Last Child

"Last Child" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford. It was released as the first single from the band's hard rock album Rocks in 1976. The song peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, one of many in a string of hit singles for the band in the mid-1970s.


Structure
The song is one of the most famous contributions of Brad Whitford to the band, featuring his signature opening guitar notes, riff, and solo. The song opens like a slow song, with the slow, careful playing of the guitar and Steven Tyler's dreamy lyrics. But then after 22 seconds, it abruptly changes to a hard rocking bluesy song, complete with a boogie background and two-guitar interplay between Brad Whitford and Joe Perry, with Whitford playing the low notes of the song's riff on the verse and Perry playing funk chords higher up on the neck.


Legacy
Long after its release, "Last Child" continues to see regular airplay on rock radio stations and is regularly rotated into Aerosmith's concert setlist, even on their latest tour. In concert, it is often Brad Whitford's feature spot, in which Steven Tyler gives him an introduction with something like "Brad Whitford, what you got to show for yourself?" or "What you got up your sleeve?" Brad often does a little bit of an intro before playing the opening notes to the song.

"Last Child" has also been re-released on numerous Aerosmith compilations including Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, and Devil's Got a New Disguise as well as numerous live collections including Live! Bootleg, Classics Live II, and A Little South of Sanity.

Trivia
The song is featured as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero II, with many noticeable differences: the rerecording uses a less deep tuning, and the song closes with a lengthy solo and the "home... sweet... home" verse repeated at the end, instead of the recorded fade-out. The track in the game is actually a cover of the version of Last Child found on A Little South of Sanity, not the recorded version on Rocks.
The song is one of Aerosmith's most funk-based tracks — modeled after the band The Meters, which Joe Perry was listening to at the time.

Home Tonight

"Home Tonight" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, the song is a ballad and is the last track on Aerosmith's masterpiece hard rock album Rocks. It was released as the second single from Rocks in 1976 and reached #71 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Appearances in other media
"Home Tonight" was featured in the video game Dead or Alive 3.

Back In The Saddle

"Back in the Saddle" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It is the first song on Aerosmith's pinnacle hard rock album Rocks released in 1976. The song was released as the third single from the album in 1977. It peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Song Background
The song's main riff was written by Joe Perry on a Fender Bass VI, which gives the song its distinctive "growl". Brad Whitford plays the lead guitar part. "Back in the Saddle" also features one of the heaviest and noticeable bass lines by Tom Hamilton. The song is also notable for the slow buildup of the drum beat and guitar riff in the beginning of the song, as well as the sound effects of a galloping horse and whips, and screams and yodeling by Steven Tyler at the end of the song. When the song is performed in concert, Steven Tyler often makes more noticeable lyrical and visible references to sex. Although the lyrics, by Steven Tyler, were written with the simple idea of cowboys and sex, this song took on new meaning after Aerosmith reunited in 1984 and embarked on their Back in the Saddle tour.

Today, the song remains a staple on rock radio and in concert. It is arguably one of the heaviest songs of Aerosmith's Top 40 singles, and is cited by rock musicians Slash and James Hetfield as among their favorite rock songs.


Cover versions
Sebastian Bach covered the song on his 2007 solo album Angel Down, the song is duet with Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. According to Bach, he and Rose tried to persuade Steven Tyler to sing on the song.


In other media
Provided theme music for the NFL season kick-off in 2003
A remake of this song, filmed in Las Vegas, will serve as ESPN's theme music for NASCAR in 2007.
Was used as entrance music for the late Canadian professional wrestler, Chris Benoit during his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling.
UFC fighter Randy Couture used the song as entrance music for his 2007 comeback fight against Tim Sylvia where at 41 years of age, he won the UFC Heavyweight title.
Used as introduction music for the Oklahoma State University football team.

Draw The Line

"Draw the Line" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and was released in 1977 as the first single (and title track) from the album Draw the Line. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100, just missing the Top 40.

The song encompasses many of the typical things Aerosmith is known for, including the relative simplicity of the song and lyrics, the strong rhythm backbeat by Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer, the back-and-forth interplay between guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. The song slows down and then builds to a climax showcasing Steven Tyler's trademark scream. Lately in concert, however, the chief focus is on lead guitarist Joe Perry, who does an extended guitar solo before the song's climax and showcases his mastery of the guitar, performing many tricks including beating the guitar with his shirt and having drummer Joey Kramer hit the guitar with his drumsticks.

