ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Word Up" by Cameo

[@fatcoyote2]

Knights of the Sound Table is a truly awesome album name.

[@kimifw58]

Yeah. That should be a band name.

[@gasper7689]

+Kimi FW Thanks for the idea.

[@sebastianq.7884]

We're knights of the sound table! We mix whenever able!

[@ophr7149]

Jason Fuentes It sounds like a rap group Sir Mix-A-Lot would create.

[@gabe_s_videos]

Yo, a collaboration between Cameo and Sir Mix-A-Lot sounds like the best thing ever!!

[@MEEZLEMONSTER]

Cameo: One-Hit Wonders (to everyone who wasn't a Black American that lived during the 80s.)

[@MTCesquire]

BASICALLY!!! 😂

[@eliasmg9144]

And probably Hirohiko Araki

[@BUGMECH14]

Or has black parents that were around then 😂

[@Flowtail]

I prefer to think of it as educating my stupid ignorant ass

[@joesickler5888]

Fr I member. Strawberry, watermelon, cherry too! Candy!!!!!

[@NickolasNameolas]

My dad worked at a radio station so he used to get a lot of backstage passes. He once told me the largest amount of drugs he'd ever seen in one place was on the table of Cameo's green room.

[@sandyman6054]

Nick Williams did he go to any rock concerts

[@ArchangelSteve]

If you listen carefully, you can hear the Rolling Stones laughing...

[@Darkko88]

It must be because at one point they had like 10 members, maybe even more counting people working behind the stage.

[@ronaldowens5025]

Nick Williams Jerry Garcia stands up and empties his pockets.

[@blackpeter70]

Well, I hope they brought enough for everyone!

[@areyouserious2112]

That Korn cover is actually so fucking good, it works so well with the weird-ass vocals and distinct bass.

[@doodooswaggy3825]

I’ve always been partial to it, despite not being a big fan of the band.

[@Kyushu111]

I also liked that

[@phillipweber6059]

I disagree. It was pretty horrible.

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

Cameo's legit one of the biggest & most popular Black groups of all-time. They had a ton of hits over here. "Rigor Mortis", "Candy", "Shake Your Pants" & so many hits

[@rangerkasdorf4476]

"Rigor Mortis" is one of the best funk songs ever. So damn infectiously catchy.

[@xcmledder3420]

Where is "over here"?

[@FoxNewsChannelSux]

@@xcmledder3420 In America

[@alittlebitgone]

@@FoxNewsChannelSux So... where do you think Todd is?

[@sikopith]

​@@alittlebitgone In the shadows.

[@aadams1006]

"I'm wearing a codpiece. Your argument is invalid."

[@PersonManManManMan]

XD

[@imalonerdottie]

One for the Todd out of context videos

[@panmantequilla9663]

Lol cameo's Candy has been forever immortalized through black weddings

[@SamAronow]

And Mariah Carey's bizarre attempt to claim it as her own in Glitter.

[@w3irdo13]

And GTA San Andreas.

[@hikaruk.981]

Which movie did they play it at the end of, again?

[@ebonimccain6988]

Sparkle

[@VicGeorge2K6]

I thought they were singing, "It's like tender." Tender...tender what? What's tender?

[@gxtmfa]

Cameo and OutKast touring together only makes sense to me.

[@thepassingstatic6268]

For sure

[@peelslowly28]

Nah it makes sense to me as well. OutKast have always had that eccentric edge to them. (By them I mean Andre)

[@Unsilence409]

makes sense to me. they both put on for ATL

[@DKdrop]

Honestly, you can hear it in their sound. I’m not sure exactly what it was, but I was reminded of OutKast even before Todd mentioned them.

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Jonathan Davis's voice has never been a more perfect fit for a song. Well, besides Korn songs, but you know what I mean.

[@IMAMONGUS]

I love the way Jonathan's voice cracks on the "like" in wave your hands in the air like you don't care.

