Sweet Emotion Lyrics
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion (Emotion)
[Chorus]
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
[Verse 1]
Talk about things that nobody cares
Wearing other things that nobody wears
You're calling my name but I got to make clear
I can't say baby where I'll be in a year
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go, musta got up and went
Well I got good news, she's a real good liar
‘Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire
[Chorus]
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took it just a little too far
You're telling me things but your girlfriend lied
You can't catch me because the rabbit done died, yes it did
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
You stand in the front just a shaking your ass
I'll take you backstage you can drink from my glass
I'll talk about something you can sure understand
'Cause a month on the road and I'll be eating from your hand
[Instrumental Outro]
About
“Sweet Emotion” was released in April 1975 by Columbia Records on Aerosmith’s third album Toys in the Attic. The single version was released for radio play on May 19th, 1975. Sweet Emotion was also Aerosmith’s first Top 40 single, reaching No. 36 on July 19th, 1975.
Steven Tyler was inspired to write the lyrics about his anger & jealousy when Joe Perry moved out of the apartment the band shared to live with his then-girlfriend Alyssa. It is notable for its “slippery, slimy, melodically delicious” bass intro, sugar packets being used instead of maracas, and the vibraphone slaps – including one slap that broke it!
Q&A
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In the band’s memoir Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler said:
Frank Connally sold us to Leber-Krebs for what — I don’t know. On “Sweet Emotion,” we used these backward handclaps and four of us in the studio chanting, “Fuck you, Frank.” If you play it backward, you can hear this.
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