Candy Girl ( New Edition song ) - wikipedia Candy Girl ( New Edition song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2010 ) `` Candy Girl '' Single by New Edition from the album Candy Girl Released November 14, 1982 Format Vinyl record ( 7 `` ) Genre R&B Length 3 : 52 6 : 58 ( 12 ' ) Label Streetwise, Warlock Songwriter ( s ) Maurice Starr Michael Jonzun Producer ( s ) Maurice Starr Michael Jonzun New Edition singles chronology `` Candy Girl '' ( 1982 ) `` Is This the End '' ( 1983 ) `` Candy Girl '' ( 1982 ) `` Is This the End '' ( 1983 ) `` Candy Girl '' is an R&B song by boy band New Edition. Released in November 1982, it is the first single from their debut album Candy Girl. The song hit number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1983, becoming the 31st best selling single of the year there. Contents 1 History 1.1 Release and reaction 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 References 5 External links History New Edition was first discovered and mentored by their manager Brooke Payne. He entered them in a local talent show where they met songwriter / producer Maurice Starr who wrote `` Candy Girl '' for the group, envisioning them as a 1980s answer to the Jackson 5. Ralph Tresvant was positioned as the lead singer, because Starr considered his high tenor as reminiscent of a younger Michael Jackson, while having members Ricky Bell and Bobby Brown sharing alternate leads. The 12 '' version features producers Starr and Michael Jonzun doing some additional instrumentation in the outro. Release and reaction Released as a single in late 1982 before the album was released, the song made a slow ascent up the chart, but it eventually peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart singles chart, and number 1 on the R&B singles chart in the US ; it also reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for a week in May 1983. It remained in the UK charts for a total of thirteen weeks. Personnel Ralph Tresvant : lead and background vocals ; rap Bobby Brown : lead and background vocals ; rap Ricky Bell : lead and background vocals ; rap Michael Bivins : rap and background vocals Ronnie DeVoe : rap and background vocals Charts Chart ( 1982 -- 83 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11 U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles UK Singles Chart References ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 423. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 -- 2004. Record Research. p. 427. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics New Edition Ricky Bell Michael Bivins Bobby Brown Ronnie DeVoe Johnny Gill Ralph Tresvant Albums Candy Girl New Edition All for Love Christmas All Over the World Under the Blue Moon Heart Break Home Again One Love Singles `` Candy Girl '' ( 1983 ) `` Is This the End '' ( 1983 ) `` Popcorn Love / Jealous Girl '' ( 1983 ) `` Cool It Now '' ( 1984 ) `` Mr. Telephone Man '' ( 1984 ) `` Lost in Love '' ( 1985 ) `` My Secret ( Didja Gitit Yet ? ) '' ( 1985 ) `` Count Me Out '' ( 1985 ) `` If It Is n't Love '' ( 1988 ) `` You 're Not My Kind of Girl '' ( 1988 ) `` Can You Stand the Rain '' ( 1988 ) `` Crucial '' ( 1989 ) `` N.E. Heart Break '' ( 1989 ) `` Hit Me Off '' ( 1996 ) `` I 'm Still in Love with You '' ( 1996 ) `` Something About You '' ( 1996 ) `` One More Day '' ( 1997 ) `` Hot 2Nite '' ( 2004 ) Related articles Discography Bell Biv DeVoe LSG Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Maurice Starr New Kids on the Block Heads of State The New Edition Story The Bobby Brown Story Book : New Edition Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Candy_Girl_(New_Edition_song)&oldid=854374102 '' Categories : 1982 singles 1982 songs New Edition songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Songs written by Maurice Starr Debut singles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from November 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Português Edit links This page was last edited on 10 August 2018, at 21 : 27 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang lead on new edition candy girl
Answer: Ralph Tresvant