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((Short description|1965 single by the Strangeloves))
((other uses))
((More citations needed|date=January 2009))
((Infobox song
| name       = I Want Candy
| cover      = I want candy the strangeloves vinyl side a label.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Side-A label of the American vinyl single
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Strangeloves]]
| album      = I Want Candy
| B-side     = "It's About My Baby"
| released   = 1965
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [[Rock and roll]]<ref>((cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |author-link= Richie Unterberger |title= The Strangeloves – I Want Candy – Song Review |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 22 July 2021 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-want-candy-mt0011835234))</ref>
* [[garage rock]]<ref name= "Breihan 2018">((cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back"|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= May 31, 2018 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/1998886/the-number-ones-the-angels-my-boyfriends-back/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= The Strangeloves fucking ruled, developing a take on proto-punk garage rock that was both bubblegum-catchy and dizzily percussion-heavy. Their singles, like “I Want Candy” and “Night Time,” were just killer.|accessdate= June 10, 2023))</ref>
* [[proto-punk]]<ref name= "Breihan 2018">((cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back"|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= May 31, 2018 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/1998886/the-number-ones-the-angels-my-boyfriends-back/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= The Strangeloves fucking ruled, developing a take on proto-punk garage rock that was both bubblegum-catchy and dizzily percussion-heavy. Their singles, like “I Want Candy” and “Night Time,” were just killer.|accessdate= June 10, 2023))</ref>
* [[Bubblegum music|bubblegum]]<ref name="RS 1982">((cite magazine|last= Sheffield|first= Rob|date= September 27, 2022|title=100 Best Songs of 1982|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-1982-1234592830/|access-date=September 9, 2023|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|quote=I Want Candy” was a forgotten Sixties bubblegum hit...))</ref>
| length     = 2:59
| label      = [[Bang Records|Bang]]
| writer     = ((hlist|[[Bert Berns]]|[[Bob Feldman]]|[[Jerry Goldstein (producer)|Jerry Goldstein]]|[[Richard Gottehrer]]))
| producer   = The Strangeloves
| prev_title = Love, Love
| prev_year  = 1964
| next_title = Out in the Sun
| next_year  = 1965
))

"'''I Want Candy'''" is a song written and originally recorded by [[the Strangeloves]] in 1965 that reached No. 11 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart.<ref name="Bubblegum"/> It is a famous example of a song that uses the [[Bo Diddley beat]].<ref name="Bubblegum">((cite book|first1= Kim |last1= Cooper |first2= David |last2= Smay |first3= Jake |last3= Austen |year= 2001 |title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth |publisher= [[Feral House]] |page= [https://archive.org/details/bubblegummusicis0000unse/page/135 135] |isbn= 978-0-9229-1569-9 |quote= They hoodwinked enough American teens with their phony story, "Aboriginal" drums and cheap Beatle wigs in 1965 to send "I Want Candy" to number 11 on the national charts. If only for that one song, the Strangeloves are worthy of discussion. "I Want Candy" is a revelation. a Bo Diddley jungle beat, jazzy guitar line, and massed, aharmonious male vocals sounding like a fraternity at its drunken pinnacle))</ref>

==Original version==
"I Want Candy" was written by [[Bert Berns]], [[Bob Feldman]], [[Jerry Goldstein (producer)|Jerry Goldstein]] and [[Richard Gottehrer]] in 1965. Some reports suggest that the song was written after the producers saw dancer [[Candy Johnson]] performing at the [[1964 World's Fair]].<ref>((cite web|title= 'I Want Candy' Is About a 1960s Singer from the World's Fair |website= GroovyHistory.com |date= September 3, 2019 |access-date= April 2, 2021 |url= https://groovyhistory.com/i-want-candy-strangeloves-bow-wow-wow))</ref>

As writers/producers, Feldman, Goldstein and Gottehrer had already scored big hits for other artists, including "[[My Boyfriend's Back (song)|My Boyfriend's Back]]" by [[The Angels (American group)|the Angels]]. For this song, the trio took on the moniker of [[the Strangeloves]], and recorded the tune themselves, augmented by studio musicians (co-writer Berns was not involved in the studio recording).  The female vocalist heard half-screaming, half-singing "Baby!" in the middle of the track was an unknown [[Session musician|session]] singer.

