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Aerosmith - Love in an elevator

Love in an Elevator is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith, written by Steven Tyler and guitarist/backing vocalist Joe Perry.

It was released in August 1989 as the lead single from their third album with Geffen Records, Pump, released in September (see 1989 in music). It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Love in an Elevator, like the other tracks on Pump, were recorded sometime in April to June 1989 at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.

During the writing process, lead singer Steven Tyler is said to have come upon the concept of the song while researching famous battleships. Specifically, an instance on the Russian Battleship Navarin, in which one of the crew was famously quoted, as the ship was going down, "Мы должны жить вверх, в то время как мы теперь идем вниз," or when translated "we must live upwards now, for it is downward we head." Steven Tyler claims the song's lyrics were inspired by an experience he had at a hotel, in which he was making out with a girl in the elevator and they started having sex as the doors opened; “It felt like a lifetime waiting for those doors to close,” quipped Tyler.

The song was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and was engineered by Mike Fraser with Ken Lomas as second engineer, and in addition to Aerosmith – Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitars, backing vocals), Brad Whitford (guitars), Tom Hamilton (electric bass, backing vocals), & Joey Kramer (drums, percussion) – were Bob Dowd (backing vocals), Bruce Fairbairn (backing vocals), and Catherine Epps (elevator operator).

The lyrics:

Workin' like a dog for the boss man

Workin' for the company

I'm bettin' on the dice I'm tossin'

I'm gonna have a fantasy

But where am I gonna look?

They tell me that love is blind

I really need a girl like an open book

To read between the lines

Love In An Elevator

Livin' it up when I'm goin' down

Love In An Elevator

Lovin' it up till I hit the ground

Jackie's in the elevator

Lingerie second floor

She said 'can I see you later

And love you just a little more?'

I kinda hope we get stuck

Nobody gets out alive

She said 'I'll show you how to fax

In the mailroom, honey

And have you home by five'

Love In An Elevator

Livin' it up when I'm goin' down

Love In An Elevator

Lovin' it up till I hit the ground

In the air, in the air, honey one more time

Now it ain't fair

Love in an elevator

Lovin' it up when I'm goin' down

(Guitar Solo)

Love in an elevator

Goin' down

(Guitar Solo

Love In An Elevator

Lovin' it up when I'm goin' down

Love In An Elevator

Livin' it up till I hit the ground

Gonna be a penthouse pauper

Gonna be a millionare

I'm gonna be a real fast talker

And have me a love affair

Gotta get my timin' right

It's a test that I gotta pass

I'll chase you all the way to stairway, honey

Kiss your sassafrass

Love In An Elevator

Lovin' it up when I'm goin' down

Love In An Elevator

Livin' it up till I hit the ground

In the air, in the air, honey one more time

Now it ain't fair

In the air, in the air, in the air, in the air

Love In An Elevator

Lovin' it up when I'm goin' down