Song · The Jesus and Mary Chain
“Some Candy Talking” by The Jesus and Mary Chain
From the EP Some Candy Talking E.P. (1986)
“Some Candy Talking” by The Jesus and Mary Chain appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1986. It was first released in 1986 on the EP Some Candy Talking E.P.. Its best result is #9 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #60 alternative song of 1986.
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"Some Candy Talking" came out in July 1986 on Blanco y Negro as the title song of an EP by the Jesus and Mary Chain. Jim and William Reid wrote it, and it missed the first pressing of Psychocandy, only joining that album when it reached CD later the same year.
The title got it into trouble: people heard a heroin song, and Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith banned it, though Jim Reid insisted in a 2005 interview that drugs had nothing to do with it. John Peel's listeners stuck by it, voting it into that year's Festive 50. It also landed on the soundtrack of the film Modern Girls, and it was the last Mary Chain release with Bobby Gillespie on drums before he went back to his own band, Primal Scream.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 9 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1986 | 50 |
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