Although Feldman, Goldstein and Gottehrer used their real names in the writing and production credits of this single, they claimed the Strangeloves were actually three Australian brothers (and ex-sheep farmers) named Giles, Miles and Niles Strange. Feldman, Goldstein and Gottehrer dressed up in shaggy wigs and exotic clothing for publicity photos as the Strangeloves.

"I Want Candy", the Strangeloves' second single, reached No. 7 in Canada<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5601.pdf| title=RPM Top 40&5 Singles - August 2, 1965))</ref> and hit No. 11 in the US.<ref name="Bubblegum"/> The record failed to chart in the UK—or in the Strangeloves' so-called "native" country, Australia.

==The Tremeloes version==
In the UK, the song first hit the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1965, in a version by [[Beat music|beat]] group [[The Tremeloes|Brian Poole and the Tremeloes]], who took it to No. 25.<ref>((cite book|first= David |last= Roberts |year= 2006 |title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |edition= 19th |publisher= [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Records Limited]] |location= London |page= 535 |isbn= 1-904994-10-5))</ref> This version also peaked at No. 81 in Australia.<ref>((cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 4 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= June 18, 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=34759&pages=))</ref>

==Bow Wow Wow version==
((Infobox song
| name       = I Want Candy
| cover      = Bow wow wow candy standard international edition.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Standard cover art for UK and international vinyl editions
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bow Wow Wow]]
| album      = [[The Last of the Mohicans (EP)|The Last of the Mohicans]]
| B-side     = King Kong
| released   = 1982
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[Criteria Studios|Criteria]] (Miami)
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [[New wave music|New wave]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-ma0000002750/songs|title=New Wave Music Songs|website=AllMusic))</ref>
* [[Bubblegum music|bubblegum]]<ref name= "Bubblegum 2001">((cite book|first= David|last= Smay|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= Bubblegum & New Wave|publisher= [[Feral House]]|location= Los Angeles|pages= 248–250))</ref>
| length     = 2:46
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| writer     = ((hlist|Bert Berns|Bob Feldman|Jerry Goldstein|Richard Gottehrer))
| producer   = [[Kenny Laguna]]
| prev_title = [[Go Wild in the Country]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)|Fools Rush In]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc       = ((External music video|((YouTube|JoXVYSV4Xcs|"I Want Candy"))))
))

English [[New wave music|new wave]] group [[Bow Wow Wow]] released their version in 1982 as the first and only single from their EP ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (EP)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''. It was a top 10 hit in their native United Kingdom. For many in America, "I Want Candy" was their first introduction to young lead singer [[Annabella Lwin]] and the band, who partnered with producer [[Kenny Laguna]] to record the song at [[Criteria Studios]] in Miami, Florida.<ref>((cite magazine|first= Bryan |last= Reesman |title= Classic Tracks: Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" |magazine= [[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |date= October 1, 2007 |access-date= December 29, 2021 |url= https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-bow-wow-wows-i-want-candy-365877))</ref> The song barely scraped the top 60 there but became an enduring [[new wave music|new wave]] classic.<ref>((cite web|first= Tom |last= Demalon |title= Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 18, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-want-candy-mw0000313803))</ref>

To capitalize on the success of the "I Want Candy" [[music video]], RCA compiled an album called ''[[I Want Candy (album)|I Want Candy]]'' for their newfound American audience. The album peaked at No. 123 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>((cite web |title= Bow Wow Wow – Awards |website= AllMusic |access-date= June 26, 2018 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-want-candy-mw0000313803 |archive-date= June 26, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001535/https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-want-candy-mw0000313803 |url-status= bot: unknown ))</ref>

