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'{{Infobox song | name = 16 Candles | cover = 16candles-single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[The Crests]] | album = | B-side = Beside You | released = October 1958 (US) | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Doo-wop]] | length = | label = [[Coed Records|Coed]] | writer = [[Luther Dixon]] and Allyson R. Khent | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} '''"16 Candles"''' is a 1958 song performed by [[The Crests]] and written by [[Luther Dixon]] and Allyson R. Khent. ==Track listing== '''7" Vinyl''' # "16 Candles" # "Beside You" Single originally released in 1958 on Coed Records # 506 ==Chart performance== * The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while [[Stagger Lee]] by [[Lloyd Price]] was at number one.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100|title=Top 100 Songs &#124; Billboard Hot 100 Chart|website=Billboard}}</ref> "16 Candles" also went number four on the US R&B charts for 21 weeks in 1959.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=138}}</ref> ==Covers== *[[Stray Cats]] recorded a cover of this song for the ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' (1984) movie soundtrack. *The soul group The Passions recorded a cover of this song in 1963 (Diamond Records # 146), and the [[Jackson 5]] released the song on their 4th album. *The song was used as a counter-melody to Jamie Horton's "They're Playing Our Song", which reached #115 in the US publication Music Vendor, November 1961. *Sha Na Na recorded a cover of the song for their album "Yea! Yea! Yea!" in 1978 *A cover by [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] peaked at number 61 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in 1986.<ref name="whitburn2013">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944–2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=194|year=2013|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}}</ref> * [[The Jackson 5]] covered the song on their album, ''[[Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)|Maybe Tomorrow]]''. ==In popular culture== * A reference to the song was used by Frank Zappa on the Mothers Of Invention album "Just Another Band From L.A.", in the song "Eddie, Are You Kidding". At the very end of the song Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman sing the phrase "60 Taylors" in the style of "16 Candles" * The song was used in the original 1972 release of [[John Waters]]' film ''[[Pink Flamingos]]'', but was edited out of the 25th Anniversary Edition re-release in 1997 because the rights could not be obtained, and it was therefore also not included on the CD soundtrack which was issued at the same time. * The original recording by [[The Crests]] features in the film ''[[American Graffiti]]'' (1973). * The 1984 John Hughes teen movie, ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', took its title from this song. The cover by The Stray Cats appeared in the film. * The sitcom ''[[Full House]]'' has an episode of season 3, entitled "13 Candles". * The television series ''[[American Dad]]''’s first episode of season 4, is named "1600 Candles". * The popular rock band [[Fall Out Boy]] named a song on their album ''[[From Under the Cork Tree]]'' "[[A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'|A Little Less ''Sixteen Candles'', a Little More 'Touch Me']]", although the reference is more directly made to the 1984 film. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoOuTSBAWWA The Crests sing 16 Candles] {{Jerry Lee Lewis}} [[Category:1958 singles]] [[Category:1959 singles]] [[Category:1986 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Luther Dixon]] [[Category:1958 songs]] [[Category:Jerry Lee Lewis songs]]'