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"Candy Says" is a song written by Lou Reed. It song is the first track on the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album. It is one of four songs Lou Reed explicitly wrote in the voice of a female character, in the case of "Candy Says", a transgender woman, telling her experiences. Each would begin with the woman's name and then be followed by the verb "says." "Stephanie Says" was the first (later adapted into "Caroline Says" on his solo album Berlin). The song addresses Candy Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. Lou Reed insisted that Doug Yule take the lead vocal on the song.

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  • "Candy Says" is a song written by Lou Reed. It song is the first track on the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album. It is one of four songs Lou Reed explicitly wrote in the voice of a female character, in the case of "Candy Says", a transgender woman, telling her experiences. Each would begin with the woman's name and then be followed by the verb "says." "Stephanie Says" was the first (later adapted into "Caroline Says" on his solo album Berlin). The song addresses Candy Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. Lou Reed insisted that Doug Yule take the lead vocal on the song. Lou Reed said the song was also "about something more profound and universal, a universal feeling I think all of us have at some point. We look in the mirror and we don't like what we see...I don't know a person alive who doesn't feel that way." (en)
  • Candy Says è un brano del gruppo rock statunitense The Velvet Underground del 1969 contenuta nell'album The Velvet Underground. (it)
  • 「キャンディ・セッズ」(原題:Candy Says)は、ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンドが1969年に発表した楽曲。サード・アルバム『ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド』の1曲目。タイトルの「Candy」は、アンディ・ウォーホルの「ファクトリー」で女優として活躍したトランスジェンダーのキャンディ・ダーリングからとられた。 (ja)
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  • Candy Says (en)
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  • The Velvet Underground (en)
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  • NovemberDecember 1968 (en)
  • Sunset and Highland Sound, Hollywood (en)
  • T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood (en)
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  • March 1969 (en)
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  • Candy Says è un brano del gruppo rock statunitense The Velvet Underground del 1969 contenuta nell'album The Velvet Underground. (it)
  • 「キャンディ・セッズ」(原題:Candy Says)は、ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンドが1969年に発表した楽曲。サード・アルバム『ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド』の1曲目。タイトルの「Candy」は、アンディ・ウォーホルの「ファクトリー」で女優として活躍したトランスジェンダーのキャンディ・ダーリングからとられた。 (ja)
  • "Candy Says" is a song written by Lou Reed. It song is the first track on the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album. It is one of four songs Lou Reed explicitly wrote in the voice of a female character, in the case of "Candy Says", a transgender woman, telling her experiences. Each would begin with the woman's name and then be followed by the verb "says." "Stephanie Says" was the first (later adapted into "Caroline Says" on his solo album Berlin). The song addresses Candy Darling's desire to escape her birth gender. Lou Reed insisted that Doug Yule take the lead vocal on the song. (en)
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  • Candy Says (en)
  • Candy Says (it)
  • キャンディ・セッズ (ja)
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