Candy Everybody Wants

"Candy Everybody Wants"
"Candy Everybody Wants"
Single by 10,000 Maniacs
from the album Our Time in Eden
Released	March 27, 1993
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York, August 1991
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
Producer(s)	Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs singles chronology

"Candy Everybody Wants" is the second single by alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs from their 1992 album Our Time in Eden. The song 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."^[1]

Charts[]

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	67
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[3]	5

References[]

^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

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[RS-1] France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.

[sc_Billboardhot100_10,000_Maniacs-2] "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_10,000_Maniacs-3] "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

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Albums	Human Conflict Number Five Secrets of the I Ching The Wishing Chair In My Tribe Blind Man's Zoo Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983 Our Time in Eden MTV Unplugged Love Among the Ruins The Earth Pressed Flat Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs Live Twenty-Five Extended Versions Triangles Music from the Motion Picture Twice Told Tales Playing Favorites
Singles	"Peace Train" "Like the Weather" "What's the Matter Here" "Trouble Me" "These Are Days" "Candy Everybody Wants" "Few and Far Between" "Everyday Is Like Sunday" "Because the Night" "More Than This"
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