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
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
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 India 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 kissin' 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
Instrumental Break
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' 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
alternate ending:
I had so much fun that I'm going back again,
I wonder what'll happen with Love Potion Number Ten?
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
recording: The CLovers, 1959 single (charted at #23) [YouTube]
recording: The Clovers, 1959 album ("Love Potion No. 10") [YouTube]
recording: The Searchers, 1964 single (charted at #3) [YouTube]
recording: Tygers of Pan Tang, 1982 music video [YouTube]
notes: song history including film and musical theatre adaptations and a Korean K-Pop reply [Minnich Music]