Epic Records released a teen-pop genre as American new singer Mandy Moore's first official single. "Candy" is the title of Mandy Moore's first song which was released as her official single on 17 August 1999. This song was written by Denise Rich, Dave Katz and Denny Kleiman and produced by Jive Jones, Tony Battaglia and Shaun Fisher.
"Candy" is a teen pop and dance-pop song that lasts for 3 minutes and 54 seconds. The song is composed in the key of D harmonic minor and is set in the time signature of 4/4 common time with a moderate tempo of 100.5 beats per minute. The melody and tune of the song has a marked resemblance to the 1996 song "Do You Know (What It Takes)", which was written and composed by Max Martin and Denniz Pop and recorded, written and released by Swedish pop star Robyn.