"Candy" is a song from

Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Nutini's debut album, ''These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-u ...

which was released on 18 May 2009. The song is the lead single from his second studio album '' Sunny Side Up''.
The song was released as a single eleven days before the release of ''Sunny Side Up''.

Release and reception

The single made the A-list on

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and

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, as well as the B-list on

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. It charted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, making it his third highest-charting single behind "

Last Request "Last Request" is the debut single by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, from his 2006 debut album, '' These Streets''. The song was released on 3 July 2006, and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 15 on the Italian ...

" (number five) and " Pencil Full Of Lead" (number 17). In Scotland, "Candy" is Nutini's highest-charting single alongside "Last Request", topping the

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. Elsewhere, the song reached number 10 in Switzerland and the top 30 in Ireland and Italy.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers

In 2010, the song was covered by Welsh act

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's show on

. In 2014,

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Jasmine Thompson Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is a British singer and songwriter. She began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube. In 2014, she was featured on German deep house producer Robi ...

collaborated to make a cover version of the song which uses the elements of

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and

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. Previously, Thompson released a cover version of the song in February of that year.

References

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