Iggy Pop - Candy

What this video is

Released September 1990 as the second single from Brick by Brick, 'Candy' represented Iggy Pop's most commercially successful moment after nearly two decades on the cultural margins. Produced by Don Was for Virgin Records, the duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52s fused Pop's punk lineage with the accessible new-wave pop sensibility of the B-52s at the precise moment alternative rock was achieving mainstream…

Why it matters

A landmark crossover document: Pop's only US Top 40 single and his sole entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 28 in February 1991. The video codifies the commercial alt-rock ballad format that would become standard MTV fare in 1991–1993, while the duet structure and director Jeff…

The director

American filmmaker, cinematographer, director, and producer. Gained early recognition as Director of Photography on Bruce Weber's documentary Let's Get Lost (1988), which won the Venice Film Festival Critics Award and received an Academy Award nomination.…