"Candyman" is a song written and produced by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
It was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Tinderbox.
[1] Musically, it is a guitar-based number with distinctive use of arpeggios by John Valentine Carruthers.
[...] "Big and brash and clashing, its many parts combine to form one spirited, unpredictable yet wholly co-ordinated outburst while Siouxsie's voice, in confident control, bounces up and down and around the repeating motifs, and unexpected twist of arrangements.
"[3] "Candyman" became Siouxsie and the Banshees' 13th top 40 hit, peaking at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart.