The song contains melodic elements of the nursery rhyme Ring a Ring o' Roses and even contains the title of the rhyme at the start of the second verse. 'Hey ho here she goes/ Either a little too high or a little too low/ Got no self-esteem and vertigo/ Cause she thinks she's made of candy,' Williams chants on the chorus. In the hook, he uses nursery rhymes about the plague ( Ring a Ring o' Roses) and taxes.

The song samples Norwegian producer Todd Terje's single 'Eurodans'. 'Candy' was written by Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow and Terje Olsen, while production was handled by Jacknife Lee. The official artwork for the track features a model of Williams's head covered in pink and red spots. I don't know why that fell out of my mouth and out of my brain at that particular time – it just did.' On 10 September, Williams debuted 'Candy' on Radio 2's Breakfast Show with host Chris Evans.

Some songs take an age to write and some songs just fall out of your mouth completely formed, and you don't have to think about it.

And she might be, but she's a bit nefarious with her ways. Williams said of the track: 'It's a summer song, very much in a similar vein to ' Rock DJ', about a girl who thinks she's great. The track was originally rumoured to be titled 'Vertigo'.

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