CANDY
“Candy” is a song from Iggy Pop’s ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. A duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52’s, it was the album’s second single, in September 1990. It became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop’s career, as he reached the US Top 40 for the first and only time. “I’ve written one good pop song: ‘Candy’,” he noted. “It’s a very decent, proper pop song, but that’s as far as that went.” (More from Wikipedia)
Iggy Pop’s solo career is uneven by all accounts (even his own). I remember the Village Voice review of my personal favorite among his solo albums, Brick by Brick (1990) stating that this was “Iggy Pop’s best album since . . . well, since the last time you cared”. The album features a stellar duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52’s, “Candy” – as Iggy Pop’s only song to hit the Top 40, “Candy” remained on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts for 17 weeks, reaching the Top 5. Both singers have spoken parts during the song, and Pierson’s Georgia twang is a true delight.
(March 2017)
