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Look What the Cat Dragged In by Poison
Look What the Cat Dragged In is an album by Poison, released in 1986. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Talk Dirty to Me”, on 31 lists with a best position of #106.
Look What the Cat Dragged In, Poison's debut, came out on May 23, 1986, through Enigma and Capitol, and it's glam metal at its most cheerfully shameless. The band had come out of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and the lineup here is the classic one: Bret Michaels up front singing and strumming, C.C. DeVille on lead guitar, Bobby Dall on bass and Rikki Rockett on drums.
The record didn't take off right away, but it kept grinding, and a year on it had climbed to 3 on the Billboard 200. "Talk Dirty to Me" did the heavy lifting, all bubblegum riffs, a chorus built for yelling along and DeVille's guitar squealing like tires in a mall parking lot, and "I Want Action" and "I Won't Forget You" kept the momentum going. It was gold by 1987 and triple platinum by 1990.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Look What the Cat Dragged In on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk Dirty to Me | 31 | #106 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1 | #203 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | Cry Tough | 1 | #687 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Play Dirty | 1 | #897 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.