"Witch better have my candy” is a Halloween saying that has been printed on many images. The saying borrows from “Bitch better have my money” (the title of a 2015 song by Rihanna).
“Witch better have my candy!!” was posted on Twitter by ¥ae Yeezy on January 27, 2012. “Sorry I can’t come to your 4th of July party, I’m filming a Halloween inspired Rihanna video entitled ‘Witch Better Have My Candy’” was posted on Twitter by Alex on July 4, 2015. “Witch Better Have My Candy | T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Sweatshirts… #halloween #halloweenpictures” was posted on Twitter by Halloween Pictures on September 4, 2015. The saying went viral for Halloween in 2015.
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¥ae Yeezy
@youngpapermaker
Witch better have my candy!! Lol love Martin
12:17 AM - 27 Jan 2012
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MAN
@Bet_Em_Up
Replying to @Arneshuia
@ManBoomp WITCH BETTER HAVE MY CANDY
9:14 PM - 13 May 2012
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Alex
@alexh11
Sorry I can’t come to your 4th of July party, I’m filming a Halloween inspired Rihanna video entitled “Witch Better Have My Candy”
12:01 PM - 4 Jul 2015
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Halloween Pictures
@HalloweenPi
Witch Better Have My Candy | T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Sweatshirts… #halloween #halloweenpictures
9:43 AM - 4 Sep 2015
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AnniessaGlover
@AnniessaGlover
Halloween is coming🙌🏼 Witch better have my candy 🍂🎃🍬
11:06 PM - 13 Sep 2015
27 October 2015, Oakland (CA) Tribune, “Valley Life: Plumbing Pinterest for all thing pumpkin” by Penny Warner, pg. ?:
I decided to make my own T-shirt with “Witch Better Have My Candy” written across the front.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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