"Poison Heart" is a song by the

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. Written by their former bassist

Dee Dee Ramone Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones. Throughou ...

and given in exchange for bail money, it was included on the 1992 album ''

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'' and also released as a single. It has a slower tempo than most Ramones songs. A music video was directed by Samuel Bayer and later released in the 2005 compilation box set '' Weird Tales of the Ramones'' as bonus content on the documentary DVD '' Lifestyles of the Ramones''. It partially plays in a scene from the 1992 American

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''.

Covers

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, former vocalist for

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and Dee Dee Ramone's friend, recorded a version of the song which was released posthumously on the 1996 album ''Last Race''. Finnish rock band The 4 Faces recorded a cover of the song as a B-side to their single ”Best Of Both Worlds” in 2002. The single features

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(on guitar) and Michael Monroe (on backing vocals and as co-producer). Finnish rock band HIM recorded and released a cover of the song as a B-side to their hit single " Wings of a Butterfly" in 2005. P. Paul Fenech, lead singer of the

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, covered the song on his solo album ''The "F" Word'' in 2006. Blondie performed acoustic versions of "Poison Heart" and " I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" at their October 14, 2006, show at CBGB's. It was the penultimate show at the club before its closing. The last show was performed the next day by

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Track listing

UK CHS 3917 - 7" # "Poison Heart" # "Censorshit" UK 12CHSS 3917 - 12" # "Poison Heart (Live)" # " Chinese Rocks (Live)" # " Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Live)" # "Rockaway Beach (Live)"

Personnel

* Dee Dee Ramone - writer *

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– lead vocals *

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– guitar * C. J. Ramone – bass *

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– drums *

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– backing vocals

Chart positions

References

Ramones songs 1992 songs Songs written by Dee Dee Ramone Songs written by Daniel Rey Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer Song recordings produced by Ed Stasium {{1990s-US-single-stub