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The Candy Skins

Band Oxford United Kingdom Active 1989–1998

The Candy Skins formed in 1989 in Oxford, United Kingdom and was active until 1998. The Candy Skins has 27 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “For What It's Worth”, which appears on 22 lists with a best position of #49. The station that charted The Candy Skins most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.

27appearances
25countdowns
3songs charted
6stations
0#1 finishes
1991–2022years

The Candy Skins came out of Oxford in 1989, part of the early wave of the city's guitar scene, and they played bright, jangling, sunlit pop with a psychedelic tint and a knack for a chorus. Nick Cope sang and played guitar alongside guitarist Mark Cope, and Geffen Records snapped them up for their debut, Space I'm In, in 1990.

"For What It's Worth" was the song that did the damage, a breezy, chiming tune that rock radio listeners grabbed hold of, and "She Blew Me Away" and "Submarine Song" showed there was more where that came from. The record is all ringing guitars, loose-limbed rhythms and wide-eyed harmonies.

Commercially they never matched the success of Oxford neighbours like Radiohead and Supergrass, but the British press counted them among the early bands that paved the way for Britpop. They made four studio albums over eight years before breaking up in 1998, then got back together in 2009.

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

Songs by The Candy Skins on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 For What It's Worth
1,133		 22 #49 – 1991
2 Submarine Song
63		 4 #473 – –
3 She Blew Me Away
19		 1 #86 – 1991

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2022 697 Submarine Song The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2014 1404 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1347 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1294 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1239 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1204 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1184 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1241 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 275 For What It's Worth KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 372 For What It's Worth Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005 449 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 446 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 446 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 919 For What It's Worth Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1554 Submarine Song Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 446 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1310 For What It's Worth Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1789 Submarine Song Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 446 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 447 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 446 For What It's Worth CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 473 Submarine Song WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996 328 For What It's Worth KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1995 360 For What It's Worth KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 237 For What It's Worth KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1991 49 For What It's Worth KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
1991 86 She Blew Me Away Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991

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