The Bow Wow Wow recording appeared on two [[VH1]] countdowns:
*No. 86 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s"<ref>((cite web|title= VH1'S "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s" preaches to the choir with Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" taking the top spot |date= 24 October 2006 |publisher= [[VH1]] |url= http://www.vh1.com/press/press_releases/2006_release/100greatestsongs80s_10302006.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= 31 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100131062803/http://www.vh1.com/press/press_releases/2006_release/100greatestsongs80s_10302006.jhtml))</ref>
*No. 8 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s"<ref>((cite web|title= 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s: Read the List |publisher= VH1 |date= 1 April 2009 |url= http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/ |archive-date= 6 August 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090806041321/http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/))</ref>

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1982)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>((cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= June 18, 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages=))</ref>
|align="center"|39
|-
((single chart|Flanders|30|artist=Bow Wow Wow|song=I Want Candy))
|-
((single chart|Ireland2|7|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Dutch40|26|year=1982|week=30|access-date=June 24, 2013|refname="Dutch40"))
|-
((single chart|Dutch100|23|artist=Bow Wow Wow|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|New Zealand|30|artist=Bow Wow Wow|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|UK|9|date=19820626|artist=Bow Wow Wow|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="awards">((cite web|title= Bow Wow Wow – Awards |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 24, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bow-wow-wow-mn0000094126/awards))</ref>
|align="center"|62
|-
|US [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|36
|-
|US [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|22
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>((cite web|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 3, 1982 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820703.html |archive-date= September 20, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014905/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820703.html))</ref>
|align="center"|61
|}

==Candy Girls version==
((Infobox song
| name       = I Want Candy
| cover      = I Want Candy.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = Candy Girls featuring Valerie Malcolm
| album      =
| B-side     = Four other remixes
| released   = 1996 (UK)
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     =
| label      = ((hlist|Feverpitch|EMI Records))
| writer     = ((hlist|Bert Berns|Bob Feldman|Jerry Goldstein|Richard Gottehrer))
| producer   =
| chronology = Candy Girls
| prev_title = Wham Bam
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title =
| next_year  = 
))

British duo '''Candy Girls''', consisting of [[Rachel Auburn]] and [[Paul Masterson]], released a cover of "I Want Candy" featuring singer Valerie Malcolm. It became their third hit single in 1996, peaking at No. 30 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and No. 12 on the [[UK Dance Singles Chart]]. On ''[[Music Week]]''(('))s [[On a Pop Tip Club Chart|UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart]], the song hit number-one. The single was their last as the duo split after the release. Masterson went on to have hits as Amen! UK, Clergy, Yomanda, Dorothy and [[Hi-Gate]]. A [[music video]] was also produced to promote the single.

===Critical reception===
A reviewer from ''[[Music Week]]'' rated Candy Girls' version of "I Want Candy" three out of five, describing it as "a pumped-up version of [[Bow Wow Wow]]'s hit complete with piano breaks for that hands in the air bit. The girls' debut could catapult them chartwards."<ref>((cite magazine|title= Reviews: Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |page= 10 |date= November 16, 1996 |accessdate= October 6, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-11-16.pdf))</ref> Daisy & Havoc from the magazine's ''RM'' Dance Update gave it four out of five, writing, "The next booming Candy Girls outing is probably their best yet. It's really amusing, with the so-suitable 'I want candy' vocal and the all-round Nineties pop meets Fifties kitsch feel, and it's positively rabble-rousing in its enormous piano breaks."<ref>((cite magazine|author= Daisy & Havoc |title= Hot Vinyl |magazine= [[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |page= 10 |date= November 16, 1996 |accessdate= October 6, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-11-16.pdf))</ref>

===Track listings===
* '''Disc 1'''
#"I Want Candy" (Radio Edit)
#"I Want Candy" (12" Mix)
#"I Want Candy" (Candy's Disco Dub)
#"I Want Candy" (Jon the Dentist's Mix)
#"I Want Candy" (Beat Barons Mix)

