Mar 292013
 

Easter is coming up. I know the holiday is really centered around Jesus and deeply spiritual matters, but the lure for kids is the basket of Easter candy that the Easter bunny leaves on Easter morning. In honor of Easter baskets, I propose a Last Man Standing on Candy Songs, that is, songs specifically about candy or, if not specifically about candy, involving a candy in its song title. Songs that merely mention a candy in passing do not count. Candy must be essential to the song, as is the case with my lead-off entry, Autumn Carousel’s “Lollipop.”

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Let’s fill a rock ‘n roll Easter basket!

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  47 Responses to “Last Man Standing: Candy Songs”

  1. So Like Candy – Elvis Costello & Paul McCartney

  2. Suburban kid

    I Want Candy – The Strangeloves / Bow Wow Wow

  3. Some Candy Talking – Jesus & Mary Chain (although I prefer the Chris Whitley cover version from Din Of Esctasy)

    Ok, prob. really about drugs/sex “candy”

  4. You’re cool. Having “candy” or a candy in the title is good enough, although a song lacking a candy-specific title that merely mentions a candy in passing is NOT eligible.

  5. BigSteve

    Millie Small, My Boy Lollipop

  6. Suburban kid

    “Psychocandy” – Jesus and Mary Chain

  7. 2000 Man

    Well, it’s not technically about the candy kids eat, it’s still about Candy. Candy’s Going Bad – Golden Earring.

  8. In the spirit of 2K’s entry and so no one feels guilty about this titular candy-only entry, Bruce Springsteen’s “Candy’s Room.”

    LMS!

  9. Suburban kid

    Candy Says – VU

  10. machinery

    Incense and peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock

  11. Suburban kid

    “Chocolate Drop” – Howlin’ Wolf

  12. The Beatles, “Savoy Truffle”

  13. cherguevara

    Ruling please on James Brown’s “Licking Stick”

  14. What else could that be about? 🙂

  15. Damn! You guys took all the J&MC ones! Okay, since we’ve been on the subject of Sammy Davis Jr. “Candy Man”

  16. ladymisskirroyale

    “Sugar, Sugar” – The Archies (“You are my candy girl…”)

  17. Suburban kid

    “Candy” – The Astors

  18. “Sex and Candy”- Marcy Playground

  19. cherguevara

    Undertones – Mars Bar

  20. bostonhistorian

    Sleater-Kinney, “Buy Her Candy”

  21. Abba Zabba captain beefheart

  22. Hank Fan

    Well they got a new dance and it goes like this…

    Joey Dee & The Starlighters – Peppermint Twist (part 1)

  23. Suburban kid

    “More Songs About Chocolate and Girls” – Undertones

  24. Chocolate Jesus by Tom Waits

  25. Fiddy Cent “I’ll take you to the Candy Shop / Let you lick the lollipop”. Sounds like Easter.

  26. Suburban kid

    “Candy-O” – The Cars

  27. ladymisskirroyale

    Unfortunately, I recall this song oh too well.

    Butterscotch Castle by the candy-sweet duo, Captain and Tennille:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9HdXG_Hcs

  28. H. Munster

    “Goody Goody Gumdrops” — The 1910 Fruit Gum Company

  29. The Church – “Under the Milky Way”
    ? ? ?

  30. Candy – Iggy Pop

  31. cherguevara

    Caramel – Suzanne Vega

  32. H. Munster

    Chewy Chewy — The Ohio Express

  33. “Caramel” -Blur (different song)
    btw, what is it with west coasters pronouncing it car-mel? Is a train of camels also called a car-van?

  34. “Candy Perfume Girl” – Madonna

  35. hrrundivbakshi

    “Oh, Candy” — Cheap Trick

  36. hrrundivbakshi

    I’m on your team here, Slim. “Caramel” has three syllables.

  37. H. Munster

    “Sweets for My Sweet” — The Drifters and The Searchers

  38. “Sweet Like Candy”- great Lover’s Rock from Winston Williams

  39. cherguevara

    Stone Temple Pilots – Kitchenware and Chocolate bars

  40. ladymisskirroyale

    Sugar On My Tongue – Talking Heads
    “Is she gonna give me some?

  41. “Poprocks & Coke” Green Day

  42. H. Munster

    “Candy Girl” — The Four Seasons

  43. Death of Samantha – “Coca Cola & Licorice”

  44. H. Munster

    “Sushine Lollipops and Rainbows” — Leslie Gore

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