The b-side of the single, "Chip Away the Stone," was not on the Draw the Line album but eventually surfaced on Gems (a compilation of heavier, harder-edged Aerosmith album tracks that were largely not singles, though many were played live at one time or another). "Chip Away the Stone" was written by Richie Supa and received a fair amount of radio airplay after the release of Gems, and found its way into Aerosmith's live setlists for a while.


Cover Versions
Thrash metal band Testament recorded a cover of "Draw the Line" for a greatest hits compilation of theirs, making it the second Aerosmith song they've covered, the first being "Nobody's Fault."

Kings And Queens

"Kings and Queens" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, and Jack Douglas, which is basically every member of the band (except Joe Perry), as well as their producer, who helped the band write many of the songs on Draw the Line. The song was released as the second single from Draw the Line in 1978. It didn't fare as well as many of the band's previous singles, only reaching #70 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is likely due to the gloomy lyrics of the song, and its relatively long running time.

The song was included on the album Aerosmith's Greatest Hits in 1980, and Greatest Hits 1973-1988 in 2004, however it was considerably edited, taking out many of the guitar parts. This version is sometimes heard on radio, although many rock stations do play the full version to this day.

The song was a staple of Aerosmith concerts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was included on the album Classics Live!. However, the band rarely played it since. On one rare occasion, the band played the song at a show in Providence, Rhode Island in 2005 on the Rockin' the Joint Tour, much to the delight of fans. However, the band tends to favor Draw the Line's other single, the "title track", which has become a live staple as of late.

The Aerosmith tribute band, Draw the Line, can frequently be heard performing the song.

Come Together

"Come Together" is a song by the rock band The Beatles written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song is the lead-off track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road. One month later it also appeared as one of the sides of the group's twenty-first single (it was a double A-side, the other side being George Harrison's "Something") in the United Kingdom, their twenty-sixth in the United States.

Aerosmith version
American hard rock band Aerosmith did one of the first and most successful cover versions of "Come Together". It was recorded in 1978 and appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which the band also appeared in. The single was an immediate success, reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, following on the heels of a string of Top 40 hits for the band in the mid-1970s. However it would be the last Top 40 hit for the band for nearly a decade.

A rare live demo of the song was also released months later on Aerosmith's live album Live! Bootleg. The song was also featured on Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, the band's single-disc compilation released in 1980. The song has also surfaced on a number of Aerosmith compilations and live albums since then, as well as on the soundtrack for the film Armageddon.

The Aerosmith version is still frequently heard on mainstream and album rock radio stations. Aerosmith still occasionally performs "Come Together" in concert.

Since 2006, New Zealand telecommunications company Telecom used a cover of this song for its "Come Together" campaign.

Remember (Walking in the Sand)

"Remember (Walking in the Sand)" is a song written by Shadow Morton.

Aerosmith Version
Aerosmith released a more rock-oriented version of the song (featuring uncredited backing vocals by Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las) as a single in 1980 from their album Night in the Ruts. This version also charted on the Hot 100 (peaking at #67), though it did not achieve the success of the other two covers.

Lightening Strikes

"Lightning Strikes" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the first and only single from the band's 1982 album Rock in a Hard Place. It is notable as Aerosmith's only charting single from the lineup without guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, who were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay after they left the band in 1979 and 1981 respectively.

The song was written by Richie Supa, a friend and collaborator of the band. Despite Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford leaving the band before the album's release, he can be heard playing the rhythm guitar parts on the song. The song was released as a single to rock radio in 1982 and reached #21 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Music video
The band created one of their earliest actual music videos for MTV and other networks with this song. The music video flashes back and forth between the band performing in what appears to be a studio or small venue and then out on the streets, where the band members flash angry looks, and wield baseball bats, chains, knives, and other weapons, suggesting a fight is about to take place. The song also features fake lightning strikes during the transitions between the band's performance and the streets, and also baseball bats hitting unsuspecting melons in the air!

