Candy Rain (song)

"Candy Rain" is the title of a number-one R&B hit single by Soul for Real, released in 1994 on Uptown Records. The song was written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Hamish Stuart, Dwight Myers, Malik Taylor, Owen McIntyre, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, and Terri Robinson, and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US R&B chart and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks behind Madonna's ballad "Take a Bow".[1] The song also reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover airplay chart and was a moderate success on mainstream Top 40 radio, peaking at No. 21 in the spring of 1995 on Radio & Records CHR/Pop tracks chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA and sold 800,000 copies.[2][3] It features rapper Heavy D in the video and the song is regarded as the group's signature song. The song has a remix by Heavy D and samples the 1974 hit song "Mr. Magic" by Grover Washington, Jr.. Bruno Mars has covered this song during his The Moonshine Jungle Tour. The bassline of this song was sampled from Minnie Riperton's "Baby, This Love I Have" which is the first song from her 1975 album Adventures in Paradise.

"Candy Rain"
Single by Soul for Real
from the album Candy Rain
Released	November 15, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	R&B, new jack swing, hip hop soul
Length	4:36
Label	Uptown Records
Songwriter(s)	Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Hamish Stuart, Dwight Myers, Malik Taylor, Owen McIntyre, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Terri Robinson
Producer(s)	Heavy D & Samuel "Red Hot Lover Tone" Barnes, Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier
Soul for Real singles chronology
"Candy Rain" (1994) "Every Little Thing I Do" (1995)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	50
Scotland (OCC)[5]	95
UK Singles (OCC)[6]	23
UK Dance (OCC)[7]	11
UK R&B (OCC)[8]	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9]	2
U.S. Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11]	25

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1995 (U.S.)

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 541.
2. "American certifications – Soul for Real – Candy Rain". Recording Industry Association of America.
3. "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard. BPI Communications. 108 (3): 56. January 20, 1996. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
4. "Charts.nz – Soul for Real – Candy Rain". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
7. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
8. "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
9. "Soul for Real Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
10. "Soul for Real Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
11. "Billboard Top 100 – 1995". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2011.