What It Takes

~ Recording by Aerosmith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 1989-09-12 US
1.10What It Takes6:30AerosmithPump (BMG Music Service)
  • 1989-09-12 US
1.10What It Takes6:30AerosmithPump
  • 1989-09-12 US
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 1989-09-25 JP
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 1989-09 GB
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.14What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump (Club Edition - US)
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes?:??AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump (Distribution Code: F: BM650)
1.14What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump (Distribution Codes: D: QB; F: RC650)
1.10What It Takes6:30AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:30AerosmithPump (club edition)
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 1991-03-21 JP
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 1998-09-12 ZA
1.10What It Takes6:31AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 2001-11-20 US
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes / [hidden instrumental]6:30AerosmithPump
  • 2006-10-12 CA
  • 2006-10-12 MX
  • 2006-10-12 US
1.10What It Takes6:26AerosmithPump (‘Back to Black’ series)
1.10What It Takes6:29Aerosmith2 for 1: Pump + Permanent Vacation
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
  • 2010-02-03 -
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
  • 2010-02-17 JP
3.10What It Takes6:28Aerosmith4 Original Albums
  • 2010-12-20 XE
1.10What It Takes6:27AerosmithPump
  • 2012-11-02 -
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:29AerosmithPump
1.10What It Takes6:27AerosmithPump
  • 2014-02-03 XW
1.10What It Takes6:31AerosmithPump
  • 2015-11-20 XW
1.10What It Takes6:27AerosmithPump
  • 2022-12-07 XW
1.10What It Takes / [hidden instrumental]6:30AerosmithPump
  • 2022-12-07 -
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
  • 2022-12-07 -
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
  • 2022-12-07 -
Promotion
1.14What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
  • 1989-09-12 US
1.10What It Takes6:28AerosmithPump
1.9What It Takes6:29AerosmithGripping Stuff!
(unknown)
1.10What It Takes6:31AerosmithPump

Relationships

additional engineer:Ken Lomas
engineer and mixer:Mike Fraser
producer:Bruce Fairbairn
additional horn [horns]:The Margarita Horns
additional horn [The Margarita Horns]:Henry Christian
Bruce Fairbairn
Tom Keenlyside
Ian Putz
additional keyboard [keyboards]:John Webster
drums (drum set):Joey Kramer
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:Tom Hamilton
electric guitar [guitars]:Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
harmonica, keyboard [keyboards] and lead vocals:Steven Tyler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 1989)
Geffen Records Inc. (in 1989)
The David Geffen Company (in 1989)
UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1989)
WEA International Inc. (in 1989)
recorded at:Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2lxLEih6iHs8DXhIXyPKh8 [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/2rVeiO8AI1ZDSv4wjS46OX [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/track/36322320 [info]
recording of:What It Takes

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