Let The Music Do The Talking

"Let the Music Do the Talking" is a song recorded by The Joe Perry Project in 1980 and later re-recorded by the re-united Aerosmith in 1985. It was written by Joe Perry.


Overview
After guitarist Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979, he formed his solo project, aptly titled The Joe Perry Project. He released his first album, Let the Music Do the Talking in 1980. The song was included as the first song and title track of the record.

In 1984, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford rejoined Aerosmith. Aerosmith recorded the album Done with Mirrors in 1985. Lead singer Steven Tyler and the other band members were quite impressed with Perry's "Let the Music Do the Talking" and decided to include it on the album. The entire song was re-recorded by Aerosmith with new lyrics sung by Steven Tyler, and the running time reduced about a minute. The song, one of the band's more harder rocking songs, was released as a single to rock radio shortly after the album's release. It became the band's most successful single off the record, peaking at #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Music video
The music video for the song features the band performing live at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston.

The venue's white shirted security guards that appear in the video were actually bouncers recruited earlier in the evening from Boston's now defunct Channel nightclub.


In concert
The song was a live staple for The Joe Perry Project in the early 1980s, as well as for Aerosmith in the mid-1980s, during their 1984-85 "Back in the Saddle" reunion tour, their 1985-86 tour in support of Done with Mirrors, and their 1987-88 tour in support of Permanent Vacation. The band has only occasionally rotated the song into the setlist since then.

"Let the Music Do the Talking" was also included on the live album Classics Live II, released in 1987.

Shela

"Shela" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It is included as track 5 on the band's 1985 comeback album Done with Mirrors. The songwriting credits are credited to all members of Aerosmith and the song is four minutes and thirty-two seconds in length.

The song was almost as successful as the album's first single "Let the Music Do the Talking", reaching #20 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1986.

Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the first single from the Permanent Vacation album in 1987. It reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, #41 on the Hot Dance Club Play charts, and #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was written by songwriter Desmond Child, lead guitarist Joe Perry and lead singer Steven Tyler, and is 4:24 long.

Lyrical interpretation
The song, which originally started out as "Cruisin' for a Lady", talks about a male with an effeminate appearance who is mistaken for a female. There is a story that the song was inspired by the glam look of the members of Mötley Crüe and their constant usage of the word "dude". Steven Tyler says in the book Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith, "Then one day we met Mötley Crüe, and they're all going, 'Dude!' Dude this and Dude that, everything was Dude. 'Dude (Looks Like a Lady)' came out of that session."

Joe Perry came up with the chorus riff, and Steven came up with the chorus refrain.

In his recent book, The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe claims that the song was specifically inspired by Vince Neil, singer with Mötley Crüe.


Video
The video for Dude (Looks Like a Lady) features the band performing live onstage as well as random moments of characters portraying transvestites, including a cameo appearance by A&R man John Kalodner dressed up in a wedding dress at one point. This is a joke based on the fact that Kalodner always dresses in white.

There are also some provocative sexual performances, both by lead singer Steven Tyler as well as an attractive female who has her skirt partially lifted to reveal an Aerosmith "wings" tattoo on her buttocks.


Award Nominations
"Dude" picked up two MTV Video Music Award nominations in 1988 (the first for the band). It was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Stage Performance, but failed to gain the wins. The band made up for it eventually, winning over 10 "moon-men" and 4 Grammys in the 1990s.


Legacy
The song has long been a staple on both rock radio and in concert, as the band has regularly rotated it into their setlists over the years.

The song has been featured on a number of subsequent compilations by Aerosmith including Big Ones, O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, Devil's Got a New Disguise and the live album A Little South of Sanity.

According to Tyler, this is one of the two Aerosmith songs he is not very fond of performing on stage. The other song is "Angel".[citation needed]


Appearance in Other Media
The song is notable for its inclusion as being part of an on-screen dance and air guitar sequence in Mrs. Doubtfire, along with being on the soundtrack for the 1993 film, starring Robin Williams and Sally Field.

It was also performed live by the band in the 1993 comedy film Wayne's World 2 starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. The live version was featured on the soundtrack along with a live version of the band's 1993 hit "Shut Up and Dance".

The song is performed by Julia Sweeney in It's Pat!.