[@TechnoColoredMuffins]

nah cameo is definitely a case of 'black famous'. i thought the title was a joke cuz they're always in rotation at basically every cookout, skating rink, and marching band 5th quarter i've ever been to

[@princemwamba5230]

Right like they got three bonafide hits that I thought everyone knew them a bunch of other songs that still got mad love

[@hardnewstakenharder]

This review is old but I heard "Candy" at the function last weekend and it's summer 2024.

[@TMC1982Part2]

TV Tropes has a whole subject on this called Pop-Culture Isolation, which according to them, means when celebrities, music genres, media or events are huge and significant in one subculture or ethnic group, but elsewhere nobody knows they exist or is indifferent to them altogether.

[@Eugenes84]

I’m from the future. Your joke about Bruno Mars making a song with the style of the 90s shall be granted. 🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️

[@neoshenlong]

And its one of the best songs of the 2010s... funnily enough.

[@_Only_Zuul]

i don't see what the big deal is about "uptown funk". to me it's nothing new or original.

[@joeywalker2061]

@@neoshenlong that's not saying too much

[@SirEriol]

Toddstradamus didn't fail. Probably because he only wished it this time.

[@dyldragon1]

Further in the future and Bruno about to drop a Motown inspired soul record with Anderson Paak

[@FallonFontaine]

Black America would never call Cameo a one-hit wonder group. Candy is a family reunion classic & Word Up is iconic.

[@Mrderwrtr]

Bonus fact: The great Thomas Dolby name drops the cod piece in his song Hot Sauce. "The brother in the cod piece...I seen him on the TV. I think he likes his ladies all sweet and sugary. Now I'm partial to a pudding, but that's for second course. The main meal and the hors d'oeuvres must be smothered in hot sauce".

[@wessparkmon2395]

As a college football fan, Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck is a marching band staple and the best stand tune ever arranged. The most underrated Cameo tune in my mind

[@mochaloca85]

As a former HBCU band member, I find myself humming Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck daily just because playing it was such an integral part of my college life.

[@barryg.5224]

Our high school band's best songs were "Talkin Out the Side of Your Neck", "Pac Jam" & "Don't Touch That Stereo"!

[@austinshoupe3003]

But then LSU got a hold of it.

[@chrisa9990]

@@austinshoupe3003it was a staple of HBCU marching bands for a while but LSU’s “cover” was what made it cross over to PWIs. Clemson and UCF and all those other schools don’t pick it up if LSU doesn’t pick it up from Southern’s Human Juke Box in 2004. Say what you will about LSU creative liberties with the lyrics, but they are a big reason why it’s a CFB staple

[@L1701]

6:36 Man, when LeVar Burton wants you to read a book, you are GOING to read that book.

[@supahsean6710]

Because you're intrigued by the synopsis, but you simply can't take his word on it.

[@mikecronis]

Cameo is huge. Consider "Sparkle" or "Rigamortis". You haven't heard about them because they were not what radio would play normally. Huge, HUGE following. Great work, this band. Blackmon is King!

[@RespectMyThickness]

Crazy to think “candy” is a failed follow up when it’s such a staple at Black functions and cookouts lol

[@SuperFireDagwon]

Knights of the Sound Table is one of the best album names ever.

[@fransbuijs808]

It's quite indefatigable!

[@morganstuart8798]

"Prince can't carry the weight of funk on his own"... Morris Day called, he'd like to speak to you Todd.

[@cjred3682]

Prince wrote and played almost all of The Time's instruments in all of their 80s albums

[@cjred3682]

@@soaribb32 Yeah for other artist but not The Time. They got fired in 82 so they missed the third album Ice Cream Castles. Prince started the group and allowed few input from the band. The band only played live.

[@cjred3682]

@@soaribb32 Pandemonium was the first album they did with songs written and produced by the band. Though the Prince written songs where the singles...

[@JK-gm6kk]

May The Purple One Rest In Peace

[@JK-gm6kk]

P Funk for sure helped, imo

[@spectre9777]

Really...These guys were funk legends...Word Up just happened to be the pop classic. Many hits prior and after!

