Candy (Aggro Santos song)

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"Candy"
AggroSantos-Candy.jpg
Single by Aggro Santos featuring Kimberly Wyatt
from the album AggroSantos.com
Released2 May 2010 (2010-05-02)
Genre
Length3:00
Label Mercury, Future
Songwriter(s) Aggro Santos, Josef Larossi, Andreas Romdhane, Viktoria Hansen
Producer(s) Quiz & Larossi
Aggro Santos singles chronology
"Candy"
(2010)		"Saint or Sinner"
(2010)
Kimberly Wyatt singles chronology
"Candy"
(2010)		"Higher (Remix)"
(2011)

"Candy" is the debut single by Brazilian-born British-based rapper Aggro Santos. The song was produced by Quiz & Larossi and co-written by Aggro Santos, Josef Larossi, Andreas Romdhane, Viktoria Hansen, while also featuring American singer Kimberly Wyatt of The Pussycat Dolls. It was released on 2 May 2010 as the lead single from Santos' debut studio album AggroSantos.com .

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The song has been critically appreciated, with reviewers complimenting its chorus and synth-pop beats associated with it. "Candy" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, "Candy" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Poland and the top 20 of the charts in Latvia and the Republic of Ireland. The music video of the song portrayed Santos and Wyatt having a UV water fight in a club.

Background and composition

In an interview Wyatt was asked how she collaborated with Aggro Santos. She explained: "I was working in a studio here in London with [producers] Red Rhythm, and they told me about Aggro and his underground following, so I did some research on him and his music and really dug his vibe, and just thought, 'Why not?' I met with Aggro for a writing session and we got along really well. Then a few days later he played me 'Candy' and I thought it sounded like a smash, so when he asked if I'd lay down some vocals for it, of course I said yes." [1]

"Candy" is written by Aggro Santos, Josef Larossi, Andreas Romdhane, Viktoria Hansen. It has elements of David Guetta-esque beats with synth noises. [2] [3] The song's chorus refers to online branding. [2] When Santos was asked what "Candy" means he said, "It means (sings) come and get you some, come and get you some! 'Candy is metaphoric for something that I will not say in this interview!" [4] Amy Dawson from Metro noted that Santos and Wyatt exchange a "romantic repartee". [5]

Reception

Critical reception

Robert Copsey from Digital Spy gave the song 4 out of five stars stating: "Santos provides many a dodgy lyric ("Girl you look familiar / Where do I know you from? / Have you been to visit me at Aggro Santos dot com?"), but all is forgiven when the track reaches its Kimbo-crooned hook, which provides a satisfying blast of electro fuzz over the throbbing, David Guetta-esque beats." [3] Fraser McAlpine from BBC said that he liked "[...] the funny wobbly synth noises and the grunting in the chorus - is the online branding. 'Aggro Santos dot com' gets a namecheck, as does Facebook, which is the kind of product placement Lady Gaga does in her videos. It's also something we should all get behind if we want the cash-strapped music biz to continue into the century without disappearing in a puff of binary dust. [2] Jon O'Brien from AllMusic praised "Candy" describing it as "gloriously infectious Lady Gaga-esque [song]". [6]

Chart performance

"Candy" entered and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart on 9 May 2010 – for the week ending dated 15 May 2010 – and remained at its peak position for two consecutive weeks. [7] "Candy" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipment of 200,000 copies of the single. "Candy" made Wyatt the first member of The Pussycat Dolls to chart in Britain as a solo artist. [8]

In the Republic of Ireland, "Candy" entered at number 44 on the Irish Singles Chart on the date of 7 May 2010 – for the week ending dated 13 May 2010 – peaking at number 14 during its sixth week on the chart. [9]

Music video

Kimberly Wyatt and Aggro Santos perform "Candy" during a UV water fight. Candyaggrosantos.jpg
Kimberly Wyatt and Aggro Santos perform "Candy" during a UV water fight.

The video for the song was directed by Emil Nava [10] and was debuted on 21 September 2010 on VidZone where only PlayStation 3 users could watch in certain territories. [11] The full video release was on the next day when Aggro Santos posted the video on his official YouTube account. [12] The music video was shot on under the London Bridge station where the main plot of the video centered around a UV water fight. [10] About the video the director [Emil Nava] said:

"Having a UV water fight is something I have been thinking about for a while. [...] I have always loved UV and wanted to try something different with it. We shot in a freezing location under the arches in London Bridge. A lot of the extras were fans so were there for free and luckily all were really up for it. It was a pleasure to direct a Pussycat Doll as she was a real pro. Aggro brought his own flavor to it as well, which I feel works really well with her style. All the crew killed it and worked extra hard. I hope you like." [10]

Track listing

Candy EP [13]

  1. "Candy" (Radio Edit) - 3:00
  2. "Candy" (Crazy Cousin Remix) - 4:05
  3. "Candy" (Tweakz Remix) - 3:50

Candy (Ladies Re-Rub) [14]

  1. "Candy" (Ladies Re-Rub) - 3:02

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, record label and format details
RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia [24] May 2, 2010 Digital download Mercury Records
Belgium [25]
Ireland [26] Universal Music
Germany [27] June 11, 2010Mercury Records
Switzerland [28]
Brazil [29] June 24, 2010Universal Music

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