This is about the song by The Coasters. There was also a song of that title by Faster Pussycat.
"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. It was also covered by Chris Burke.
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.
Pop Culture References
• The Song is sung by Rack 'Em Willie from the Damn Show on numerous occasions
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