[@gisellebalderas7144]

i respect them as a band. i think they really deserve, well funk in general, deserves way more credit than it has gotten. sure bruno mars is paying respects to it but it's too watered down for me.

[@GarfieldiusPrime]

@@gisellebalderas7144 100% agree. at the end of the day a pastiche/tribute is just an impression no matter how well-executed or how sincere.

[@sdsign4229]

This song appeared in Infinity Train! I'm so glad Todd prepped me for the awesomeness of that moment when Tulip starts singing it!

[@keelanbarron928]

Exactly.

[@eggspress8043]

was looking to see if anyone mentioned infinity train!

[@CS-nw9si]

I love Cameo, they're weird in all the right ways and "Candy" is a personal favorite. I turn that shit up.

[@d.m.collins1501]

I was ten when "Word Up" came out, and I bought the cassette, memorized the lyrics to the ENTIRE tape, lip-synched to it for my sister's boyfriends, and basically it makes me want to cry that I can no longer recite the lyrics to even "Word Up" from memory. TBH I probably memorized them phonetically, so they were all wrong, but still, I just realized that I always thought David Bowie made me bisexual--but no, it was that codpiece.

[@d.m.collins1501]

My childhood favorite track from the album of the same name, and my favorite lip-synch jam as a ten year old: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofPgGSKZZafatU

[@doodooswaggy3825]

You’re actually gay

[@kats938]

I think their song, "Candy", is a lot more popular than "Word Up" nowadays.

[@GarfieldiusPrime]

i honestly thought Candy would be the song getting covered until I remembered Korn's cover of Word Up and did a modicum of research. For some strange reason I thought another 80s funk band just ripped-off Cameo for that song.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Better song, I think.

[@chaos.corner]

@@GarfieldiusPrime A band called "Gun" did it before Korn too. Quite a hit in the UK at least. The Korn version sounds fairly similar to it.

[@diggidy28]

I didn't know about it until I heard it sampled by 2pac on "All About You" from All Eyez on Me

[@darrenreid5409]

Back and Forth was a hit as well.

[@Pooky1991]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around them being One Hit Wonders. All the shit from them I listened to growing up that was incredibly good

[@princemwamba5230]

This sooo much this but apparently to the mainstream pop culture this was his only major hit but in the black community they're legends

[@dogsandyoga1743]

​@@princemwamba5230I'm realizing that 🤯 Cameo ruled KSOL 107.7 😂

[@Blackadder75]

@@princemwamba5230 I am a white European, I only know them as the one hit Word Up wonders, but that still makes them legendary for me. I have this song in my 80s top 10

[@princemwamba5230]

@@Blackadder75 man in the black American community they're huge man has like five bonafide bangers to us, NECK is a song played by every HBCU in some form

[@AlexYorim]

"Man, I can't wait till he gets to the '90s!" We now have 24K Magic.

[@TimmyTickle]

Alex Yorim And Finesse

[@Targisvear]

Also known as the best Daft Punk song not by Daft Punk as my friend called it.

[@rubberwoody]

@@TimmyTickle I think he was talking about the album

[@garboil]

Bands in the 80s who wore a cod piece: Cameo Alice Cooper Gwar KISS Grace Jones Fee Waybil of the Tubes Rob Halford of Judas Priest ...the eighties were a strange time...

[@tombstonejones9581]

WASP

[@PersonManManManMan]

Word up, does anyone even do that nowdays?

[@MrMmnngghh]

David Coverdale, except it was INSIDE his keks

[@mashtunk101]

You cannot forget about Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. He had the infamous saw blade cod piece...the most epic of all cod pieces.

[@aquila121]

David Bowie in "Labyrinth" doesn't count?

[@6inTruder]

Word Up was the first song I ever listened to in my first apartment. I remember turning on the radio & it was playing, and I thought to myself, “this, this is good.”

