Rock-tober Ground Rule #2 states no songs newer than 1989 are allowed on the list. While today's song was released as a single in 1990, it was on an album released in 1989 - all is still right in Rock-tober.
In August of 1989, I'd just completed a training cruise aboard the USS Seahorse. We were docked in Charleston and I was in the barracks packing for my flight home the next day.
While packing, I was listening to the radio, and Steve Tyler was a guest on a local rock station giving us a sneak preview of their upcoming record, Pump.
Over the next few hours before each song was played, he introduced it and talked about its inspiration and back-story. A few weeks later, Pump was released and went on to become one of Aerosmith's most successful records. It spawned six singles that all broke into the Billboard Top 40 with three going to number 1, including today's feature, "What It Takes".
Online sources say two videos exist for this song. One has the band performing in a honky-tonk, and the other is footage from the creation of Pump. For whatever reason, the Pump footage garnered more airtime. That's a shame, because I think Aerosmith performing in a country dive behind chicken coop wire is brilliantly hilarious.
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