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Get a Grip by Aerosmith
Get a Grip is an album by Aerosmith, released in 1993. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 170 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Livin' On The Edge”, on 69 lists with a best position of #123.
Get a Grip, Aerosmith's eleventh album, arrived in April 1993, and it's the Boston band riding the full crest of their comeback. Like Permanent Vacation and Pump before it, it leans on outside songwriting hands, Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw among them, to polish Steven Tyler and Joe Perry's blues-rock sleaze into arena-sized hooks. Don Henley sings backup on "Amazing", Lenny Kravitz pitches in on "Line Up", and Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer keep the swagger honest.
"Livin' on the Edge", "Cryin'" and "Crazy" were the big ones, the last two lush, heart-tugging power ballads. It became their first number-one album in the US and their best-selling studio album worldwide, with more than 20 million sold, and two of its songs won Grammys for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Get a Grip on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livin' On The Edge | 69 | #123 | – | 1994–2026 | |
| 2 | Cryin' | 61 | #59 | – | 2002–2026 | |
| 3 | Crazy | 40 | #103 | – | 1996–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.