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| Recording Artist: | Aerosmith | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Steven
Tyler Jim Vallance |
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| Date Written: | December 1988 - January 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Pump (Geffen, 1989) Big Ones (Geffen, 1994) A Little South Of Sanity (Geffen, 1998) Young Lust (Geffen, 2001) O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (Columbia, 2002) Gold: Aerosmith (January 11, 2005) Devil's Got A New Disguise (Columbia/Sony, 2006) / *European edition only 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection (November 6, 2007) |
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| Charts: | #1 - Billboard
Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1990 (16 weeks on the chart) |
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| Awards: | Best Metal/Hard Rock Video - MTV Music Video Awards, September 5, 1991 | ||||||||||||
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| Audio 1: | |||||||||||||
| Steven Tyler: vocal Joe Perry: guitar Brad Whitford: guitar Tom Hamilton: bass Joey Kramer: drums |
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| Bruce Fairbairn: trumpet Henry Christian: trumpet Tom Keenlyside: tenor sax Ian Putz: baritone sax |
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Produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver Canada, April-June 1989. |
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| Above: The "music minus vocals" demo I recorded for Steven in December 1988. I'm playing piano, guitar, bass and drums. The horns (trumpet, tenor and baritone sax) are sampled and played on a keyboard. | |||||||||||||
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| Comments: |
I wrote the music track for this song between Christmas and New Year 1988. I recorded a quick demo (see "Audio-2" above) and sent it to Steven Tyler
(see the
story for "Deuces
Are Wild"). This was before email and before MP3 files, so I put a cassette tape in an envelope and FedEx'd it to Boston! Steven added vocals in his home studio and a week later he sent me a finished cassette recording for my comments. I had a listen. At first I was disappointed ... Steven had taken what I intended to be the verse and used it for the chorus. It sounded wrong! Upside-down. Backwards. I phoned Steven to express my disappointment, but he wasn't the least bit concerned. "It's perfect the way it is", he said. "Listen to it again. You'll see!". It took me a day or two, but Steven was right. It sounded much better his way! In fact, this is a perfect example of Steven's genius: he doesn't think like the rest of us ... he sees things from a completely different perspective. It just took me a while to catch up to him! |
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An unfortunate "wrinkle" surfaced in the
early 1990's. Holland-Dozier-Holland (the songwriting team responsible
for many of Motown's biggest hits) claimed that the melody for "The
Other Side" closely resembled their
song,
"Standing In The Shadows Of Love". Motown had already successfully sued KISS for "I Was Made For Lovin' You", claiming that it, too, sounded like "Standing In The Shadows Of Love". As a result, Steven's lawyer recommended we not fight the charge. That's why the credits for "The Other Side" read: Tyler-Vallance-Holland-Dozier-Holland. |
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| Lyrics: | Lovin'
you has got to be (Take Me To The Other Side) Like the devil in the deep blue sea (Take Me To The Other Side) Forget about your foolish pride (Take Me To The Other Side) Oh take me to the other side (Take Me To The Other Side) My mama told me there'd be days like this And man she wasn't foolin' 'Cause I just can't believe the way you kiss You opened up your mouth with bated breath You said you'd never leave me You love me, you hate me, I tried to take the loss You're cryin' me a river but I got to get across Lovin' you has got to be (Take Me To The Other Side) Like the devil in the deep blue sea (Take Me To The Other Side) Forget about your foolish pride (Take Me To The Other Side) Oh take me to the other side (Take Me To The Other Side) I'm lookin' for another kind of love Oh Lordy, how I need it The kind that likes to leap without a shove Oh honey, best believe it To save a lot of time and foolish pride I'll say what's on my mind, girl You love me, you hate me, You cut me down to size You blinded me with love and, yeah, it opened up my eyes Lovin' you has got to be (Take Me To The Other Side) Like the devil and the deep blue sea (Take Me To The Other Side) My conscience got to be my guide (Take Me To The Other Side) Oh honey, take me, take me, take, take, take, take Take me to the Other Side I'm lookin' for another kind of love Oh, Lordy, how I need it The kind that likes to leap without a shove Honey, you best believe it Now I ain't one for saying long goodbyes I hope all is forgiven You loved me, you hate me, I used to be your lover You know you had it coming, girl So take me to The Other Side Take me to The Other Side, Take me to The Other Side Lovin' you has got to be (Take Me To The Other Side) Like the devil and the deep blue sea Take Me To The Other Side) My conscience got to be my guide (Take Me To The Other Side) Oh honey, take me to the other side |
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