[@Zoegirl3211]

I heard "Candy" a couple weeks ago in Forever21 while I was shopping at the mall. I was actually pretty surprised to be hearing it there.

[@medes5597]

zoe a F21 and Urban Outfitters have the weirdest playlists. I once heard all 14 minutes of Titus Andronicus' Battle of Hampton Roads in urban outfitters. Followed by Fall out boy.

[@isabellamorris7902]

@@medes5597 I really enjoy that there's a band called Titus Andronicus, and will now be checking them out!

[@medes5597]

@@isabellamorris7902 the album The Monitor is the one to start with. I also checked them out solely because of their name and me being a pretentious geek.

[@isabellamorris7902]

@@medes5597 Thank you! I'll download the album and listen on the way home. What sort of genre are they?

[@medes5597]

@@isabellamorris7902 they call themselves electric folk punk. They're a punk band but they tend to have really good catchy hooks, particularly in their guitar work alongside introspective and often uncomfortably honest lyrics.

[@veemon]

I actually liked KoЯn's rendition of the song!

[@sonicjrjr14]

"Candy" disqualifies them as One hit wonders. It was a top 40 hit that has just as much, if not more, staying power as "Word up".

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6e3dn14qthjj68 Very well done!

[@exmachinz]

You must be wrong, because then this video would have no reason to exist. And who would win there?

[@stephenemmett9753]

Over here in the UK & Ireland, we had a version back in 1994 by a Scottish rock band by the name of Gun. You may not have heard of it, you were too young to remember at the time...

[@Leonards-leopard]

Played at the end I believe

[@Gigas0101]

If someone told me to draw black superman, I'd have drawn Larry Blackmon without even realizing it. Seriously though, I love this song because the synthesizer always made me think of old Sega games, thanks for bringing it up Todd!

[@spddiesel]

This cassette was one of my initial "15 cassettes or albums for one penny!" from BMG back when I was 13. Worth every 1/15th of a cent.

[@SkellaBella1396]

That music video for “Candy” is amazing

[@pjmathison9787]

Candy is the only song that is guaranteed a play at every black event with everyone doing the dance.

[@BlueScarabGuy]

Knights of the Sound Table might be the greatest album name ever.

[@theshevirgo]

I hear Candy more than Word Up. The love Candy the roller rink. It’s a smooth grove to skate to

[@philly_sports1558]

Infinity Train is even more awesome for including this song.

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

Todd, I'm checking in from the year 2021, and I can say that "Uptown Funk" is still awesome

[@hiimemily]

2023, still awesome.

[@TheSaltyLibrarian]

One problem I've been sitting on for years: "Wave your hands in the air like you don't care." Does that mean, "Wave your hands because this action in itself suggests to people that you do not care in a generalized sense," or "Wave your hands with minimal effort and bored haphazardness to suggest that you do not care about the manner in which you wave your hands"?

[@arturoaguilar6002]

Both. It also means, "Wave the hands without regarding the safety of their joints and tendons"

[@roguishpaladin]

I thought it was, "Wave your hands because, by doing so, I demonstrate that worldly concerns are no longer my concern, much like a Quaker in church."

[@michaelhall5429]

It's actually 'wave your hands in the air, like you don't care' so we know which one of you to watch.

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

All I know is I want EITHER to replace the lyrics in question in the actual song so I can get a cheap giggle out of it.

[@rgw1380rw]

It just means to celebrate good music, catch that vibe they are providing and hit the dancefloor.

[@moving9071]

Candy is such a good track. I wish more people knew it.

[@ShellshockedRadio]

What a great song, I love it! I put it into my "Shellshocked Radio - Recommendations" List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6e3dn14qthjj68 Very well done!

[@cfredrics]

Grand Theft Auto influencing my musical taste again. You love to see its

[@trudaftgunpunk]

My favorite part about this is when Korn covered it Also my favorite Korn song

[@stechapo9192]

Forget hair-metal. Codpiece of the 80's belongs to Cameo!!

