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I Want Candy

original song co-written and performed by The Strangeloves
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q766060
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I Want Candy

Summary

I Want Candy is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Want Candy's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Want Candy's composer is recorded as Bert Berns[4].
  • I Want Candy's composer is recorded as Bob Feldman[5].
  • I Want Candy's composer is recorded as Jerry Goldstein[6].
  • I Want Candy's composer is recorded as Richard Gottehrer[7].
  • I Want Candy's genre is popular music[8].
  • I Want Candy was performed by The Strangeloves[9].
  • Among the performers on I Want Candy was Brian Poole & The Tremeloes[10].
  • Among the performers on I Want Candy was Bow Wow Wow[11].
  • I Want Candy was performed by Aaron Carter[12].
  • Among the performers on I Want Candy was Melanie C[13].
  • I Want Candy's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • I Want Candy was published on 1965[15].
  • I Want Candy's lyricist is recorded as Bert Berns[16].
  • I Want Candy's lyricist is recorded as Bob Feldman[17].
  • I Want Candy's lyricist is recorded as Jerry Goldstein[18].
  • I Want Candy's lyricist is recorded as Richard Gottehrer[19].
  • I Want Candy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Want Candy'}[20].
  • I Want Candy's form of creative work is recorded as song[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4c8ae014-920c-3bb5-9d72-226d42d4c8b9[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Strangeloves[9], Brian Poole & The Tremeloes[10], Bow Wow Wow[11], Aaron Carter[12], and Melanie C[13].

Publication

I Want Candy was published on 1965[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is popular music[8].

Why It Matters

I Want Candy ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Aaron Carter Melanie C

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I Want Candy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-want-candy
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-want-candy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Want Candy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-want-candy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Strangeloves, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, Bow Wow Wow +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0713978643, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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