Candy Girl

E140492
album music recording single song studio album

"Candy Girl" is the 1983 debut hit single and album by American R&B group New Edition, often regarded as a defining early example of the boy band sound in 1980s pop and R&B music.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Candy Girl canonical 10
Candy Girl (song) 2
Candy Girl (album) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf album ⓘ
music recording ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
album Candy Girl self-link ⓘ
artist New Edition ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesNote Reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 46 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHotBlackSingles 1 ⓘ
containsTrack Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Is This the End ⓘ
Popcorn Love ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs defining early example of the boy band sound in 1980s pop and R&B music ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
bubblegum pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasBside Popcorn Love ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Candy Girl (music video)
influenced later boy bands ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf New Edition ⓘ
isTitleTrackOf Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Candy Girl (album)
language English ⓘ
English ⓘ
length 3:55 ⓘ
performer New Edition ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
producer Maurice Starr ⓘ
Maurice Starr ⓘ
recordedIn 1982 ⓘ
recordLabel Streetwise Records ⓘ
Streetwise Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-02-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
1983 ⓘ
title Candy Girl self-link ⓘ
Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
writer Maurice Starr ⓘ
Michael Jonzun ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Edition → notableWork → Candy Girl ⓘ
New Edition → debutAlbum → Candy Girl ⓘ
New Edition → album → Candy Girl ⓘ
Ricky Bell → notableSongWithGroup → Candy Girl ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe → notableWork → Candy Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candy Girl (song)
Candy Girl → title → Candy Girl self-link ⓘ
Candy Girl → album → Candy Girl self-link ⓘ
Candy Girl → isTitleTrackOf → Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candy Girl (album)
Candy Girl → hasMusicVideo → Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candy Girl (music video)
Candy Girl → title → Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Candy Girl (album)
Candy Girl → containsTrack → Candy Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Candy Girl (album)
Ralph Tresvant → notableWork → Candy Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candy Girl (song by New Edition)
Streetwise Records → released → Candy Girl ⓘ
Michael Bivins → notableWork → Candy Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candy Girl (song)
Trust → hasTrack → Candy Girl ⓘ