Eat the Rich (Aerosmith song)

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"Eat the Rich"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Get a Grip
B-side"Head First"
ReleasedJune 1993[1]
Length4:10
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Livin' on the Edge"
(1993) 		"Eat the Rich"
(1993) 		"Fever"
(1993)

"Eat the Rich" is a song performed by

Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In the UK it peaked at number 34,[2] and in Canada
, it peaked at number 45. The band's next four singles and correlating videos garnered more mainstream success for the album.

The song quickly became a fan favorite, despite not having much mainstream success, and drew a rousing reaction from crowds when it was used as the band's opening song on the

Route of All Evil Tour
, despite being generally limited to a 13-song setlist.

The song was featured on the band's 1994

greatest hits album Big Ones as well as the first song on the live double-album A Little South of Sanity
.

Structure

On Get a Grip, the song is preceded by a 23-second track called "Intro" which features heavy bass, rapid, quasi-tribal drumming, a reversed chorus of "Eat the Rich", rapid-fire lyrics by Tyler, and a sample of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" right at the end, before "Eat the Rich" starts. "Intro" also features a line from "F.I.N.E.*," a song from their previous album, Pump.

Music video

The music video features footage of the band recording parts of the song in the studio, as well as odd-ball occurrences such as eyeballs, bones, and other things which may suggest the cannibalistic overtone of the song. The video was directed by Greg Vernon and featured acting from A&R icon John Kalodner and comedian Anthony Clark.

Other

In addition to "Amazing," "Eat the Rich" is featured on Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4 video game opening. It was one of the looped songs on Revolution X, Aerosmith's game by Midway Games but it was heard for a short time after playing.

Foghat released a cover of "Honey Hush", back in 1974, with a similar intro guitar riff as the main riff in "Eat the Rich."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Eat the Rich" (LP Version)4:15
2."Fever" (LP Version)4:19
3."Head First" (Previously unreleased)5:05
4."Livin' on the Edge" (Demo version)5:08

References

  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 7.
  2. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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