The song is used in the Aerosmith-themed Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at the Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Shakira performed the song live to honor Aerosmith during the band's MTV Icon.

The song was played at Philadelphia Flyers home games when "androgynous" Jaromir Jagr appeared for the visiting team.

In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode, Billy Gets an 'A', Grim makes a reference to the song when he sees Billy's dad as a woman in an alternate universe by saying "Dude looks like a lady!".

Noel Fielding refers to it as a song for his androgynous attire in art college

Hangman Jury

"Hangman Jury" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1987 on the album Permanent Vacation. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry, and outside collaborator Jim Vallance.

Background
"Hangman Jury" is a re-working of an old blues song, used by numerous artists over the years, particularly Leadbelly and Taj Mahal. The chant it was based off of was the refrain, "whoa boy, dontcha line the track-a-lack-a", which is often called "Linin' Track" or "Line 'Em". Joe Perry added the acoustic guitar, and Tyler re-worked the song, building it around the refrain, adding original verses of his own. Tyler and Perry had the song mostly completed when they worked with Vallance on the song in the spring of 1987.

Tyler received permission from Taj Mahal to use the refrain (thinking he wrote it), however he did not receive permission from Leadbelly. Tyler felt that the song was a classic American chant dating back to the days of slavery and that it was in the public domain, meaning nobody actually owned it. However, after Leadbelly recorded it, he claimed ownership of the song. Subsequently, Leadbelly's estate sued Aerosmith about a year after "Hangman Jury" was released.

Structure
"Hangman Jury" begins with special sound effects, including a creaking rocking chair and the sounds of a summer night, including chirping crickets. The song begins with acoustic guitars, a percussion instrument, and then a harmonica part. Tyler then begins the first verse and the refrain, while the acoustic guitars continue to play. After the first few lines, the song kicks into a hard rock song, with electric guitars, drums, and bass.

Chart performance
The song was released to rock radio in 1987. It hit #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1987, and stayed on that chart for 12 weeks. It was the fourth most successful single from the Permanent Vacation album.

In concert
The band resurrected the song as a setlist staple in the mid 2000s, performing it at several concerts around the world on their 2007 World Tour. Tyler and Perry performed the acoustic portion of the song sitting down at the end of the catwalk, before going into "Seasons of Wither". In concert, Tyler often substitutes the line, "I'd stand on the rock that Moses done stood" for the line "I'd stand on the rock Joe Perry done stood".

Angel

"Angel" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and professional songwriting collaborator Desmond Child. It was released in 1988 as the second single from the band's massively successful 1987 album Permanent Vacation. It quickly climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest chart performance for any Aerosmith single.


Song Structure
A classic heavy metal power ballad, it incorporates many of the stylings of rock ballads, including driving electrical guitar riffs by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, pianos and violin sounds (from a keyboard), an emotional delivery of lyrics by Steven Tyler, a strong rhythm by bassist Tom Hamilton, and well-placed steady drum beats by Joey Kramer.


Video
The music video for "Angel" focuses primarily on a character played by Steven Tyler who is hypnotized by an intangible angel, presumably his ex-lover. There are also scenes of him playing the piano.

The other band members can be seen playing their instruments on city streets, and there is a notable guitar solo by Joe Perry on a rural highway.


Legacy
While Aerosmith tends to favor "What it Takes", "Dream On", and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" as their signature ballads in concert, "Angel" still gets the occasional rotation into the setlist.[citation needed]

"Angel" has been featured on a number of compilations including Big Ones and O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits as well as the live album A Little South of Sanity. It also appeared on international versions of their "best of" 2006 album "Devil's Got a New Disguise", but not on the U.S. version.

Rag Doll

"Rag Doll" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It is from the 1987 album Permanent Vacation. It was released as a single in 1988. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, and Holly Knight.

Song Origin
The song's lyrics were primarily written by Tyler and Vallance, Perry originating the guitar riff, and Vallance writing the bass line. The song was originally titled "Rag Time" and the big timers didn't like that, so Holly Knight was called in to help change that lyric. She suggested "Rag Doll", which was actually another title Steven and Jim thought of, but Holly ended up getting credits just for one word. Steven was horrified about this and often complained to his manager. [1]


Chart Performance
It peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, #12 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #42 on the UK charts.


