Love potion No. 9 ( song ) - wikipedia Love potion No. 9 ( song ) `` Love Potion No. 9 '' Single by The Clovers B - side `` Stay Awhile '' Released September 1959 Length 2 : 02 Label United Artists Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller `` Love Potion Number Nine '' Single by The Searchers from the album Meet the Searchers B - side `` Hi - Heel Sneakers '' Released 1964 Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 05 Label Kapp KJB - 27 Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller The Searchers singles chronology `` When You Walk in the Room '' ( 1964 ) `` Love Potion Number Nine '' ( 1964 ) `` What Have They Done to the Rain '' ( 1964 ) `` When You Walk in the Room '' ( 1964 ) `` Love Potion Number Nine '' ( 1964 ) `` What Have They Done to the Rain '' ( 1964 ) `` Love Potion No. 9 '' is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by the Clovers, who took it to number 23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year. History The song describes a man seeking help to find love, so he talks to a Gypsy who determines, by means of palmistry, that he needs `` love potion number 9 ''. The potion, an aphrodisiac, causes him to fall in love with everything he sees, kissing whatever is in front of him, eventually kissing a policeman on the street - corner, who breaks his bottle of love potion. In one recorded version of the ending of the song, The Clovers used the alternative lyrics : `` I had so much fun that I 'm going back again, I wonder what 'll happen with Love Potion Number Ten ? '' The `` kissing a cop '' lyric led to the song being banned by some radio stations. The lyrics also have the narrator describe himself as being `` a flop with chicks since 1956 '' ; later recordings of the song have often changed the year to suit the year of recording or the age of the performer. A notable exception is the Australian alternative rock band Tlot Tlot 's recording, which leaves the year in the song as 1956. It also uses the alternative Love Potion No. 10 lyrics. References ^ Jump up to : Gilliland, John ( 1969 ). `` Show 14 - Big Rock Candy Mountain : Rock ' n ' roll in the late fifties. ( Part 4 ) : UNT Digital Library '' ( audio ). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ The Clovers ' charting singles Retrieved February 7, 2012. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 124. External links Sample of the song The Searchers - Love Potion No. 9 Lyrics Songlyrics.com ; n.d., retrieved 4 April 2017 The Searchers John McNally Frank Allen Spencer James Scott Ottaway Tony Jackson Mike Pender Chris Curtis Billy Adamson John Blunt Eddie Rothe Studio albums Meet The Searchers Sugar and Spice It 's the Searchers Sounds Like Searchers Take Me for What I 'm Worth Hungry Hearts Singles `` Sweets for My Sweet '' `` Sugar and Spice '' `` Sweet Nothin 's '' `` Needles and Pins '' `` Do n't Throw Your Love Away '' `` Someday We 're Gonna Love Again '' `` When You Walk in the Room '' `` Love Potion No. 9 '' `` What Have They Done to the Rain '' `` Goodbye My Love '' `` He 's Got No Love '' `` When I Get Home '' `` Take Me for What I 'm Worth '' `` Take It or Leave It '' `` Have You Ever Loved Somebody '' `` Popcorn, Double Feature '' `` Western Union '' `` Second Hand Dealer '' `` Umbrella Man '' `` Kinky Kathy Abernathy '' `` Desdemona '' `` Love Is Everywhere '' `` Sing Singer Sing '' `` Needles and Pins '' `` Vahevala '' `` Solitaire '' `` I Do n't Want To Be The One '' `` Hearts In Her Eyes '' `` It 's Too Late '' `` Love 's Melody '' `` Another Night '' Related Discography Mike Pender 's Searchers Book : The Searchers The Clovers Harold Winley King Raymond Green Franklen Poole Carlos Wilson Tyrone Burwell Singles `` Do n't You Know I Love You '' `` Fool, Fool, Fool '' `` One Mint Julep '' `` Ting - A-Ling '' `` Lovey Dovey '' `` Blue Velvet '' `` Devil or Angel '' `` Love Potion No. 9 '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Potion_No._9_(song)&oldid=807890162 '' Categories : 1959 singles 1963 singles Songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller The Clovers songs The Coasters songs The Searchers ( band ) songs Herb Alpert songs The Ventures songs Neil Diamond songs The White Stripes songs Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs United Artists Records singles Pye Records singles 1959 songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2013 Talk About Wikipedia Español Français Nederlands Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2017, at 17 : 46. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang the song love potion number 9
Answer: the Clovers