| "Candy" | ||||
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| Single by Robbie Williams | ||||
| from the album Take the Crown | ||||
| Released | 11 September 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
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| "Candy" on YouTube | ||||
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"Candy" is a song by English pop singer Robbie Williams, released on 11 September 2012 as the lead single from his ninth studio album Take the Crown. It was written by Williams and Gary Barlow, interpolating a riff from "Eurodans" by Terje Olsen. The song was Williams's first UK number-one single since "Radio" in 2004, and was deliberately produced in the style of other 2012 chart-toppers in a calculated attempt to re-establish his presence in the UK charts.
The track premiered on BBC Radio 1 just days before the station removed Williams from their playlist, deeming him no longer relevant to their target audience.[1] Williams claimed to be gutted by the decision, citing Radio 1 as a pop star's "main oxygen".[2] When the song reached number one without Radio 1 airplay, the singer thanked the station, who "have supported me for a long, long time and I'm very grateful to them. Oh, and I can still have number ones without them!"[3]
- ^ "Robbie Williams banned from Radio 1". NME. 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Robbie Williams 'gutted' by R1 snub". BBC News. 11 October 2013.
- ^ Robbie Williams: Live at the O2, Concert Live (22 November 2012) Disc 3, Track 5, 6:03