Poison Ivy (song)

Poison Ivy (song)

"This is about the song by The Coasters. There was also a song of that title by Faster Pussycat."Infobox Single
Name =Poison Ivy


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Artist =The Coasters
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B-side ="I'm a Hog For You"
Released =August 1959
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Recorded =July 16, 1959
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Label =Atco 6146
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Last single ="Along Came Jones"
(1959)
This single ="Poison Ivy"
(1959)
Next single ="What About Us"
(1959)
Misc =
"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959. It went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following Charlie Brown and Along Came Jones.

Versions were also later recorded by, The Puppets, Manfred Mann and The Paramounts in the mid-1960s, and The Lambrettas in 1980, who performed a "ska" version of the song which reached #7 in the British charts. The song was also covered by The Rolling Stones in 1963, but never actually released as a single in its own right. Linda McCartney recorded the song in 1987 and her cover was released on her posthumous album "Wide Prairie" in 1998. The song was also a massive nationwide hit for Australian group Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs in 1964, famously knocking The Beatles off the #1 spot on the charts there, even though they were touring the country at the time. A hip-hop version was also recorded in 1988 by Young & Restless. It was also covered by Chris Burke.

The song discusses a girl named Ivy, calling her "Poison Ivy" because of her reputation with men as a player. The song makes references to other flowers such as a rose and a daisy, and diseases like measles, mumps, chicken pox, the common cold, and whooping cough.

Pop Culture References

The Song is sung by Rack 'Em Willie from the Damn Show on numerous occasions

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s-ttl|title=Billboard Hot R&B Singles
number one single by The Coasters
years=October 5-October 11, 1959
s-aft|after="Sea of Love"
by Phil Phillips with the Twilights
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