"Love Like Candy Floss" (stylized as "Love like candy floss") is a song by Japanese girl groupSweets, released as their 3rd single on February 11, 2004.
"Love Like Candy Floss" is a mid-pop tune[1] composed by Bounceback, with lyrics written by Romantic High.[2] The single was released on February 11, 2004 under Avex Trax.[3] The song was used as the theme song in the commercial for Circle K's bakery and as a theme song on the television show Shiodome Style.[3][4] The song's theme was described as "falling in love with a friend."[5]
The music video was filmed in Nagano, making it the first of their videos to be filmed outside of a studio, and was described as "drama-like", featuring Haruna following an older man.[5] The music video was featured on the television show Pop Jam for four weeks.[5]
"Love Like Candy Floss" reached #26 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[3]CDJournal described the song as having a "fantastic and magical mood" that was "danceable", and that listeners can feel the "sparkle of adolescent girls through each and every emotion expressed in their voices."[1]
Tokyo Girls' Style, who had performed Sweets' songs at concerts before, released "Love Like Candy Floss" as their 5th single on February 11, 2011.[7] The song was re-arranged by Hiroshi Matsui and categorized as dance-pop.[6] It was used as a theme song for the television show Music Dragon Gate.[6] The single was released in four different versions with different CD covers: a CD-only standard version,[7] a standard version with an exclusive DVD,[8] and two versions with limited edition DVDs.[9][10]
"Love Like Candy Floss" peaked at #20 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[7]CDJournal described the "sour-sweet melody" as "leaving behind a refreshing echo."[6]
