950 – The Searchers – Love potion number 9 (1964)

Escrita por Jerry Leiber e Mike Stoller, foi gravada inicialmente pelos Clovers em 1959, mas a nossa versão é a dos Searchers de 1964. Essa nossa versão chegou ao número 3 nos charts pop americanos. Foi também regravada por Herb Alpert e pelos Coasters.

A canção fala de um homem que busca ajuda pra encontrar o amor, então ele fala com uma cigana que diz que ele precisa de uma poção do amor número 9. A poção é um afrodisíaco e ele se apaixona por toda pessoa que vê, beijando tudo em frente a ele, até beijar um policial numa esquina que quebra sua garrafa com a poção.

A letra:

I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Selling little bottles of love potion number nine

I told her that I was a flop with chics
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said "What you need is love potion number nine"

She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine

I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Love potion number nine
Love Potion number nine
Love Potion number nine

A versão dos Searchers:

A versão dos Clovers:

A versão dos Coasters: