What It Takes (Aerosmith song)
| "What It Takes" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Aerosmith | ||||
| from the album Pump | ||||
| B-side | "Monkey on My Back" | |||
| Released | February 26, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 6:28 (Album Version With Hidden Track) 5:11 (Single Version) 4:08 (CHR Remix-Edit) (From the album Devil's Got a New Disguise) | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "What It Takes" on YouTube | ||||
"What It Takes" is a power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child, it was released in 1989 as the third single from the critically and commercially successful 1989 album Pump. "I'll put some ballads on an album," Tyler remarked, "if that's what it takes so that some young kid can get to hear a 'Young Lust' or 'F.I.N.E.*'."