Track 1- I Want Candy- Bow Wow Wow

Hmm..'I Want Candy'..oh, how I hate this song. Not only is it one of those annoying songs you can't get out of your head, but when your name is Candy it is absolutley the work of the Devil. Especially if you were in grade school when it came out and you were me. I had long, tangled hippie hair that my mom would never let me cut. She insisted that boys like long hair. Maybe she was trying to give me a leg up since they do not find Bugs Bunny teeth with a front gap you can drive a Big Wheel through very hot. Needless to say, I was not the coolest cat on the block, more like a tom cat. So, this song comes out and everyone starts singing it to me since my name is Candy, ha ha ha. Did this mean that Adam, who was the spitting image of Leif Garrett, really liked me?? No. More like far from it and he loved to rub it in that he didn't and that nobody else did. That was the tone in which most boys threw the song at me. I would retaliate like any well bred lady would. I would hit them in the face with the tether ball. Or the 4-square ball. Or the dodge ball. Whatever was handy, really. I was not opposed to violence as a means to an end. it wasn't long before I was not allowed to play in their reindeer games. Forever marked as 'Does Not Play Well With Others.' Up until high school I would be tormented with this song, day in and day out. It was in 9th grade that Iggy Pop came out with 'Candy'. Oh happy day. No one could seem to let me go..At least it was by someone cool, so it wasn't quite so bad. Other songs of unrequited love written to Candy: "So Like Candy" Elvis Costello, "Candy Girl" New Edition, "Candy" Cameo, "Oh Candy" Cheap Trick, and "Candy O" The Cars. There is nothing more ironic and depressing than being surrounded by love songs to your name, but none to you...