Candy (Iggy Pop song) "Candy" Single by Iggy Pop from the album Brick by Brick Released September 19, 1990 Recorded 1990 Genre Alternative rock / rock Length 4:02 (Single edit) 4:13 (LP Version) Label Virgin Songwriter(s) Iggy Pop (1990) "Candy" "Candy" is a song from Iggy Pop's ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. A duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, it was the album's second single, in September 1990.[1] It became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop's career, as he reached the top 40 in the United States for the first and only time. The song additionally peaked within the top 10 in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. "I've written one good pop song: 'Candy'," he noted. "It's a very decent, proper pop song, but that's as far as that went." all the best, peace.