"Poison Heart" is a song by the punk rock band Ramones. Written by

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 and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. Throughout the band's existence, he wa ...

, who had retired as their longtime bassist in 1989 but still wrote songs for the band, "Poison Heart" was included on the 1992 album ''

Mondo Bizarro ''Mondo Bizarro'' (a misspelled version of "Mondo Bizzarro," meaning "Weird World" in Italian) is the twelfth studio album by American punk rock band Ramones, released on September 1, 1992 by Radioactive Records. It is the first studio album to ...

'' and was also released as a single. The song was given to the band by Dee Dee in exchange for bailing him out of jail and has a slower tempo than typical Ramones songs. A music video was produced for the song, directed by

Samuel Bayer Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1962) is an American visual artist, cinematographer, and commercial, music video and film director. Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with ...

, which was later released in their 2005 compilation box set ''

Weird Tales of the Ramones ''Weird Tales of the Ramones'' is a box set compilation by American punk band the Ramones. It was released on August 16, 2005. There are 85 songs on 3 CDs, plus a DVD containing the feature "Lifestyles of the Ramones", a documentary featuring seve ...

'' as bonus content on the DVD of their documentary ''

Lifestyles of the Ramones ''Lifestyles of the Ramones'' is a VHS video made by the Ramones featuring interviews and music videos. Later, it was released again on DVD includes extras such as "Photo Gallery" & "Discography" - with Portuguese Brazilian subtitle, plus Engli ...

''. The song was also featured in the 1992 film '' Pet Sematary Two''.

Covers

Stiv Bators, former Dead Boys vocalist 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 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 psychobilly band

the Meteors The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre — which fuses punk rock with rockabilly — its distinctive sound and style. About.co ...

, 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 CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kri ...

. It was the penultimate show at the club before its closing. The last show was performed the next day by

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''. Called the "punk poet ...

Track listing

UK CHS 3917 - 7" # "Poison Heart" # "Censorshit" UK 12CHSS 3917 - 12" # "Poison Heart (Live)" # "

Chinese Rocks "Chinese Rocks" or "Chinese Rock" is a song written in 1975 by New York punk rock musician Dee Dee Ramone with contributions from Richard Hell. Inspired by Lou Reed's " Heroin", the song openly details the day-to-day ravages of opiate addicti ...

(Live)" # "

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1977 through Sire Records. Written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone it appears on the band's third studio album '' Rocket to Russia'' (1977). The song ...

(Live)" # "Rockaway Beach (Live)"

Personnel

* Dee Dee Ramone - writer *

Joey Ramone Jeffrey Ross Hyman (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American musician, best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. His image, voice, and his tenure with the R ...

– lead vocals * Johnny Ramone – guitar * C. J. Ramone – bass *

Marky Ramone Marc Steven Bell (born July 15, 1952) is an American drummer. He began playing in hard rock bands in the New York City area, notably Dust and Estus. He was asked to drum for punk rock band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. He replaced drummer Tom ...

– drums *

Flo & Eddie Flo & Eddie is a comedy rock duo consisting of Mark Volman (Flo, short for Phlorescent Leech) and Howard Kaylan (Eddie). The two were the original founding members of the Top 40 mid-to late 1960s rock and pop group The Turtles. After the Turt ...

– 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-single-stub