Poison Ivy ( song ) - wikipedia Poison Ivy ( song ) This article is about the song by The Coasters. For the song by Faster Pussycat, see Wake Me When It 's Over. `` Poison Ivy '' Single by The Coasters from the album The Coasters ' Greatest Hits B - side `` I 'm a Hog for You '' Released August 1959 Recorded July 16, 1959 Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 43 Label Atco Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller The Coasters singles chronology `` Along Came Jones '' ( 1959 ) `` Poison Ivy '' ( 1959 ) `` What About Us '' ( 1959 ) `` 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. It went to # 1 on the R&B chart, # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and # 15 in the UK. This was their third top - ten hit of that year following `` Charlie Brown '' and `` Along Came Jones ''. The song discusses a girl known as `` Poison Ivy ''. She is compared to measles, mumps, chickenpox, the common cold, and whooping cough, but is deemed worse, because `` Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch ''. According to lyricist Jerry Leiber, `` Pure and simple, ' Poison Ivy ' is a metaphor for a sexually transmitted disease ''. The song also makes references to other flowers such as a rose and a daisy. Cover versions The Dave Clark Five -- 1963. It was released as part of an E.P. The Paramounts -- as both a single ( 1963 ) and as part of a E.P. ( released 1964 ). The single version got to # 35 on the U.K Charts. The Rolling Stones recorded two different versions in 1963, the first version appeared on the EP The Rolling Stones, released early 1964. The second version appeared on a 1972 compilation of the Rolling Stones called More Hot Rocks ( Big Hits & Fazed Cookies ). Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs -- Australia # 1 / 1964. It famously kept The Beatles from the # 1 spot on the Sydney charts at the very moment that the group was making its first and only tour of Australia -- a feat which resulted in Thorpe being invited to meet the Fab Four at their hotel. The Hollies released a version in 1963 on their first Australian LP. The Kingsmen released a version on their 15 Great Hits album in 1966. Manfred Mann -- B - side of the 1966 single `` You Gave Me Somebody to Love '' Redbone released a version in 1972 on their album Already Here. The Lambrettas -- 1980. Their version reached # 7 in the British charts. The Romantics -- on the 1985 album, Rhythm Romance. Linda McCartney -- recorded the song in 1987 and her cover was released on her posthumous album Wide Prairie in 1998. Young & Restless -- 1988 The Nylons -- recorded a version in 1988 for the Stealing Home soundtrack. Ian Gillan & The Javelins played it in the ' 60s, then reunited and recorded it for the Sole Agency and Representation album in 1994. Hanson -- on their 1995 album Boomerang. Meshell Ndegeocello -- 1997, with slightly altered lyrics. Her cover was included on the Batman & Robin soundtrack, in which Poison Ivy the villainess, is a main character. Los Straitjackets -- in 2007 released a Spanish - language cover of the song titled `` La Hiedra Venenosa, '' on their album Rock en Español, Vol. 1. Giuliano Palma & the Bluebeaters -- on their 2008 album Boogaloo. Chris Burke The Lords Los Rebeldes del Rock -- a Mexican band formed in 1957 by African - Mexican singer Johnny Laboriel. Version in Spanish, `` La Hiedra Venenosa '', released on EP ( Orfeon, 1964 ). The Puppets Golden Boys -- in Portuguese, as `` Erva Venenosa '', in 1965. ( 1 ) Covered by Brazilian pop band Herva Doce in 1982, and Rita Lee on her album 3001 in 2000. Los Flippers, a Colombian rock and roll band of the 1960s, recorded a version in Spanish called `` El Melenudo ''. Bleached ( band ) Covered the song for their 2014 EP ' For The Feel ' Popular culture references The song is sung by Rack ' Em Rack Willie from The DAMN ! Show on numerous occasion. The song was included in the musical revue `` Smokey Joe 's Cafe. '' References Jump up ^ Leiber & Stoller interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 -- 2004. Record Research. p. 125. Jump up ^ Leiber and Mike Stoller with David Ritz, Jerry ( 2009 ). Hound Dog : The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography. Simon & Schuster. p. 141. