1994Released
5:10

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Interesting facts and trivia about What It Takes. By Songfacts®.

This song is about breaking up with a girlfriend and wanting to know what it takes to get over it. When they started putting it together, is sounded like a lovelorn, twangy country song, which they remedied by adding electric guitars. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry wrote it with Desmond Child, who had written a few other songs with the band, including "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)." Child has a tremendous hit rate when it comes to songwriting - he's also charted with songs for Bon Jovi, Cher, Alice Cooper and many others.

The lyrics, "Girl, before I met you I was F.I.N.E - fine," are a reference to another song on the album: F.I.N.E..

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of What It Takes.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
143BPM

Album

The album What It Takes is released on.
Big OnesAerosmith
1994Compilation

Released By

The record label that has released What It Takes.
Geffen
© 1994 Geffen Records Inc.
This Compilation ℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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