Livin’ On The Edge (1993)

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Livin' on the Edge" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The song was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Mark Hudson. It was released in 1993 as the first single from the band's commercially successful album Get a Grip. The single reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number three on the Cash Box Top 100, and number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for nine weeks, making it Aerosmith's most successful single on that chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 19 on the British pop chart in April 1993.[1][2][3]

Key Lyrics

There's something wrong with the world today

The light bulb's getting dim

There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man

By the color of his skin

Then mister you're a better man than I, oh

Background

According to the band's autobiography Walk This Way, the song was inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles riots which was happened because of the racial tension within Los Angeles due to the killing of Latasha Harlins and four policemen acquitted of beating Rodney King. Steven Tyler also mentions in the book that the song features the sound of a bass drum he stole from his high school; four loud beats are heard from that drum in a pause between the final verse and chorus.[4]

Reception

Reference

  1. Joel Whitburn. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition. 2004. Billboard Publications p. 19. Retrieved from Wikipedia, February 4, 2021.
  2. "Cashbox Magazine". Cash Box. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  3. "Official Charts Company info". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. Livin’ On The Edge. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2021.