"Candy" is a song by American singer Mandy Moore. It served as Moore's debut single and opening track from her 1999 debut studio album, So Real. Written and composed by Denise Rich, Dave Katz, Denny Kleiman and produced by Jive Jones, Tony Battaglia, Shaun Fisher, "Candy" was released on August 17, 1999, by Epic Records.

The song stands as a classic example of a teen pop song from the late 1990s/early 2000s. Record labels began riding the wave of teen-oriented pop music, which would result in a huge phenomenon sweeping the globe, including young female singers such as Moore, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and Christina Aguilera.

The music video, which was directed by Chris Robinson, had a cameo by the girl group PYT.

The song was part of Now That's What I Call Music! 4 in July 2000 and MTV's Fantastic Females Vol. 2 in the early 2000s, though strictly on the Asian Release. Tiffany Giardina recorded a cover of this song in 2008 for her album No Average Angel, which was released in 2009. Her version has faster tempo and was performed in upbeat pop rock and bubblegum pop style.

"Candy" is a teen pop and dance-pop song that lasts for 3 minutes and 54 seconds. The song is composed in the key of D harmonic minor and is set in the time signature of 4/4 common time with a moderate tempo of 100.5 beats per minute. Written and composed, as noted above, by Denise Rich, Dave Katz, Denny Kleiman and produced, also as noted above, by Jive Jones, Tony Battaglia, Shaun Fisher. The melody and tune of the song has a marked resemblance to the 1996 song "Do You Know (What It Takes)," which was written and composed by Max Martin and Denniz Pop and recorded, written and released by Swedish pop star Robyn.

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