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| - %22Poison Ivy%22 is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959. It went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #15 in the UK. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following %22Charlie Brown%22 and %22Along Came Jones%22.The song discusses a girl known as %22Poison Ivy%22. She is compared to measles, mumps, chickenpox, the common cold, and whooping cough, but is deemed worse, because %22Poison Ivy, lord, will make you itch%22. According to lyricist Jerry Leiber, %22Pure and simple, 'Poison Ivy' is a metaphor for a sexually transmitted disease%22.The song also makes references to other flowers such as a rose and a daisy.
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