Candy Everybody Wants

1993 single by 10,000 Maniacs

"Candy Everybody Wants"

Single by 10,000 Maniacs

from the album Our Time in Eden

Released

March 29, 1993 (1993-03-29)^[1]

Studio

Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)

Label

Elektra

Songwriter(s)

Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant

Producer(s)

Paul Fox

10,000 Maniacs singles chronology

"These Are Days"
(1992)

"Candy Everybody Wants"
(1993)

"Few and Far Between"
(1993)

Music video

"Candy Everybody Wants" on YouTube

"Candy Everybody Wants" is the second single by American alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs from their fifth album, Our Time in Eden (1992). The song was released in March 1993 by Elektra Records. It was written by Dennis Drew and Natalie Merchant, the band's keyboardist and lead singer respectively. Rolling Stone wrote that the song is about "the American appetite for televised sex and violence – and big business's willingness to satisfy that craving."^[2]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	47
UK Airplay (Music Week)^[3]	42
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	67
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[5]	5

References

^ "Single Releases". Music Week. March 27, 1993. p. 27.
^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
^ "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. May 1, 1993. p. 18. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.