Tygers of Pan Tang - Love Potion No. 9 (BBC Studios at OGWT 1982)

The song was first recorded by an American rhythm and blues/doo-wop vocal group “The Clovers“ in 1959 and then released from the studio album of Tygers Of Pan Tang “The Cage“ by MCA Records in August 1982. The video was recorded at BBC studios for the British television music show “The Old Grey Whistle Test“ in 1982. Tygers of Pan Tang are a heavy metal band, part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. They formed in 1978 in Whitley Bay, England, and were active until 1987. The band reformed in 1999 and continue to record and perform. The name is derived from Pan Tang, a fictional archipelago in Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné fantasy series whose wizards keep tigers as pets. Subsequently John Sykes (formerly of Streetfighter, later in Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder) was added as second guitarist. Jess Cox had a falling out with the others and quit, to be replaced by Persian Risk vocalist Jon Deverill. This lineup released Spellbound in 1981. Sykes quit after the release of the third album, Crazy Nights, to audition for Ozzy Osbourne’s band. He was replaced by ex-Penetration guitarist Fred Purser who had to learn the set in two days before touring. Emerging in 1978 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, English rockers Tygers of Pan Tang employ a muscular blend of melody and might that falls somewhere between Def Leppard and Saxon. After debuting in 1980 with the raw, chart-topping Wildcat, the band issued a string of successful LPs with more commercial aspirations and landed a pair of hits with “Hellbound“ and a fiery cover of the Leiber & Stoller-penned “Love Potion No. 9.“ Label disputes ate up the next few years, putting a damper on their ascension, but they returned with a retooled lineup in 1985. The group ceased operations two years later, but officially re-formed in 1999 around guitarist and co-founder Robb Weir, who guided the band through a string of new studio albums, including Animal Instinct (2008), Ambush (2012), and Tygers of Pan Tang (2016). “Love Potion No. 9“ lyrics: I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She’s got a pad 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 ninteen-fifty-six 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 mix 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 it was day or night I started kissin’ everything in sight But when I kissed a cop at 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 it was day or night I started kissin’ everything in sight I had so much fun that I’m going back again I wonder what happen with love potion number ten? Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine... Thank you for watching me! More rare videos are coming up soon!!!