*'''Disc 2'''
#"I Want Candy" (Radio Edit)
#"Wham Bam"
#"Fee Fi Fo Fum"
((Clear))

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable" 
!Chart (1996–1997)
!Peak<br>position
|-
((single chart|Australia|57|artist=Candy Girls|song=I Want Candy))
|-
((single chart|Canadadance|6|chartid=9875|access-date=March 14, 2018))
|-
|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>((cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= [[Music & Media]] |date= December 14, 1996 |volume= 13 |issue= 50 |page= 12 |access-date= June 25, 2018 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-14.pdf))</ref>
|align="center"|63						
|-
((single chart|Scotland|31|date=19961201|artist=Candy Girls|access-date=July 4, 2018))
|-
((single chart|UK|30|date=19961201|artist=Candy Girls|access-date=March 14, 2018))
|-
((single chart|UKdance|12|date=19961201|access-date=March 25, 2018))
|-
|[[On a Pop Tip Club Chart|UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>((cite magazine|title= The ''RM'' Club Chart |magazine= [[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |page= 8 |date= November 30, 1996 |accessdate= October 5, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-11-30.pdf))</ref>
|align="center"|1
|}

==Aaron Carter version==
((Infobox song
| name       = I Want Candy
| cover      = Aaron Carter I Want Candy cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Aaron Carter]]
| album      = [[Aaron's Party (Come Get It)]]
| B-side     = Jump, Jump
| released   = 2000
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 3:16
| label      = ((hlist|[[Jive Records|Jive]]|[[Zomba Group of Companies|Zomba]]))
| writer     = ((hlist|Bert Berns|Bob Feldman|Jerry Goldstein|Richard Gottehrer))
| producer   =
| prev_title = Children of the World
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Aaron's Party (Come Get It) (song)|Aaron's Party (Come Get It)]]
| next_year  = 2000
))

[[Aaron Carter]] released a cover of "I Want Candy" as his seventh overall single, and the second single from his second album, ''[[Aaron's Party (Come Get It)]]'' (2000).

This version of "I Want Candy" begins with a phone conversation with a friend about a girl named Candy and features the participation of his brother [[Nick Carter (musician)|Nick Carter]] from the [[Backstreet Boys]]. Carter promoted it by performing it on the show ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''. A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by [[Andrew MacNaughtan]]. Carter released a remix of the song in 2018, self-produced on his ''LøVë'' album.<ref>((cite magazine|first= Tess |last= Koman |title= So Aaron Carter Just Dropped an 'I Want Candy' Remix |magazine= [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |date= February 16, 2018 |access-date= February 20, 2018 |url= https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a18210747/aaron-carter-i-want-candy-remix/))</ref>

The music video for this version features Carter going on a date with Candy while three boys constantly harass him.

===Track listings===
'''Single'''
#"I Want Candy" (album version) – 3:13
#"I Want Candy" (instrumental) – 3:13

'''Maxi CD'''
#"I Want Candy" (album version) – 3:13
#"I Want Candy" (instrumental) – 3:13
#"Jump Jump" – 2:39
((Clear))

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2000)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
((single chart|Australia|27|artist=Aaron Carter|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Australiadance|15|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222432/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue567.pdf|urltitle=Issue 567|accessdate=April 4, 2022))
|-
((single chart|France|46|artist=Aaron Carter|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Germany|68|songid=94571|artist=Aaron Carter|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Dutch40|27|year=2000|week=41|access-date=November 15, 2018))
|-
((single chart|Dutch100|21|artist=Aaron Carter|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|Scotland|35|date=20000916|access-date=November 15, 2018))
|-
((single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Aaron Carter|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 24, 2013))
|-
((single chart|UK|31|date=20000916|access-date=November 15, 2018))
|-
((single chart|UKindie|9|date=20000916|access-date=November 15, 2018))
|}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2000)
!Position
|-
|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>((cite web|title= Årslista Singlar – År 2000 |website= Hitlistan.se |url= http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20000001 |archive-date= 27 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150527145002/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20000001 |language= sv))</ref>
|align="center"|92
|}

