Poison Ivy (song)

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This is about the song by The Coasters. There was also a song of that title by Faster Pussycat.

“Poison Ivy”
Single by The Coasters
B-side	"I'm a Hog For You"
Released	August 1959
Recorded	July 16, 1959
Label	Atco 6146
The Coasters singles chronology
"Along Came Jones" (1959) "Poison Ivy" (1959) "What About Us" (1959)

"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959. 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.

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.

[edit] Succession

Preceded by "I Want To Walk You Home" by Fats Domino

Billboard Hot R&B Singles number one single by The Coasters October 5-October 11, 1959

Succeeded by "Sea of Love" by Phil Phillips with the Twilights