charles Burns drew the cover.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 11 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 3 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 13 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 86 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90
1990 9 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1990 30

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 217 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 294 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 324 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 495 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 490 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 336 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 136 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 136 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 207 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 141 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 136 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 444 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 410 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 446 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 448 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 658 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 461 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 471 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 315 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 487 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 846 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2024 639 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2026 83 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Charting alongside it in 1990

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  3. 3Blue Sky MineMidnight Oil
  4. 4Enjoy the SilenceDepeche Mode
  5. 5Here's Where The Story EndsThe Sundays
  6. 6The Emperor's New ClothesSinéad O'Connor

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