Poison

song written and composed by Alice Cooper, Desmond Child and John McCurry; originally recorded by Alice Cooper and released in 1989
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q508899
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Poison

Summary

Poison is a musical work/composition[1]. Poison ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,034 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Poison's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Poison's composer is recorded as Desmond Child[4].
  • Poison's composer is recorded as Alice Cooper[5].
  • Poison's composer is recorded as John McCurry[6].
  • Poison's genre is hard rock[7].
  • Poison followed Freedom[8].
  • Poison was followed by Bed of Nails[9].
  • Poison was produced by Desmond Child[10].
  • Among the performers on Poison was Alice Cooper[11].
  • Among the performers on Poison was Torgny Melins[12].
  • Poison's record label is recorded as Epic Records[13].
  • Poison is part of Trash[14].
  • Poison's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • Poison was published on 1989[16].
  • Poison's lyricist is recorded as Alice Cooper[17].
  • Poison's lyricist is recorded as Desmond Child[18].
  • Poison's lyricist is recorded as John McCurry[19].
  • Poison's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Poison'}[20].
  • Poison's different from is recorded as Poison[21].
  • Poison's form of creative work is recorded as song[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 95979afa-9ff0-3851-b57e-ab122a8f30ac[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Alice Cooper[11] and Torgny Melins[12]. Poison was produced by Desmond Child[10].

Publication

Poison was released on 1989[16]. Poison's language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Poison's genre is hard rock[7]. Poison is part of Trash[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Poison followed Freedom[8]. Poison was followed by Bed of Nails[9].

Why It Matters

Poison ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,034 views/month).[2] Poison has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Poison. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/poison-q508899
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Alice Cooper, Torgny Melins
    Part of Trash
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701208641, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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