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Candyman Messiah

1991 single by Army of Lovers

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ56304589 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Candyman Messiah" is a song by Army of Lovers and released as a single in 1991. This song is written by Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Camilla Henemark and Jean-Pierre Barda. It peaked at number 22 in Sweden and number 10 in Finland. Michaela de la Cour was featured in the video following La Camilla's departure from the band.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Candyman Messiah” as 1991 single by Army of Lovers. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. The account is most persuasive where Candyman, Messiah and single can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 1991 single by Army of Lovers. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q56304589. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991.

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This entry incorporates text from “Candyman Messiah” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.