"Candyman" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was co-produced with Mike Hedges and was released as the second single from Siouxsie & the Banshees' seventh studio album Tinderbox.
The song is an aggressive guitar-based number with heavy Post-punk influences. Although its title suggests wholesome imagery à la "The Candy Man", Sioux's lyrics describe an altogether different kind of "Candyman" (à la Ronald Clark O'Bryan): ("...Sickly sweet, his poison seeks / For the young ones who don't understand / The danger in his hands / With a jaundiced wink see his cunning slink / Oh trust in me my pretty one / Come walk with me my helpless one...").
"Candyman" became Siouxsie & the Banshees' thirteenth top-forty hit, peaking at number thirty-four in the UK singles chart.
"Candyman" is a Grammy Award-nominated swing jazz song written by Christina Aguilera and Linda Perry for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics (2006). It was released as the album's third, and final American single in early 2007 (see 2007 in music). On December 2007, it received a Grammy Award nomimation for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance".