==Melanie C version==
((Infobox song
| name       = I Want Candy
| cover      = Melanie C - I Want Candy.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Melanie C]]
| album      = [[This Time (Melanie C album)|This Time]]
| B-side     = Already Gone
| released   = 2007
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 3:23
| label      = [[Red Girl Records|Red Girl]]
| writer     = ((hlist|Bert Berns|Bob Feldman|Jerry Goldstein|Richard Gottehrer))
| producer   = [[Stephen Hague]]
| prev_title = [[The Moment You Believe]]
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [[Carolyna]]
| next_year  = 2007
| misc       = ((External music video|((YouTube|URp6GAJ4sGk|"I Want Candy"))))
))

"'''I Want Candy'''" was the second single to be taken from [[Melanie C]]'s fourth album ''[[This Time (Melanie C album)|This Time]]'', in the UK, Denmark and Italy. The song was also the soundtrack to the [[I Want Candy (film)|movie of the same name]], and the video featured Melanie dancing for the first time since the [[Spice Girls]]. Melanie split her time between the UK and Europe, where she was promoting "[[The Moment You Believe]]", and as a result, the single was not heavily promoted and reached No. 24 — although on the physical chart, the single reached No. 7. "I Want Candy" went on to sell 12,510 copies in the UK, but had better success in Italy (No. 9) and Denmark (No. 12).

Melanie premiered her version of the song during ''[[Al Murray's Happy Hour]]'' on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV1]] on 24 February 2007. The video was premiered on 2 March 2007 in the UK. The song was released as [[Italy]]'s and [[Denmark]]'s first single from the new album, where it reached No. 9 in both countries, while in other [[Europe]]an countries, the ballad "The Moment You Believe" was chosen.

===Music video===
In the video for "I Want Candy", Melanie C is featured in a skin-tight [[catsuit]], featuring a sexually suggestive dance routine with half-naked bodybuilders in crowd-controller uniforms. The video instantly grabbed the No. 1 spot on [[YouTube]] with 200,000 hits in its first day.<ref>((cite web|title= Home |website= MelanieC.net |access-date= February 1, 2012 |url= http://www.melaniec.net))</ref>

===Formats and track listings===
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Want Candy" by Melanie C.

*'''UK 7" vinyl single'''
#"I Want Candy"
#"Already Gone"

*'''UK Maxi CD single'''
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Single Version))) – 3:23
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Club Junkies Mix))) – 6:37
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(So-Lo's Electric Vocal Mix))) – 5:16
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(So-Lo's Filtered Disco Dub))) – 7:33
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Music Video))) – 3:22

*'''Italian Maxi CD single'''
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Single Version))) – 3:23
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Club Junkies Mix))) – 6:37
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(So-Lo's Electric Vocal Mix))) – 5:16
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(So-Lo's Filtered Disco Dub))) – 7:33
#"Already Gone" – 4:12
#"I Want Candy" ((small|(Music Video))) – 3:22

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2007)
!Peak<br/>position
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((single chart|Denmark|9|artist=Melanie C|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 18, 2014))
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((single chart|Italy|9|artist=Melanie C|song=I Want Candy|access-date=June 18, 2014))
|-
((single chart|Scotland|9|date=2007-04-01|artist=Melanie C|access-date=March 22, 2014))
|-
((single chart|UK|24|date=20070407|artist=Melanie C|access-date=June 18, 2014))
|}

== The Count Bishops version ==

*[[The Count Bishops]], British [[proto punk]] and [[Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub-rock]] band, released their version of ''I Want Candy'' on independent label [[Chiswick Records]] in 1978, making an appearance on the British TV show ''[[Top of the Pops]].

==References==
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