[@stilljamming]

And today the song was used in an episode of „Infinity Train” (a Cartoon Network miniseries) as a plot progression device.

[@relientlykrazie6011]

It's because of this video I was even aware of this song so thank you Todd to adding to my understanding of a song used in a show lol

[@stilljamming]

@@relientlykrazie6011 Same goes for me (I knew the song, but not the name or the band behind it).

[@JaredtheRabbit]

"I can't wait until he gets to the 90s" That's where "Finesse" ft. Cardi B comes into the picture.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

I love that song so much (the version without Hack B to be precise)

[@TSFboi]

That song's half as good without Cardi B

[@sonickhable]

funny how i hear the failed follow-up more than the hit on the radio

[@sonicjrjr14]

True! I've grown up hearing Candy everywhere. Word Up I've only ever heard from this review and It Chapter 2.

[@cubedmelons876]

Also helps that a Mariah Carey song that samples it did become a hit. Might've caused radio stations to play the original a bit more as well.

[@SabrinaRina]

That's one of the only Tracy Morgan bits I remember finding funny.

[@CooperAATE]

"Failed follow-up" *Candy* Bruh what

[@paulhilton6426]

He clarifies that point.

[@IrnBruNYC]

“Candy,” which is about... ahem, “nose candy,” is one of the best singles from the 80’s and I will fight anyone who disagrees.

[@ridbensdale]

The Gun cover of ‘Word Up’ was superb.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Bill McClintock, the mashup genius on youtube, recently put the vocals of Motley Crue's Girls Girls Girls over Word Up. It works so well that it is startling. It also adds a weird melancholy feel to Vince Neil's singing. Highly recommended.

[@theindochild]

7 years later I still find it difficult that people really think CAMEO are One-Hit Wonders..

[@dreamquesttv]

I'd chalk this up to just "white people 🙄", but I've known PLENTY of Caucasian folks that know Cameo songs. So I'm gonna just say "Todd has never EVER met a black person EVER IN HIS LIFE". I mean...this man tried to compare Teena Marie's (❤) music career to Bruce Willis'!!!!! Say that to a black person over 40. That shit'll get you killed.

[@Mr-Keyes]

Mainly white people who don't know cameo's history would label them one hit wonders. They knew how to make records.

[@RobKandell]

5:00 -- I was 9 years old and I remember listening to that game on the radio. That was a "holy shit" moment, but thank you White Sox for giving both games to my beloved Tigers. :-)

[@tonyveara4600]

i love Candy just as much and Korn's cover of Word Up was spot on.

[@skylarrexwinkle3129]

Found a copy of the Album at the local record store for $3 in Very Good condition after watching this episode. Thank you Todd

[@mcdazz2011]

I remember seeing "Word Up" by Cameo on Australian TV on a music show. Right from the start, I liked it. The cod piece was certainly unexpected, but it wasn't the weirdest thing I've seen in a music video.

[@mauricehopes9105]

In African American circles cameo songs are huge. On R&B stations their songs played all the time. I heard back and forth a ton growing up. It's kinda weird that korn and metal bands like them but Cameo was legit.

[@theMoporter]

I certainly wasn't expecting to hear this when watching Cartoon Network.

[@akiramatoi4158]

i feel like their song Candy was a bigger "Hit" in terms of impact and memorability than Word Up but thats just me.

[@itsjayoh628]

No, your 100% correct

[@cirrustate8674]

See, I'd never even heard of ANY other Cameo song than Word Up before this video, so...

[@akiramatoi4158]

@@cirrustate8674 Def check out Candy (you might recognize it, maybe not tho) its in GTA:SA if you game. and countless movies (even tho this is too lol) but idk that was just my opinion

[@cirrustate8674]

@@akiramatoi4158 I did check out Candy after watching this video. Not familiar to me at ALL.

