# Poison discography

The following is a comprehensive discography of Poison, an American glam metal band that achieved huge success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Poison sold more than 16 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band became icons of the 1980s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success. The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum Look What the Cat Dragged In was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with the second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh! which became the band's most successful album ever. The popularity continued into the new decade with their third consecutive multi-platinum selling album Flesh & Blood.
In the 1990s following the release of the band's first live album Swallow This Live, the band experienced some line up changes and the fall of glam metal with the grunge movement, but despite the drop in popularity the band's fourth studio album Native Tongue still achieved Gold status and the band's first compilation album Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 went double platinum.
In the 2000s, with the original line up back together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999. The band began the new decade with the release of the long-awaited Crack a Smile... and More!, followed by the Power to the People album. The band toured almost every year to sold out stadiums and arenas. They released a brand new album Hollyweird in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. After over 35 years, the band is still recording music and performing.
Since their debut in 1986, they have released seven studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | AUT | CAN | GER | JPN | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Look What the Cat Dragged In | Release date: May 23, 1986 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT | 3 | 51 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | US: 3× Platinum CAN: Platinum UK: Silver |
| Open Up and Say... Ahh! | Release date: May 3, 1988 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT | 2 | 7 | — | 10 | — | 35 | — | 17 | 1 | 37 | 30 | 18 | US: 5× Platinum AUS: 3× Platinum CAN: 4× Platinum UK: Gold NZ: Platinum |
| Flesh & Blood | Release date: July 2, 1990 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 88 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | US: 3× Platinum AUS: Platinum CAN: 4× Platinum UK: Gold NZ: Gold |
| Native Tongue | Release date: February 8, 1993 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT | 16 | 60 | 39 | 26 | 60 | 39 | 54 | 39 | — | 39 | 24 | 20 | US: Gold CAN: Platinum |
| Crack a Smile... and More! | Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hollyweird | Release date: May 21, 2002 Label: Cyanide Formats: CD | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poison'd! | Release date: June 5, 2007 Label: Capitol Formats: CD | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US | US Indie | UK | AUS | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Swallow This Live | Release date: November 12, 1991 Label: Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT | 51 | — | 52 | 46 | US: Gold |
| Power to the People | Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Cyanide Records Formats: CD | 166 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg | Release date: July 4, 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Live, Raw & Uncut | Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Koch Formats: DVD + CD | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| Seven Days Live | Release date: August 26, 2008 Label: Armoury Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US | US Rock | US Hard Rock | Top Catalog Albums | CAN | UK Rock | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 | Release date: November 26, 1996 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT | — | — | — | 2 | — | 25 | US: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold UK: Silver |
| Rock Champions | Release date: 2001 Label: EMI Plus Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Best of Ballads & Blues | Release date: August 5, 2003 Label: Capitol Formats: CD | 141 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock | Release date: April 3, 2006 Label: Capitol Formats: CD | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 68 | — | US: Gold |
| Poison - 10 Great Songs | Release date: January 12, 2010 Re-released in 2014 as "Poison: The Millennium Collection" Label: EMI Formats: CD | 145 | 40 | 13 | — | — | — | |
| Double Dose: Ultimate Hits | Release date: May 3, 2011 Label: Capitol Formats: CD | — | — | 23 | — | 17 | — | |
| Poison: Icon | Release date: March 19, 2013 Label: EMI Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poison: Gold | Release date: January 21, 2014 Label: UMG Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

