I Want Candy - Covers

Covers

"I Want Candy" has been covered numerous times by other artists since The Strangeloves' original recording.

The Bouncing Souls covered it on their first album The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle.

In the UK, the song first hit the UK Singles Chart in 1965, covered by Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, who took it to number 25.

It was also released by The Count Bishops in 1978, however despite a performance on Top of the Pops it failed to chart.

The song hit the charts again in 1982, with a cover by Bow Wow Wow. It was also covered in 1996 by European production duo, The Candy Girls. More recently, "I Want Candy" has been covered by Spice Girl Melanie C for the 2007 movie of the same name. Aaron Carter covered the song as well in 2000, for his second album Aaron's Party (Come Get It). Veruca Salt covered the song on their 2007 spring tour. Good Charlotte has also covered the song in the film Not Another Teen Movie, Westlife did a cover in 2000 for their mothersday album. Billie covered the song for her debut album, Honey to the B but the cover was only included on the MiniDisc edition. X Factor duo Jedward covered the song for their debut album, Planet Jedward.

Australian R&B singer Cody Simpson recorded his rendition of the song for the 2011 film Hop.

Kramer produced and sang his version of "I Want Candy" in a satirical techno-dancehall style for his solo LP The Brill Building, a tribute to the great songwriters who worked in NYC's Brill Building between 1960 and 1966 (released on Tzadik Records in 2012).