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With Candy Classics Sing-Along, the relaunched Peter Pan label has concocted an album of classic pop confections that, taken together, effectively deliver the same buzz brought on by an afternoon spent bingeing on jujubes. Never have so many empty, enjoyable calories been compiled on one CD. Groovy favorites, from "Sugar Sugar" to "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to "Build Me Up Buttercup," get covered by unidentified artists who expertly approximate the better-known original versions, melt away inhibitions, and make sitting still seem like something only a square could swallow. Kids will kick off their shoes somewhere into the irresistible "ooga chaka" chant of "Hooked on a Feeling"; test their reflexes to "Simon Says," with its directive to "put your hands on your hips [and] let your backbone stiff"; shimmy into the "Sugar Coated Melody," the highlight of which is "Yummy Yummy (I Got Love in My Tummy)"; wiggle wackily to "Little Willy"; and be ready to collapse to the trance-inducing "Da Da Da," of Volkswagen-commercial fame. Candy Classics is addictive, just like the real thing, and it's bound to see as many spins on CD players as it induces in its young listeners. --Tammy La Gorce