Yearlong Song Challenge, Day 6: Sara

Prompt: "A song with a non-geographical location in the title"

Selected by Sara

"Candy Shop"

50 Cent ft. Olivia

The Massacre, 2005

I, like many millennials, am very nostalgic for my childhood. Wow, weird opening for this hypersexual song, but stay with me. "Candy Shop," the title, reminds me of The Candy Box, our local candy store where I grew up. My brothers and I would walk to the candy store and buy whatever we wanted as long as we came home with a Turkish taffy for my mom. She is a queen of work smarter, not harder. A candy shop is a non-geographical location.

The best part about this 2005 hit is that a "candy shop" is NOT a candy store. Honestly, I think it just means sex, but a lot of these lyrics went right over my head at fifteen or sixteen. I knew that it was sexy, and I think I was definitely understanding the lollipop reference, but other than that, I was just here for the beat and the hook. This was a great song to grind to at our gym dances. It's a shame that kids have iPhones now, like no one can grind in peace at a sweaty gym dance. Again, more nostalgia! I hope that you all are singing along, because I know you remember every work.