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4165 - 5938 - 2. Jump up ^ `` The Dave Clark Five ''. unknown. c. late 90s -- 2000s. Archived from the original on 2009 - 10 - 24. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 24. Check date values in : date = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : Nuttall, Lyn ( 2000s ). `` Feature Item -- poparchives.com.au -- Poison Ivy ''. Lyn Nuttall. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 24. Jump up ^ `` The Paramounts ''. unknown. c. late 90s -- 2000s. Archived from the original on 2009 - 10 - 25. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 24. Check date values in : date = ( help ) Preceded by `` I 'm Gonna Get Married '' by Lloyd Price `` You Better Know It '' by Jackie Wilson Billboard Hot R&B Singles number - one single October 5, 1959 October 26, 1959 -- November 9, 1959 Succeeded by `` Sea of Love '' by Phil Phillips with The Twilights `` So Many Ways '' by Brook Benton The Coasters Carl Gardner Billy Guy Bobby Nunn Leon Hughes Adolph Jacobs Young Jessie Cornell Gunter Will `` Dub '' Jones Vernon Harrell Earl `` Speedo '' Carroll Ronnie Bright Jimmy Norman Thomas `` Curly '' Palmer Albert `` Sonny '' Forriest Alvin Morse Carl Gardner Jr J.W. Lance Primotivo Candelara Eddie Whitfield Dennis Anderson Studio albums The Coasters The Coasters One By One Coast Along with The Coasters It Ai n't Sanitary ( with Billy Guy ) Other albums The Coasters ' Greatest Hits Greatest Hits That Is Rock & Roll All Time Greatest Hits Their Greatest Recordings : The Early Years The Coasters On Broadway This Is the Coasters The World Famous Coasters 20 Great Originals 16 Greatest Hits What Is the Secret of Your Success ? Young Blood The Ultimate Coasters 20 Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits 50 Coastin ' Classics : Anthology The Very Best of the Coasters Golden Hits Great Yakety Yak & Other Favorites All Our Best The Best of the Coasters Yakety Yak : The Platinum Collection The Definitive Soul : The Coasters There 's a Riot Goin ' On : The Coasters on Atco Only the Best of the Coasters Singles `` Down in Mexico '' `` One Kiss Led to Another '' `` Young Blood '' `` Idol With The Golden Head '' `` Sweet Georgia Brown '' `` Gee, Golly '' `` Yakety Yak '' `` The Shadow Knows '' `` Charlie Brown '' `` Along Came Jones '' `` Poison Ivy '' `` What About Us '' `` Besame Mucho ( Part I ) '' `` Wake Me, Shake Me '' `` Shoppin ' for Clothes '' `` Wait A Minute '' `` Little Egypt ( Ying - Yang ) '' `` Girls Girls Girls ( Part I ) '' `` ( Ai n't That ) Just Like Me '' `` Ridin  ́ Hood '' `` The Climb ( vocal ) '' `` The P.T.A. '' `` T'ai n't Nothin ' To Me '' `` Bad Detective '' `` Wild One '' `` Lady Like '' `` Let 's Go Get Stoned '' `` Crazy Baby '' `` She 's A Yum Yum '' `` Soul Pad '' `` She Can '' `` D.W. Washburn '' `` Act Right '' `` Love Potion Number Nine '' `` Cool Jerk '' `` Hush Do n't Talk About It '' B - sides `` Turtle Dovin '' `` Brazil '' `` Searchin ' '' `` ( When She Wants Good Lovin  ́ ) My Baby Comes To Me '' `` What Is The Secret Of Your Success ? '' `` Dance ! '' `` Zing ! Went the Strings of My Heart '' `` Sorry But I 'm Gonna Have To Pass '' `` Three Cool Cats '' `` That Is Rock & Roll '' `` I 'm A Hog For You '' `` Run Red Run '' `` Besame Mucho ( Part II ) '' `` Stewball '' `` The Snake And The Book Worm '' `` Thumbin  ́ A Ride '' `` Keep On Rolling '' `` Girls Girls Girls ( Part II ) '' `` Bad Blood '' `` Teach Me How To Shimmy '' `` The Climb ( instrumental ) '' `` Bull Tick Waltz '' `` Speedo 's Back In Town '' `` Lovey Dovey '' `` I Must Be Dreaming '' `` Hongry '' `` Money Honey '' `` Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono ( She 's My Little Spodee - O ) '' `` Saturday Night Fish Fry '' `` Down Home Girl '' `` Everybody 's Woman '' `` The World Is Changing '' `` Talkin  ́  ́ Bout A Woman '' Cover songs `` Autumn Leaves '' `` But Beautiful '' `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` Easy Living '' `` Frosty the Snowman '' `` Gee, Baby, Ai n't I Good to You '' `` I Love Paris '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' ( by WIll Jones ) `` The ' In ' Crowd '' `` Moonglow '' `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` Mustang Sally '' `` My Babe '' `` On Broadway '' `` On the Sunny Side of the Street '' `` Satin Doll '' `` The Way You Look Tonight '' `` Willow Weep for Me '' `` You 'd Be So