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"Candy Rain"
Single by Soul for Real
from the album Candy Rain
Released	November 15, 1994
Genre	R&B
Length	4:36
Label	Uptown MCA
Composer(s)	Jean-Claude Olivier Samuel Barnes Heavy D
Lyricist(s)	Heavy D Terri Robinson
Producer(s)	Heavy D Poke Red Hot Lover Tone
Soul for Real singles chronology
"Candy Rain" (1994) "Every Little Thing I Do" (1995)

"Candy Rain" is a song by American R&B group Soul for Real, released in 1994 through Uptown and MCA Records. The song was written by Jean-Claude Olivier, Samuel Barnes, Heavy D, and Terri Robinson. It spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 800,000 copies.

The song's music video features Heavy D, who also remixed the track; this version samples the 1974 hit song "Mr. Magic" by Grover Washington Jr. The original bassline of "Candy Rain" samples from Minnie Riperton's "Baby, This Love I Have" from her 1975 album Adventures in Paradise.

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

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

References

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10. "Pop Airplay". Billboard. May 27, 1995. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
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12. "Billboard Top 100 – 1995". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
13. "The Year in Music: Hot R&B Singles". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 51. December 23, 1995. p. YE-38.
14. "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 51. December 23, 1995. p. YE-44.
15. "The Year in Music 1995: Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover Top Titles". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 3, no. 51. December 15, 1995. p. 9.
16. "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 3. January 20, 1996. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
17. "American single certifications – Soul for Real – Candy Rain". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
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