Poison (Alice Cooper song)
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"Poison" is a song by artist Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

 co-written and produced by Desmond Child
Desmond Child
Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...

, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash. The song was one of his biggest hit singles in the United States
United States
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, peaking at #7 on the singles chart, while peaking at #2 in the UK, only being held off the top spot by hit dance record, "Swing the Mood
Swing the Mood
"Swing the Mood" is a song by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers from their debut album The Album.Produced by the father and son DJ team of Andy and John Pickles, "Swing the Mood" was a cut and paste record which fused a number of early rock and roll records with liberal use of Glenn Miller's "In the...

" by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers.

The song is available as downloadable content (as part of the Alice Cooper pack or as a single) for use in the music video game Rock Band
Rock Band
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, and a re-recorded version is also available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
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.

Music video

There are two versions of the video to the song which shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and singing while a ghostly woman looms over him. The original video had to be censored for showings during the day, due to shots of model Rana Kennedy wearing nothing but a blue thong
Thong (clothing)
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. The portions in question were redone with her wearing a corset to cover her breasts. The video is still often played on VH1 Classic
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's Metal Mania
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Metal Mania is a block of classic heavy metal/hard rock music videos on VH1 Classic, sometimes hosted by Eddie Trunk.Musicians who have appeared on the show as guests include Rob Zombie, Black Sabbath, Geoff Tate , and the founding members of Judas Priest.The show also includes news of upcoming...

.

Cover versions

"Poison" is the first single from the 2004 album 7 Years and 50 Days
7 Years and 50 Days
7 Years and 50 Days is the second album of the German Euro-trance band Groove Coverage, released in 2004. Several versions of the album were released, most significant being the 'second edition' , which replaced "Fragezeichen" with "She" and included a bonus track...

by German trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 group Groove Coverage
Groove Coverage
Groove Coverage is a German Euro-dance band. The Groove Coverage project consists of Axel Konrad, DJ Novus, Melanie Munch, better known as Mell , and Verena Rehm . The band has had hits around the world, especially in Germany, and have had radio play in North America, notably with the song, "Poison"...

. It was also released as an EP
Poison (EP)
Poison is an EP released by German trance group Groove Coverage. The name was taken from their single of the same name....

.

It has been covered by Finnish
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 singer Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....

 on her 2007 symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
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 album My Winter Storm
My Winter Storm
My Winter Storm is the second solo album by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, and the first to consist mainly of new and original songs specifically written by or for Turunen...

.

It was covered by Tubring on the album Mutations: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.

The song was covered by the bluegrass
Bluegrass music
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 band Hayseed Dixie
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 on their album Weapons of Grass Destruction
Weapons of Grass Destruction
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.

The Austria
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n Psychobilly
Psychobilly
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/Horrorpunk band Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space released a cover on their 2005 EP Army of Zombies.

A modified version of the song was featured in a February 2011 television ad campaign for the Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen Passat
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in Israel. A man is shown driving his new Passat, presumably returning home from work. A series of fortuitous events accompanies his drive: an attractive woman smiles at him as he passes by; a traffic light turns green as he nears an intersection; a police man pulling vehicles over for inspection allows him to pass; the barrier-gate at the entrance to an underground parking garage rises upon his arrival; and a parking space is vacated just as he approaches. In the final scene, he throws an empty disposable coffee cup at a trash can but misses. The lyrics sung by the driver are, "I run this road / And I rule the world / Look at me baby and now give me a smile (That's nice) / Let there be green light cos I need to make it on time / There's a police man but he'll let me go by (Thank you sir) / Outside my building I want this gate to be / Open / I find the perfect parking spot / Poison / I can never miss this shot."

Remixes

The Groove Coverage version of "Poison" comes in various remixes.
  • Radio Version (3.05)
  • Rock The Radio Mix (3.26) [Also known as Rock Mix]
  • Club Mix Short (3.27)
  • Club Mix Short (3:07)
  • Extended Version (5.04)
  • Club Mix (6.07)
  • Tune Up! Remix (5.38)
  • Tune Up! Remix (6:05)
  • Tune Up! Remix (4:25) (Best of... CD)
  • The Paragod Remix (5.40)
  • Friday Night Posse Remix (7:12)
  • Friday Night Posse Remix (5.50)
  • Friday Night Posse Remix (4:27) (Best of... CD)
  • KB Project Remix (5.27)
  • Scott Brown Remix (5.25)
  • DJ U☆Hey? Remix (5.51)
  • Ultimix Extended
  • Ultimix Edit
  • Josh Harris Radio Edit
  • Josh Harris Club Mix
  • Josh Harris Dub

Chart positions

Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
Germany Singles Chart 25
Australian Singles Chart 3
Austria Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 2
Ireland Singles Chart 2
Norwegian chart 3
Yugoslavian Chart 1
Dutch chart (Top 40) 10
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