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About This Track
“What It Takes” is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. It was released in 1990 as the third single from Aerosmith’s critically and commercially successful 1989 album Pump. In the video The Making of Pump, A&R man John Kalodner described the song as “a fuckin’ masterpiece”.
The album version of the song is followed by an untitled hidden track.
The single reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song contained numerous references to other Aerosmith songs in its lyrics. Tyler spells “F.I.N.E.” after the first verse. He mentions that his “heart’s been doing time” (Hearts Done Time). The song contains other, smaller references. It is not uncommon for Aerosmith to reference their own songs within their songs (for example, “Eat The Rich” and “Just Push Play” both contain references to “Walk This Way”).
The album version of the song is followed by an untitled hidden track.
The single reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song contained numerous references to other Aerosmith songs in its lyrics. Tyler spells “F.I.N.E.” after the first verse. He mentions that his “heart’s been doing time” (Hearts Done Time). The song contains other, smaller references. It is not uncommon for Aerosmith to reference their own songs within their songs (for example, “Eat The Rich” and “Just Push Play” both contain references to “Walk This Way”).
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TittiesnBeer wrote:
Classic Aerosmith ballad. Awesome!!!
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Daniel_flippy wrote:
Tell Me What I Takes To Let You Gooooooooooooo
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Pedrorockeiro wrote:
Pump, the best album
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clffbrd7 wrote:
THIS BAND RUNS DEEP 4 ME. NEVERMIND HOW KICK ASS THEY ARE BUT THE 3RD DATE I TOOK MY WIFE ON WAS AN AEROSMITH SHOW. SHE WAS MINE! LOVE EM
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DennisRicley wrote:
Great
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
guitar..........Great Song !!!!!!
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loquecuesta wrote:
Why cut the solo guitar and the end !!! One of the greatest ballads ever !!!
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fernandagrael wrote:
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own !
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SasukeJJ wrote:
... girl before i met you, i was F.I.N.E. fine, but your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time...
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danshakin wrote:
(i was 13)
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danshakin wrote:
Sang this to my school girlfriend 23 years ago, what a knob i must have looked!
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Lvent wrote:
YeaYeah!!
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
my favorite aerosmith ballad
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gamerOU812 wrote:
AEROSMITH!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PFTWAL wrote:
My favourite Aerosmith track. One of the greatest ballads ever.
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ClassicRockMan wrote:
"there goes my old girlfriend"
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Reaper_X wrote:
One of their best..
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johnrush2112 wrote:
Hi Tracey,see you on alot of the music i listen too. Amazing pic. There goes my old girlfiend theres another diamond ring. boy have i said that to many times!
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traceyeakes wrote:
nothing like aerosmith....this song goes way back for me
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IColdEmbraceI wrote:
Crawl into your favorite hole
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