[@akiramatoi4158]

@@cirrustate8674 hmm oh well it happens lol

[@xavierreivax9932]

i,ve been listening to cameo since the 70,s songs like i just wanna be, sparkle, why have i lost you, alligator woman, were going out tonight, single life, cameosis, she,s strange, we all know who we are, the list goes on

[@bloodrunsclear]

There's a country version of this in Kingsmen: The Golden Circle Because of course there is

[@toffletorte]

Hey, it was pretty sick, though.

[@caiolucas8257]

And it sucks

[@zombieedrea]

...ew

[@nekomarustoes4865]

It isn't a country version it was the Korn version

[@wolfenman1013]

Actually, it was just watered down, not country. Not sure how you thought KoRn was country.

[@JesusKrispies]

Now I wish Zapp had cracked the Top 40. They'd make for a hell of an episode.

[@petersarubbi]

I can't believe I only discovered this channel this week... I've been bingeing it like crazy... I love your videos😀😀😀💙

[@mirasolbalaga5616]

Same here. Just discovered this channel and been bingeing.

[@Jeevesie1988]

This is the first One Hit Wonderland song I was totally unaware of (I'm in Scotland and was born in '88, so I guess it just hasn't lingered culturally here as much) but goddamn I wish it had.

[@CooperAATE]

That's entirely fair, cheers

[@PlayaSinNombre]

Cameo! This is Detective Geordie LaForge speaking! Yo have the right to remain funky!

[@L1701]

"You gonna read this book, Cameo! YOU GONNA READ THIS BOOK!"

[@gedezarx]

Fucking Candy! That song is forever in my head since I was a kid.

[@littledemand2232]

That's weird. All I know Cameo for is Candy, I just think it's played on the oldies station more. That was my childhood for a little while. I had no idea word up existed.

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

little demand Yeah I never heard of Word Up before this review. I thought Candy was their one hit.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I've been browsing the comments after saying the same and I see most everyone else is the same. We know "Candy" but most of us don't know "Word Up", lol!

[@princemwamba5230]

@@MrEmpoleon2010 black people know word up, candy for sure, single life, and shake your pants. Every hbcu has played candy and word up like right now at a black college you could play candy and the electric side will start up

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

Prince Mwamba I’m black and for all of the family get togethers I’ve been to Cameo’s Candy is played almost constantly at every single one. Before this video I rarely heard Word Up.

[@princemwamba5230]

@@MrEmpoleon2010 yea I for sure hear candy more but word up is definitely in the playlist

[@timmersd.8663]

Korn's cover of word up fucking KILLS

[@Tommy_Wimmer]

"Candy" was Cameo's other Top 40 hit, making it to #21 on the Hot 100 and #1 on R&B radio (alongside "Word Up!" and "She's Strange"). The song is pretty well remembered and still gets a good amount of airplay.

[@TheDrugOfTheNation]

I remember LB's defence of the codpiece was that it was a superhero adornment: Black-mon was the new Superman.

[@mcnugget677]

Candy was one of my favourite songs when I was 8 or 9. I still get nostalgic chills whenever I hear it, it’s severely underrated.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Word Up is one of the great pop songs ever recorded and Cameo was an awesome funk band. Facts.

[@francesthepossum1812]

Okay but this song matches Jonathan Davis’ voice really well. It was a weird ass cover, but it worked imo

[@negativelyevil]

I learned about Cameo because of their song Candy. It was sampled in Mariah Carey's Loverboy song in the album Glitter.

[@Fluteboy]

Single Life was also a sizeable hit in the UK in 1985, which was followed up by a re-release of She's Strange. Soul music seemed to do well in the UK in 1985.

[@paulhilton6426]

Henry Rollins programmed Rage here in Australia decades ago, and being a huge Cameo fan, he put this song in. His spiel about how freaking awesome that codpiece is, and how everbody should be forced to wear one once every year is still my second favourite Rollins moment (his first of course being about setting Morrissey on fire).

[@1805movie]

Came here after _Infinity Train_ .

[@bobthebear1246]

I have always loved "Word Up!" Some really great covers of it have been done, too: Mel C (Scary Spice), Gun and of course Korn.

