Candy (LL Cool J song)

Song from LL Cool J

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"Candy"

Single by LL Cool J featuring Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant
from the album  Phenomenon
B-side| "Candy (instrumental)"
Released| July 3, 1998 (1998-07-03)
Recorded| 1997
Genre|

* R&B
* hip hop

Length| 4:32
Label|

* Def Jam
* PolyGram

Songwriter(s)|

* James Smith
* Samuel Barnes
* Maurice Starr
* Michael Jonzun
* James Harris III
* Terry Lewis

Producer(s)|

* Trackmasters
* LL Cool J

LL Cool J singles chronology
| "Hot, Hot, Hot"
(1998)  | "Candy"
(1998)  | "Incredible"
(1998)

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"Candy" is the fifth and final single from LL Cool J's seventh album, Phenomenon. It was released on July 3, 1998 for Def Jam Recordings and featured production from the Trackmasters, who were then known as Poke & Tone. The song spent two weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, peaking at No. 62. New Edition members, Ralph Tresvant and Ricky Bell contributed vocals to the song. The sample is based on Alexander O'Neal's "Sunshine" and a interpolation of Candy Girl.[1]

## Track listing

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### A-side

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1. "Candy" (radio edit)

### B-side

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1. "Candy" (LP version)
2. "Candy" (Instrumental)

## Charts

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Chart performance for "Candy"  Chart (1997)  | Peak
position

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US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[2] | 62

## References

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1. ^ Def Jam Recordings (1997). Phenomenon (album).
2. ^ "LL Cool J Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

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LL Cool J

* Discography

Studio albums|

* Radio
* Bigger and Deffer
* Walking with a Panther
* Mama Said Knock You Out
* 14 Shots to the Dome
* Mr. Smith
* Phenomenon
* G.O.A.T.
* 10
* The DEFinition
* Todd Smith
* Exit 13
* Authentic
* The FORCE

Compilations|

* All World: Greatest Hits
* All World 2

Singles|

* "I Can't Live Without My Radio"
* "Rock the Bells"
* "You'll Rock"
* "I'm Bad"
* "I Need Love"
* "Going Back to Cali"
* "I'm That Type of Guy"
* "Big Ole Butt"
* "One Shot at Love"
* "Jingling Baby"
* "To da Break of Dawn"
* "The Boomin' System"
* "Around the Way Girl"
* "Mama Said Knock You Out"
* "6 Minutes of Pleasure"
* "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
* "Strictly Business"
* "How I'm Comin'"
* "Back Seat (of My Jeep)"
* "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings"
* "Stand By Your Man"
* "Hey Lover"
* "Doin' It"
* "Loungin"
* "I Shot Ya"
* "Ain't Nobody"
* "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)"
* "Phenomenon"
* "4, 3, 2, 1"
* "Hot, Hot, Hot"
* "Father"
* "Candy"
* "Zoom"
* "Say What"
* "Deepest Bluest"
* "Shut 'Em Down
* "Imagine That"
* "You and Me"
* "Put Your Hands Up"
* "Luv U Better"
* "Paradise"
* "All I Have"
* "Amazin'
* "Headsprung"
* "Hush"
* "Control Myself"
* "Cry"
* "Baby"
* "Murdergram Deux"

Featured singles|

* "Rampage"
* "Why Me Baby?"
* "This Is for the Lover in You"
* "Incredible"
* "Fatty Girl"
* "All I Have"
* "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"

Other songs|

* "Accidental Racist"

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