Poison Ivy (song)

"Poison Ivy"
Single by the Coasters
from the album The Coasters' Greatest Hits
B-side"I'm a Hog for You"
ReleasedAugust 1959
RecordedJuly 16, 1959
GenreRock and roll
Length2:43
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Coasters singles chronology
"Along Came Jones"
(1959)
"Poison Ivy"
(1959)
"What About Us"
(1959)

"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by the Coasters in 1959.[1] It went to No.1 on the R&B chart, No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[2] and No.15 in the UK. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".

  1. ^ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 125.

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