Song Structure
The song is notable for drummer Joey Kramer's 1-2-1-2 lead beat in the beginning of the song, saxophones, and Joe Perry's slide guitar. The song's lyrics go in sync with the song's melody.

The music on the radio single differed from the album version in having a more urgent, driving beat, fueled by Tom Hamilton's bass, and slightly different sax notes. This version had an earlier fadeout, omitting the classic one featuring the sax solo and Tyler's scat singing. The video (see below) is based on the album version of the song.


Music Video
The video flashes back and forth between an Aerosmith concert at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, TN and the band down on the streets of New Orleans. In the closing moments Steven Tyler is driving down Hamilton Street in Johnson City in an old Shelby Cobra.

Love in an Elevator

"Love in an Elevator" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith, and written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It was released in 1989 as the first single from their commercially and critically successful album Pump. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Lyrics
The song's lyrics suggest a man who is seduced by a female ("She said, 'can I see you later and love you just a little more?'"), in the workplace ("She said, 'I'll show you how to fax in the mail room, honey, and have you home by five'"), which he doesn't seem to mind ("I kinda hope we get stuck, nobody gets out alive").

Steven Tyler claims the songs lyrics were inspired by an experience he encountered at a hotel, in which he was making out with a girl in the elevator and they started making love as the doors opened; "It felt like a lifetime waiting for those doors to close," quipped Tyler. Indeed one of the song's lines appears to directly relate to this experience: "Lovin' it up when I hit the ground."


Song Structure
Preceding the song is a 16-second dialogue titled "Going Down" spoken by a female department store clerk who says "Second floor, hardware, children's wear, lady's lingerie. Oh, good morning Mr. Tyler...going down?", followed by a suggestive snicker by Steven Tyler.

The lyrics come at rapid-fire pace which Steven Tyler sings in almost perfect sync with the guitars in the song. In addition, the choruses are quite frequent throughout the song, most especially near the end of the song.

Also notable is the two-minute-long guitar solo in the middle of the song, broken up only by short echoing phrases like "going down" and "Love in...", as well as Joey Kramer's drum beats which denote the change in guitarists playing the lead solo...both Joe Perry and Brad Whitford play high-caliber guitar solos in the song.


Video
The video for the song starts off with the band walking up to a department store elevator, and an attractive female says "2nd floor...hardware, children's wear, lady's lingerie. Oh, good morning Mr. Tyler, going down?" Steven Tyler enters the elevator and the song starts.

The video flashes back and forth between the band performing live and scenes from the department store.

The scenes in the department store and elevator include Brad Whitford being hypnotized by fake department store models turning into real ones when he's not looking, Joey Kramer dressed up like a woman, Joe Perry and his wife (both topless) kissing in the elevator, Steven Tyler kissing the female department store clerk, and Tom Hamilton playing his bass grooves, in addition to the odd performances of other random characters, including a butcher, a fat lady, midgets, and a male model.

At the end of the song, all the band members gather around the microphone to sing "Love in an Elevator...lovin' it up when I'm going down". And then it flashes back to a scene in which the elevator doors close.


Live in Concert
The song has consistently been a staple in the band's setlist on almost every tour they have performed since the song's release. It is a fan favorite and is well-known among mainstream audiences. Additionally, it allows for fan interaction due to the repeated chant of "whoa, yeah" throughout the song, which the band encourages the audience to sing.

Also, in concert, Steven Tyler often changes the lyrics to more controversial and profanity-laden ones. On a version of the song featured on the live album A Little South of Sanity, culled from the band's tours in the 1990s, one can hear Steven Tyler say "lick your f***in' ass" instead of "kiss your sassafrass".


Success
The song received a Grammy award nomination in 1990 for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal", but lost out to supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys.

F.I.N.E.

