Love Potion No. 9 (song)

"Love Potion Number Nine"
Single by The Searchers
from the album Meet the Searchers
B-side	"Hi-Heel Sneakers"
Released	November 1964
Studio	Pye Studios, London, England
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:05
Label	Kapp 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,^[2] who took it to No. 23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year.^[3][4] It reached #20 in Canada.^[5]

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.^[6]

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded an instrumental version for their 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights.^[7]

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