Nice to Come Home To '' The Rolling Stones discography Decca ( UK ) and London ( US ) singles `` Come On '' `` I Wanna Be Your Man '' / `` Stoned '' `` Not Fade Away '' / `` Little by Little '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` Tell Me '' / `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Time Is on My Side '' `` Little Red Rooster '' `` Heart of Stone '' `` The Last Time '' / `` Play with Fire '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' / `` The Spider and the Fly '' `` Get Off of My Cloud '' / `` I 'm Free '' `` As Tears Go By '' `` 19th Nervous Breakdown '' / `` As Tears Go By '' `` Paint It Black '' / `` Stupid Girl '' `` Mother 's Little Helper '' / `` Lady Jane '' `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' / `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` We Love You '' / `` Dandelion '' `` In Another Land '' `` She 's a Rainbow '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Street Fighting Man '' / `` No Expectations '' `` Honky Tonk Women '' / `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' Rolling Stones / Atlantic singles `` Brown Sugar '' / `` Bitch '' / `` Let It Rock '' `` Wild Horses '' / `` Sway '' `` Tumbling Dice '' / `` Sweet Black Angel '' `` Happy '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Angie '' / `` Silver Train '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' / `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` It 's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It ) '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' / `` Dance Little Sister '' `` Fool to Cry '' `` Hot Stuff '' Rolling Stones `` Miss You '' / `` Far Away Eyes '' `` Beast of Burden '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Respectable '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Shattered '' `` Emotional Rescue '' `` She 's So Cold '' / `` Send It to Me '' `` Start Me Up '' `` Waiting on a Friend '' / `` Little T&A '' `` Hang Fire '' / `` Neighbours '' `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( live ) / `` Beast of Burden '' ( live ) `` Time Is on My Side '' ( live ) / `` Twenty Flight Rock '' ( live ) `` Undercover of the Night '' `` She Was Hot '' `` Too Much Blood '' `` Harlem Shuffle '' `` One Hit ( To the Body ) '' `` Mixed Emotions '' `` Rock and a Hard Place '' `` Almost Hear You Sigh '' `` Highwire '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' ( live ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( live ) / `` Play with Fire '' ( live ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) Virgin singles `` Love Is Strong '' `` You Got Me Rocking '' `` Out of Tears '' `` I Go Wild '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' ( live ) / `` Black Limousine '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Wild Horses '' ( live ) / `` Live with Me '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) `` Anybody Seen My Baby ? '' `` Saint of Me '' / `` Gimme Shelter '' ( live ) `` Out of Control '' `` Do n't Stop '' / `` Miss You '' ( remix ) `` Streets of Love '' / `` Rough Justice '' `` Rain Fall Down '' `` Biggest Mistake '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' ( live ) Universal singles `` Plundered My Soul '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` No Spare Parts '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' `` Doom and Gloom '' `` One More Shot '' Other countries `` Let It Bleed '' / `` You Got the Silver '' ( London Japan ) `` Rocks Off '' / `` Sweet Virginia '' ( Japan ) `` Star Star '' / `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( France, Germany ) Book Portal WikiProject Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poison_Ivy_(song)&oldid=800950984 '' Categories : Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 1959 singles 1964 singles 1980 singles The Coasters songs The Dave Clark Five songs The Rolling Stones songs The Hollies songs The Romantics songs Manfred Mann songs Atco Records singles Decca Records EPs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles 1959 songs Songs about diseases and disorders Hidden categories : CS1 errors : dates Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 16 September 2017, at 18 : 54. 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Question: who sang poison ivy in the 80's
Answer: The Lambrettas