"F.I.N.E." is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry. The song title is an acronym for "f***ed Up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional", as stated in the album's liner notes. The song, totaling four minutes, nine seconds, is the second track on the band's 1989 album Pump. It was released as a single to rock radio in 1989, and reached #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Song information
"F.I.N.E." is a more upbeat hard rocking song, similar to "Young Lust" both lyrically and musically. The song's lyrics are very raunchy and focus on youth angst and horniness, and the verses feature the line "I'm ready" after each line, suggesting horniness, or being "ready" for sex. Many tongue-in-cheek lyrics are prevalent throughout the song including "she's got the Cracker Jack, now all I want's the prize", "I got the right key baby, but the wrong keyhole", "I shove my tongue right between your cheeks", etc. The chorus features a repeating of the word "Alright", followed by a person who thinks the narrator is alright, including "your daddy", "your mama", "my old lady", "my little sister", "my brother", "even Tipper" (a reference to Tipper Gore who headed the P.M.R.C. censorship campaign during this time), and "Joe Perry" (a reference to Aerosmith's lead guitarist).

The only mentions of the term "F.I.N.E." are in the line "my brand new baby looks so F-I-N-E fine" and in a bridge towards the end of the song, where Tyler sings "everything about you is so F-I-N-E fine". Later on in the Pump album, in the song "What It Takes", there's a line that goes "girl, before I met you I was F-I-N-E fine".


Meaning of acronym
In the album liner notes, F.I.N.E. is said to stand for "f***ed up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional."

This may have an assosiation to the Rehabilation programs such as A.A and N.A. . The A.A. groups use this to describe the feeling of your life being out of control.


In other media
The song is featured in Walt Disney World's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith in the coaster car with the license plate "H8TRFFC".


Miscellaneous
"F.I.N.E." was also one of the potential album titles brainstormed for the album which eventually became Pump, but Geffen A&R man John Kalodner insisted he wouldn't have an album called "FINE".
F.I.N.E. is also the name of a Rock band from Portland, Maine.
The acronym is also discussed in the movie The Italian Job

Janie's Got A Gun

"Janie's Got a Gun" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton. It was released as the second single from Pump in 1989. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990, and also made it to #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also reached #1 in Australia, their first single #1 there, and one of two #1 singles for the band in that country.

Song structure
On the album, "Janie's Got a Gun" is preceded by a 40-second instrumental called "Water Song", which features the work of professional instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch, who uses a glass harmonica, wind gong, and bullroarers to produce the special effects heard at the start of the song.

Steven Tyler came up with the main riff of "Janie's Got a Gun" using a low-tone setting on his keyboard. Co-songwriter Tom Hamilton then came up with the bassline. The guitars and drum parts were configured in later, and Steven Tyler was responsible for writing the lyrics.


Lyrical interpretation
The song is about a girl named Janie who takes out revenge on her father after being sexually abused; it is one of the few Aerosmith songs to deal with a heavy social issue. Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler says that he came up with the title and melody before he knew what direction he wanted the song to take. It had taken nine months to finish the lyrics; after Tyler read a Newsweek article on gunshot victims, he was able to connect the song with the theme of child abuse/incest. The line "He jacked a little bitty baby" was originally "He raped a little bitty baby," but was changed for commercial purposes. In addition, the line "...and put a bullet in his brain" was sometimes changed to "...and left him in the pouring rain" for the radio airplay version.


Video
The video, released in 1990, was directed by noted video director and later film director David Fincher.

The video was very groundbreaking at the time, featuring gruesome realistic scenes that would later be the basis for many videos of the 1990s. The video made even more explicit the abovementioned references to incest; early in the video, the actor playing the father is shown exiting his daughter's room, and cuts to a shot of the girl crying. The actress playing Janie is Kristin Dattilo of The Chris Isaak Show fame. Dattilo was then 19 years old.


Parodies
The song title was parodied on The Daily Show on February 13, 2006; at one point, while Jon Stewart and his "correspondents" were mocking the Dick Cheney hunting incident, a placard displayed the caption "Cheney's Got a Gun." A parody song of that same name was written by Bob Rivers and is featured on the website atomfilms.com. Three other "Cheney's Got a Gun" parodies were submitted to the popular music parody website Amiright, along with the Bob Rivers version of the parody.

