Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy 🎹🎸 Rad Facts: Candy Johnson, a dancer known as “Miss Perpetual Motion.” She’s the inspiration behind this incredibly popular song. In ‘82, Bow Wow Wow and fronted by teenage singer Annabella Lwin, recorded "I Want Candy" and released it as a single in 1982. The song went to #8 on the UK pop chart, and though it didn't break the Top 40 in the U.S., it became an MTV hit and has stood the test of time as a truly catchy specimen of '80s new-wave pop. R.I.P. Matthew Ashma