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Marcy Playground is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997, on EMI. [2] It was reissued later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single " Sex and Candy ," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
- Alternative Rock Post-Grunge
- Sex and Candy. “Sex and Candy” has become the signature song for Marcy Playground since its 1997 release. It is that one song when it’s played, fans of the band know it’s theirs.
- Saint Joe on the School Bus. The second single from Marcy Playground’s debut album was “Saint Joe on the School Bus,” which served as the first hit for the group since its release in 1997.
- It’s Saturday. “It’s Saturday” was originally titled Teenage Hypochondriac, but was changed just before the 1999 release of the Marcy Playground’s second studio album, Shapeshift.
- Poppies. Marcy Playground made its debut with the upbeat single, “Poppies,” which was released from the group’s first studio album in 1997. While it did not reach any official music charts, served as an introductory portrayal of Wozniak’s minimalistic approach to different styles of music that ranged from folk to psychedelic, to rock.
Marcy Playground's next outing was 1999's Shapeshifter.Shapeshifter was released on November 2, 1999. [4]A minor controversy came to light when Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers revealed on Marcy Playground's website forum that the cover art (a painting by Mark Ryden) had originally been conceptualized and commissioned by Leary for his band's aborted After the Astronaut album.
Music video. "Sex and Candy" on YouTube. " Sex and Candy " is a song by American alternative rock group Marcy Playground, a single from their 1997 self-titled debut album. It is a post-grunge song with psychedelic elements. Lead singer John Wozniak was inspired to write the song after a woman told him that a room smelled like "sex and candy."
Marcy Playground is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997, on EMI. It was reissued later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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