### Box sets

| Year | Album details |
| 2009 | Poison – Box Set (Collector's Edition) Release date: 2009 Label: Madacy Formats: CD |
| 2010 | Nothin' But a Good Time: The Poison Collection Release date: 2010 Re-release of The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock and Swallow This Live (2004 remastered version) Label: Capitol Formats: CD |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US Main | CAN | AUS | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album |
| 1986 | "Cry Tough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | | Look What the Cat Dragged In |
| 1987 | "Talk Dirty to Me" | 9 | — | 9 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | | Look What the Cat Dragged In |
| 1987 | "I Want Action" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Look What the Cat Dragged In |
| 1987 | "I Won't Forget You" | 13 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | | Look What the Cat Dragged In |
| 1987 | "Rock and Roll All Nite" [promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Less than Zero (soundtrack) |
| 1988 | "Nothin' But a Good Time" | 6 | 19 | 36 | 10 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | 35 | | Open Up and Say... Ahh! |
| 1988 | "Fallen Angel" | 12 | 32 | 55 | 21 | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | 59 | | Open Up and Say... Ahh! |
| 1988 | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | 1 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 13 | US: Gold UK: Gold | Open Up and Say... Ahh! |
| 1989 | "Your Mama Don't Dance" | 10 | 39 | 17 | 21 | — | 15 | — | 3 | — | — | 13 | | Open Up and Say... Ahh! |
| 1990 | "Unskinny Bop" | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | — | 24 | 34 | 3 | 19 | — | 15 | AUS: Gold CAN: Gold US: Gold | Flesh & Blood |
| 1990 | "Something to Believe In" | 4 | 5 | 3 | 44 | — | 23 | — | 38 | — | — | 35 | US: Gold | Flesh & Blood |
| 1990 | "Ride the Wind" | 38 | 25 | 31 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Flesh & Blood |
| 1991 | "Life Goes On" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Flesh & Blood |
| 1991 | "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | | Flesh & Blood |
| 1991 | "So Tell Me Why" | — | — | — | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | | Swallow This Live |
| 1993 | "Stand" | 50 | 15 | 15 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 25 | | Native Tongue |
| 1993 | "Until You Suffer Some" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | | Native Tongue |
| 1993 | "Body Talk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Native Tongue |
| 1994 | "7 Days Over You" [promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Native Tongue |
| 1994 | "The Scream" [promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Native Tongue |
| 2000 | "Shut Up, Make Love" | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Crack a Smile... and More! |
| 2000 | "Be the One" [promo] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Crack a Smile... and More! |
| 2000 | "Power to the People" | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Power to the People |
| 2000 | "The Last Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Power to the People |
| 2001 | "Rockstar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hollyweird |
| 2002 | "Squeeze Box" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hollyweird |
| 2002 | "Shooting Star" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hollyweird |
| 2006 | "We're an American Band" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock |
| 2007 | "What I Like About You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Poison'd! |
| 2007 | "SexyBack" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Poison'd! |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||||||

## Videography
### Video albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Title | Album details | US Video | Certifications (sales threshold) |
| Sight for Sore Ears | Release date: 1989 Label: Enigma Records | — | US: Gold CAN: Gold |
| Flesh, Blood, & Videotape | Release date: 1991 Label: Capitol Records | — | US: Gold |
| Swallow This Live: Flesh & Blood World Tour | Release date: 1992 Label: Capitol Records | — | |
| Seven Days Live | Release date: 1993, DVD - 2006. Label: Cherry Red | — | |
| VH1 Behind the Music: Poison | Release date: 1999, Re-released with extra footage in 2010. Label: VH1 | — | |
| Poison Greatest Video Hits | Release date: 2001 Label: Capitol Records | — | US: Gold |
| Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized | Release date: 2003 Label: Capitol Records | — | |
| Poison Video Hits | Release date: 2005 Label: Capitol Records | — | |
| The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (DVD) | Release date: April 3, 2006 Label: EMI America | 17 | US: Gold |
| Live, Raw & Uncut (DVD) | Release date: 2008 Label: E1 Music | 8 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Director |
| 1986 | "Cry Tough" | John Jopson |
| 1987 | "Talk Dirty to Me" | Doug Freel |
| 1987 | "I Want Action" | John Jopson |
| 1987 | "I Won't Forget You" | |
| 1988 | "Nothin' But a Good Time" | Marc Reshovsky |
| 1988 | "Fallen Angel" | Marty Callner |
| 1988 | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | Marty Callner |
| 1989 | "Your Mamma Don't Dance" | Marty Callner |
| 1989 | "Good Love" | |
| 1990 | "Unskinny Bop" | Marty Callner |
| 1990 | "Something to Believe In" | Marty Callner |
| 1990 | "Ride the Wind" | Marty Callner |
| 1991 | "Life Goes On" | Marty Callner |
| 1991 | "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" | Marty Callner |
| 1991 | "So Tell Me Why" | Marty Callner |
| 1992 | "Stand" | Samuel Bayer |
| 1993 | "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" | |
| 2000 | "Power to the People" | Poison |
| 2002 | "Squeeze Box" | |
| 2006 | "We're An American Band" | Poison |
| 2007 | "What I Like About You" | |