"Candy Girl" is the title of a hit single recorded in 1963 by the Four Seasons. Written by

Larry Santos Larry Santos (born June 2, 1941, in Oneonta, New York) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Santos wrote songs for several American pop bands in the 1960s, including the 1963 hit " Candy Girl" for The Four Seasons which reached number 3 o ...

, it is the first original Four Seasons single composed by neither

Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majori ...

nor

Bob Crewe Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Season ...

. The writer, Larry Santos, would become a chart artist in his own right with 1976's "We Can't Hide It Anymore". A stereo version was released in 1975, on ''

The Four Seasons Story ''The Four Seasons Story'' is a two-record compilation of The Four Seasons's biggest hit singles from 1962 to 1970. It was released in 1975 on the Private Stock label. It quickly became a gold record, selling over one million copies before the R ...

'' album. The B-side, "Marlena", was a Top 40 hit in its own right: it reached No. 36 on the Hot 100. It was written by Gaudio.

Background

The song tackles the subject of a girlfriend with whom the singer's "love is real". The Four Seasons song is a rock

ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...

to a loving girlfriend ("I've been a-searching o’er this big wide world/Now, finally, I found my/Candy Girl").

Chart performance

"Candy Girl" reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and No. 13 on the R&B chart, the last of the group's entries to make the R&B chart.

References

External links

Full lyrics of this song
at OldieLyrics 1963 singles The Four Seasons (band) songs Vee-Jay Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe 1963 songs {{1960s-single-stub