The beginning of the song is a repeating electric bass riff tracked alongside the bass marimba, played by Jay Messina.
It was stated in Aerosmith's tell-all autobiography Walk This Way and in an episode of Behind the Music that growing feuds between the band members' wives (including an incident involving "spilt milk") may have helped lead to the band's original lineup dissolving in the early 1980s. Tyler himself has said that only some of the lyrics were inspired by Perry's wife.
Many Aerosmith fans believe that Steven Tyler wrote all of the lyrics to the song about the tension and hatred between the band members and Joe Perry's wife. The re-released version went on to hit #6, the highest chart performance in the 1970s for the band. The song was so successful that the band decided to ride the heels of success and re-release their first single, " Dream On", which had originally charted at #59 in 1973. chart, July 19, 1975, Aerosmith was booked at a gig in New York City's Central Park, called the Schaefer Music Festival. "Sweet Emotion" was released as a single in 1975, and peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's breakthrough single and their first Top 40 hit.
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