♫ I’m missing you like candy. ♫
Today is Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore's 31st birthday!
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That means it's been 16 YEARS since she gifted us with one of the greatest bubblegum pop hits of ALL TIME.
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But it turns out Mandy kind of hates "Candy," even though it was her debut single and one of her biggest hits.
"If I had the money," Mandy said, back in 2006, "I would give a refund to everyone who bought my first two albums."
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That didn't stop her from covering it — yes, she covered her own song — while on tour in 2007.
After successfully stripping down Rihanna's "Umbrella," Mandy took on "Candy" — a song she said "absolutely has no meaning whatsoever."
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