Candy Everybody Wants

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"Candy Everybody Wants"

Single by 10,000 Maniacs

from the album Our Time in Eden

Released

March 29, 1993^[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.

v t e 10,000 Maniacs
Dennis Drew Steve Gustafson John Lombardo Jerome Augustyniak Mary Ramsey Rob Buck Duane Calhoun Chet Cardinale Jim Colavito Tim Edborg Jeff Erickson Jim Foti Debbie Heverly Natalie Merchant Leigh Nash Terry Newhouse Oskar Saville Matt Slocum Bob Wachter
Studio albums	Secrets of the I Ching The Wishing Chair In My Tribe Blind Man's Zoo Our Time in Eden Love Among the Ruins The Earth Pressed Flat Music from the Motion Picture Twice Told Tales
Extended plays	Human Conflict Number Five Triangles
Live albums	MTV Unplugged Live Twenty-Five Playing Favorites
Compilation albums	Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983 Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
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"
Related articles	Two Thousand Maniacs! Evening in Torpor League of Blind Women John & Mary The Mighty Wallop!

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