Poison (song)
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Poison is a 1989 Alice Cooper song written by him, Desmond Child, and John McCurry. It appeared on the Trash album and was also produced by Desmond Child.
history
The text of the song is to be understood as an ambivalent love song. Poison can also be assigned to the music genres Heavy Metal , Hard Rock and Glam Metal . It was released on July 7, 1989.
The song was used in an advertisement for the VW Passat B7 , as well as in the video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock . Numerous cover versions followed the original title. The most successful cover to date was released in 2003 by Germany's most successful dance act Groove Coverage . The band's version reached number 7 in Germany and number 3 in the Austrian charts. A chart position in Great Britain was also recorded. In Austria alone, the cover was in the charts for 22 weeks.
Music video
In the plot of the music video, Alice Cooper is chained and sings while a ghostly-looking woman is bothering him. There are two versions of this video: the uncensored and the censored version, as the original was too offensive due to nude scenes from the woman. Nowadays only the censored version is always played in VH1 's Classic's Metal Mania.
Cover versions
- 1993: The Vandals
- 2003: Groove Coverage
- 2007: Hayseed Dixie
- 2007: Tarja Turunen
- 2009: Baracuda (Where is the Love)
- 2010: DJ Gollum