Love Potion No. 9 (song)

"Love Potion No. 9"
Single by The Clovers
B-side"Stay Awhile"
ReleasedJuly 1959
RecordedJune 8, 1959
StudioCapitol (New York City)
GenreDoo-wop
Length2:02
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Official Audio
"Love Potion No. 9" on YouTube
"Love Potion Number Nine"
Single by The Searchers
from the album Meet the Searchers
B-side"Hi-Heel Sneakers"
ReleasedNovember 1964
StudioPye Studios, London, England
GenreRock and roll
Length2:05
LabelKapp KJB-27
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Producer(s)Tony Hatch
The Searchers singles chronology
"When You Walk in the Room"
(1964) 		"Love Potion Number Nine"
(1964) 		"What Have They Done to the Rain"
(1964)
Official Audio
"Love Potion No. 9" on YouTube

"Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by the Clovers,[1] who took it to No.23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year.[2][3] It reached #20 in Canada.[4]

The Searchers recorded it in 1964 and reached No.3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No.2 on Cash Box during the winter of 1965.[5]

Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass did an instrumental version (side 2, track 1) on his 1965 album Whipped Cream and Other Delights.

The Coasters released their take in December 1971 with "D. W. Washburn" on the B-side. It reached No.76 on the Billboard Pop chart and No.96 on the Cash Box chart.

It's also track 1 on the studio album Two Days Away, released in 1977 by Elkie Brooks and produced by the song's writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pc14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Clovers' charting singles Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
  4. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - November 9, 1959".
  5. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 1/23/65". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.