Disco de Mandy Moore: “Candy [US CD Single #1]”

>"Candy" evokes Britney's "Baby, One More Time" on first listens, however the voice is fuller and more impassioned-and unlike Brintey -Mandy has some ability to enunicate what she is singing and has some range; the song does not rest soley on its pumped production, but its soulful delivery. Get it? No nasality, and some vocal inflection and touch of left-of-center rapping a la Sophie B in "Right Beside You". The song builds to a climax through its repetition because of Mandy's ability to adjust her delivery and to hit notes and sing on-key through twists and turns necessary in alternating points of inflection through the chorus and, unlike Brit whose voice remains frail to the point where every part of the "Baby, One More Time" delivery is calculatedly linear according to the producer's specifications, Mandy brings something to this song Britney or Jessica Simpson could not. Conversely, she does not feel compelled to overextend herself,and if she could, she would not be screaming one note as thought it were a Mariah Carey Marathon - as is the case in Jessica Simpson's in "I Wanna Love You Forever"- and although "Candy" does not serve her smooth and sweet voice to the level of the other album cuts which stylisically are more appropriate to showing off her pipes, she has a supple almost pleasinlgly girlish voice suited more toward quiet storm/jazz-inflected material("Lock Me In Your Heart" and "Quit Breaking My Heart") and Lisa Stansfield/Gabrielle-esque English girl soul ( "I Like It") that allow one to differentiate her style and material from the rest of the pact. "Candy" is nonetheless enjoyable and should be listened to as a debut from an artist who first needs to compete within the market she has to transcend it at radio and retail. In other words, "Candy" was a safe first single choice, and the odd thing about its charting at #41 in the U.S Hot 100 is that it goes to show she may have a hit with one of the other more fresh and unique tracks as Britney/Christina backlash unfurls that separate her from the; the entire album is ripe for the picking and the material is fresher than that of Christina's or Britney's. If Sony would have just accepted that lighting does not strike twice just because they are SONY, and could have handled that the single and album would not have appeared at #1 simultaneously, then maybe more fans would have, as I have, heard the entire body-of-work known as the album "So Real", and would know that Mandy is for and "So Real". The expected date of arrival of the album: I have heard Dec 7, 1999 or January 11, 2000...Pick it up and you will have to concede she is better than Brit and should outlast her!

First of all Let me add that this single is cool not only because Candy is a catchy song but because it come's with free stickers, Yeah. I love this single because of the remixes not the original version of the song but the remixes. The second remix is the best it starts out slow and sweet with mandy's voice breating heavily as she sings " I know who you are. your love is as sweet as candy. I'll be forever your's. love always mandy" and then all of a suden the song goes fast into a dance beat. Mandy is such a cuty, I wish she would get as much popularity with all her songs as she did with candy! The snippets (track 5) go so fast that you cant even pay attention to them that good and thats why I rated this single a 4! Oh well. Get off your boody and go BUY CANDY BY MANDY because it is well worth the money.

This is a good single. Definately her coming out single. Now, why is Britney Spears better recognixed than Mandy? because Mandy's a better person, and Britney is evil! Sorry, Brit fans, but she's setting a bad example for little kids! Mandy's waaaaaaaay better!

Mandy's voice is so awesome for a 15-year-old (now 16, but 15 when she recorded her first album, SO REAL). "Candy" is one of her best songs. I love this single. It's the perfect song for a great party. The remixes for "Candy" are really good, too. I usually don't like remixes for some singles but these remixes are really awesome. If you like Pop music, then I really recommend this "Candy" single. Go Mandy!

This is a cool song, you never get sick of it!