"Love Potion Number Nine" (Lieber and Stoller) 2:05

Recorded at Pye Recording Studios, London.

Released December 1964 in the US on Kapp [US #3]; originally released on the Searchers' first album, Meet the Searchers in August 1963.

The Searchers: Mike Pender (vocals & guitar), John McNally (vocals & guitar), Frank Allen (vocals and bass guitar), and Chris Curtis (drums and vocals).

The British Invasion: The History of British Rock [3:1]. [Rhino R2 70319] Originally released in the States on Kapp Records.

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
A	verse	0:00	8+2	double tracked vocal; hook at end of line	a
A	verse	0:	8+2	as above	b
B	chorus	:	6+2	drop hook	c
A	verse	:	8+2	as in verses above	d
B	chorus	:	6+2	guitar solo; final cadence is sung	c'
A	verse	:	8	as in verses above	d
	coda	:	7	repeat hook	hook

Text
I took my troubles down to Madam Ruth, you know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth. She's got a little pad down at Thirty-fourth and Vine, sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.	a
I told her I was a flop with chicks. I'd been this way since 1956. She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign. She said what I need is Love Potion Number Nine.	b
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink. She said, "I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink." It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink. I held my nose; I closed my eyes; I took a drink	c
I didn't know if it was day or night. I started kissin' everything in sight. But when I kissed the cop down at Thirty-fourth and Vine, he broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.	d

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