Song · Poison
“Play Dirty” by Poison
From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
“Play Dirty” by Poison appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1986 on the album Look What the Cat Dragged In. Its best result is #897 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,228 hard rock song of all time.
Poison's debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In, hit the racks on Enigma and Capitol on May 23, 1986, and "Play Dirty" carries a four-way writing credit for Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett. Michaels sings lead, DeVille plays guitar, Dall bass and Rockett drums. Ric Browde produced, Jim Faraci co-produced and engineered, and Michael Wagener mixed.
The glam-metal record around it was a slow burn rather than an overnight smash. It was no hit at first, but it gathered steam for a year until it reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 in May 1987, and rode "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action" and "I Won't Forget You" all the way to triple platinum by 1990.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 897 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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