Love Potion No. 9 (song)

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"Love Potion No. 9" – also styled as "Love Potion Number 9", "Love Potion #9", and "Love Potion Nr. 9" – is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, which has been successfully recorded by a number of performers, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. It was first recorded in 1959 by the Clovers, who took it to No. 23 on both the US pop and R&B charts that year, and No. 20 in Canada. 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. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded an instrumental version for their 1965 album Whipped Cream & 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, No. 96 on the Cash Box chart and No. 20 on the Australian KMR Chart. It is also the first track on the studio album Two Days Away, released in 1977 by Elkie Brooks and produced by the song's writers.

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