[@imfamoushero]

I hear Candy played on the radio more than this song or at least I recognize it more than this song. Candy is so good

[@margaretfogler1848]

Word Up, She's Strange, Single Life, Candy, Back and Forth, Attack Me with Your Love - so much good from Cameo!

[@lindaeasley5606]

Cameo was a big R&B group in the '80s .They also had hits with Candy and Single Life

[@Megared82]

Um, Cameo has actually had more than one hit. "Candy", "Single Life", "Attack me with your love", "She's Strange" all R&B chart toppers and "Candy" was about as well known as "Word Up!", also crossing over to the pop charts.

[@napalmblaziken]

They need to be in the Top 20 for the Billboard Hot 100 in order for it to be considered a hit. Candy almost, but didn't make it to the Top 20. The rest, didn't get close.

[@wolfenman1013]

If you were black or an oddball, they aren’t a one hit wonder. If you listened to pop, then they were most certainly a one hit wonder.

[@ashtonevans2427]

Blackest Night Batman preach because I’m like “one hit?” Lol

[@thoomolong]

@veevyo His rules, based on billboard charts determined by racist practices in the 70s and 80s. Many songs didn't "crossover" from the R&B stations to Pop stations in the 70s and 80s because stations didn't want an R&B or "black" sound. Otherwise, Cameo would have crossed over to the pop charts in the 70s.

[@thunderwolf2005]

i know this song because of Barb Wire....and it also helped me get through puberty....or maybe that was something else...

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

ThunderWolfVX No, that was totally it...😉

[@kimifw58]

Same. I think Gun's cover was better than Korn's.

[@marchg4114]

@@kimifw58 TIL that Gun was not, in fact, the creator (creators?) of this HUGE tune. I feel properly humbled.

[@paavopalantera9583]

Literally turned up to see if you'd end the video with KoRn :D As always, you came true. And the video was great too even thou that goes without saying.

[@oddwareect]

Master P's TRU & 2Pac sampled "Candy" in the 90's with "I got candy" and "All bout you" respectively.

[@barryg.5224]

My favorite Cameo song is "Why Have I Lost You", it's an absolute classic. What an amazing band. Add in "She's Strange", "Sparkle", etc, & they were legit. & I still play "Candy" to this day.

[@andrewpappas9311]

I heard this song from the Korn cover, which was actually pretty cool but the original was interesting as well

[@kingcobra5282]

BACK AND FORTH is a dope song. I’m gonna listen to it right now.

[@fuhkutube]

They were an actual, with staying power, artist!

[@Spitfirethedragon]

People forgot that they sang backup to Arsenio Hall's only hit Owwww! as Chunky A. Chunky A. got to wear the piece as well. Cameo had fun making fun of themselves which it looked like they brought the other members back to play the brass instruments. Huey Lewis and the News also used the Tower of Power in their songs which Tower of Power did had some hits in the 70's.

[@Jourdynwilsongreenpanda]

candy is my jam. maybe because i grew up listen to them

[@nickscheffler2362]

I wouldn't be surprised if Todd didn't start wearing a cod piece after this episode

[@Diptera_Larvae]

I always loved Candy!

[@dibutler8935]

As if Prince was alone carrying this vibe, lol. We had Morris Day & the Time, Bobby Brown, Midnight Star, Sheila E, Vanity 6, etc.. This shit was EXTREMELY popular with Middle American white kids.

[@trevorgreer6098]

*Plays Korn's version at end - expected Extreme close up of codpiece - not expected,but should have been.

[@MaryMartinez-xt5eb]

Ah I was in to them waaaay before Word Up "Alligator Woman" and "She's Strange" were my jams back in the day!

[@SonofMrPeanut]

Kudos to those who clicked over here after watching Infinity Train.

[@CitizenSnips]

You should also do Gun's cover, as they can be considered a one hit wonder by any means with that song

[@dumbbuff]

"I'm wearing a codpiece, your argument is invalid."