Another parody was "Elmo's Got a Gun" by Tommy & Rumble. It was about Sesame Street character Elmo going on a killing spree. It is often misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In Not Another Teen Movie (2001), a scene parodies 10 Things I Hate About You, where Heath Ledger's character sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" to Julia Stiles' character over the PA system in an act of romance. In Not Another Teen Movie, Jake is told to sing a song with the girl's name in it. Unfortunately Jake sings "Janie's Got a Gun", which gets Janie arrested by campus police for suspicion of a concealed weapon.

On the Full House episode "Our Very First Telethon", Joey Gladstone sings "Janie's Got a Gun" for the telethon, "We Love Our Children Telethon '90".


Awards
The song won the band a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1991.
The song's video won the band an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video as well as MTV Video Music Award - Viewer's Choice in 1990.

Rankings on Lists
"Janie's Got a Gun" ranked #37 on VH1's 100 Greatest 80's Songs.
In 1993, "Rolling Stone: The Top 100 Music Videos" included "Janie" at #95.
In 1999, "MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made" included it at #48.
In 2001, "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" included it at #48.

What It Takes

"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. It is one of Aerosmith's classic ballads, and is regarded by both fans and critics alike as among their best. In the video The Making of Pump, A&R man John Kalodner described the song as "a f***in' masterpiece".

The album version of the song is followed by an untitled hidden track.


Chart performance
The single reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Live in concert
In concert, Steven Tyler often sings the first verse a-capella before the band goes into the chorus and remainder of the song.


Music video
There are two videos for the song. One features the band performing in a bar. The other is culled from scenes from The Making of Pump, a film which documented the recording process of the Pump album. The latter receives much greater airplay, and was also the version the band chose to include on their video collection Big Ones You Can Look At.

The Other Side

"The Other Side" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith, and written by Steven Tyler and Jim Vallance. It was released in 1990 as the fourth single from the band's highly successful 1989 album Pump.

Success
Peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song marked a first for Aerosmith, as it became the fourth song from a single album of theirs to chart in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Only Get a Grip has equaled this feat.

Additionally, the song reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the third single from Pump to do so.


Song Structure
On the album, a 0:49 second instrumental called "Dulcimer Stomp" acts as an interlude before the song begins. This is often cut out on radio, but not always.

The song features a notable horn section, as well as a memorable chorus line repeated several times throughout the song ("Lovin' you has got to be like the devil in the deep blue sea" and the background refrain of "Take me to the other side"). A very bluesy guitar and piano solo also highlights the middle of the song.


Holland-Dozier-Holland
Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland claimed the main riff in the song highly resembled one of their works, the Four Tops' 1966 hit "Standing in the Shadows of Love". and threatened legal action. Aerosmith's management worked out a deal in which their names would be added to the songwriting credit to avert a lawsuit.


Awards
The song won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video in 1991.


Track listing
"The Other Side [LP Version]" - Steven Tyler/Jim Vallance – 4:07
"The Other Side [Matt Dike 'Honky Tonk' Version" - Steven Tyler/Jim Vallance – 5:10
"The Other Side [Club Mix]" - Steven Tyler/Jim Vallance – 7:05
"Theme From 'Wayne's World'" – 1:30
"My Girl [LP Version]" - Steven Tyler/Joe Perry – 3:11

Monkey On My Back

"Monkey On My Back" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry, the song was released on the band's 1989 album Pump. It was released as a single to rock radio in 1990, where it reached #17 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


Song information
The song is one of Aerosmith's most straightforward songs about how the band overcame drug abuse and addiction, and got the "monkey off their back." In the video The Making of Pump, Steven Tyler discusses how it was one of the few songs on Pump to make use of the F word, in the line "feeding that f***in' monkey on my back". But Tyler felt he needed to make use of the word, to be more harsh and garner more attention on the issue. He felt it would make kids' ears perk up and listen to the lyrics and message of the song, which was more effective in telling the consequences of drug use, rather than the attitude of the time which was simply "just say no".


Live performances
The band performed the song heavily on the Pump Tour from 1989-1990 and also at other tours throughout the 1990s. Additionally, the band performed the song at several famous televised performances, including on Saturday Night Live on February 21, 1990 as well as at their MTV Unplugged performance on September 18, 1990.

"Monkey on My Back" was also included on the band's 1998 live compilation A Little South of Sanity