Candyman by LVCRFT

“Candyman” is LVCRFT’s trick-or-treat dance-rock song from the 2019 debut album This Is Halloween Volume 1. On Halloween night the Candyman crawls up from six feet under with the best candy you’ll ever find.

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What it sounds like

A fast 151 BPM mix of new wave, dance-rock and pop rock, with horns, electric guitar, bass, drums and percussion behind a confident, swaggering male lead vocal from DejaVudu. Built around a shout-along “trick or treat” chorus.

What it’s about

Trick-or-treating with a creature from the grave. When night calls, the Candyman rises from his burial plot and gathers everyone around. Nothing’s free, but tonight he’ll give you anything you like. Just say “trick or treat.”

Easter egg: the ghost vocal

There’s a ghost hiding in “Candyman.” One of the vocals is an out-of-phase ghost vocal, so you can hear it in stereo, but on a mono sound system it cancels itself out and disappears.

Song facts

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Candyman lyrics

When the night is calling
That’s when I come out
Crawling up from six feet under
Buried underground
Don’t you try and fool me
You can run and hide
But I know you’ll come running to me
Cause I have what you like

Gather ‘round let me tell you why
I got the best candy that you’ll ever find
Nothing’s free but for tonight
The candyman’ll give you anything you like

Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or treat
Alright alright alright
Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or Treat
Alright alright alright

OOhh OOhh OOhh OOhh
OOhh waha Ooh waha Ohh waha Ooh

If you ask politely
I’ll take you to a place
The ghostest with the mostest
Asks you if you want a taste

Gather ‘round let me tell you why
I got the best candy that you’ll ever find
Nothing’s free but for tonight
The candyman’ll give you anything you like
Gather ‘round let me tell you why
I got the best candy that you’ll ever find
Nothing’s free but for tonight
The candyman’ll give you anything you like

Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or treat
Alright alright alright
Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or Treat
Hey! Alright alright alright

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

We yeah we want the
Candyman
(yeah)
We yeah we want the
Candy give me candyman
(yeah)
We yeah we want the
Candyman
(yeah)
We yeah we want the
Candy give me candyman
(yeah)

Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or treat
Alright alright alright
Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or Treat
Hey! Alright alright alright
Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or treat
Alright alright alright
Trick or treat
Give me something good do it
Trick or Treat
Hey! Alright alright alright

Lyrics © LVCRFT / Spooky Never Sleeps. Shared by the songwriters.

Candyman FAQ

Who sings “Candyman”?

LVCRFT, with DejaVudu on lead vocals. It’s on the 2019 album This Is Halloween Volume 1.

Is LVCRFT’s “Candyman” about the horror movie?

No. It’s an LVCRFT original about a trick-or-treat Candyman who rises from the grave on Halloween night.

Who wrote “Candyman”?

Scott “Babydaddy” Hoffman, Peter Wade Keusch, Trevis Romell and Sarah Barrios. It was produced by Norman Crates and Ghost M’lone.

Is there a hidden vocal in “Candyman”?

Yes. It has an out-of-phase ghost vocal that you can hear in stereo but that disappears on mono sound systems.

Keep listening: LVCRFT Essentials and the Halloween Music FAQ.