Night Time - The Strangeloves

Night Time - The Strangeloves

3:23

I Want Candy, 1965

Written by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer

Here the faux Australian sheep herders deliver a primitive, almost tribal, beat, à la Bo Diddley.  The vocals are more chanted than sung, but there's a bubblegum pop melody underneath the energetic garage rock.  It's catchy, it's hard-driving, it's not exactly symphonic.  But the kids can dance to it.  There have been several cover versions, but I haven't heard any of them.