| "Poison" | ||
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| Single by Alice Cooper from the album Trash |
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| Released | 1989 | |
| Format | Cassette single, CD single | |
| Genre | Glam metal | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer | Alice Cooper, Desmond Child, John McCurry | |
| Producer | Desmond Child | |
"Poison" is a song by artist Alice Cooper, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash. This song is one of Alice Cooper's most well-known songs, and provided his last major mainstream hit, in 1989. It has been covered many times by recent pop bands, such as Groove Coverage on 7 Years and 50 Days. The most recent cover is by Tarja Turunen (ex-lead singer of Nightwish) on her 2nd studio album My Winter Storm. The lyrics describe the narrator's love for a femme fatale, but it has been speculated that the woman may not be "the poison running inside my [Cooper's] veins." The song changes key 4 times in the chorus, quite unusual in a straight rock song.
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The Music Video
The video to the song shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and having a ghostly woman looming over his body while he sings. The video had to be censored for showings during the day, due to nudity involving a woman, (played by Rana Kennedy), showing her breasts and wearing nothing but a pair of black pants, looming between lots of chains as Alice watches on. The video is still often played on VH1 Classic's Metal Mania.
Groove Coverage version
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| Single by Groove Coverage from the album 7 Years and 50 Days |
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| Released | 2003 | ||||
| Format | EP, CD single, Maxi |
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| Genre | Trance | ||||
| Label | Zeitgeist (Universal) |
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| Writer | Alice Cooper, Desmond Child, John McCurry | ||||
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"Poison" is the first single from the album 7 Years and 50 Days by German trance group Groove Coverage. It was also released as an EP.
Chart Positions
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Germany Singles Chart | 7 |
| Austria Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 32 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 29 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 29 |
| Europe Singles Chart | 36 |
| World Singles Chart | 50 |
References
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| DJ Novus · Mell · Verena Rehm | |
| Studio albums | Covergirl · 7 Years and 50 Days · 21st Century |
| Compilations | Best Of · Groove Coverage Greatest Hits |
| EPs | Poison EP |
| Singles | "Hit Me" · "Are U Ready" · "Moonlight Shadow" · "God is a Girl" · "Poison" · "The End" · "7 Years and 50 Days" · "Runaway" · "She" · "Holy Virgin" · "On The Radio" · "21st Century Digital Girl" · "Because I Love You" |
| Remixes | "Arriba" · "Bring The Beat Back" · "It's A Sin" · "Come with Me" · "Million Miles From Home" · "Spaceman Came Travelling" · "Lovesong" · "Livin' My Life" · "Here I Go Again" · "Love is An Angel" · "Ass Up!" · "Halfway to Heaven" · "Lover on the Line" · "What's Up" · "La Di Da" |
