‘Poison’ by Alice Cooper – Classic Hit or Miss

It's "Attempted Comeback week" on the Hit or Miss all this week!

"Poison" was written by Alice Cooper and co-written and produced by Desmond Child, 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, peaking at number 7 on the singles chart, while peaking at number 2 in the UK.

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. The portions in question were redone with her wearing a corset to cover her breasts. The video is still often played on VH1 Classic's Metal Mania.

Still a hit today?