Hole in My Soul

1997 single by Aerosmith From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Hole in My Soul" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and professional songwriter and longtime Aerosmith collaborator Desmond Child. It was released as the second single from Nine Lives in May 1997. The song reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number 10 in Canada.

B-side"Falling Off"
ReleasedMay 11, 1997 (1997-05-11)
Length6:10
Quick facts Single by Aerosmith, from the album Nine Lives ...
"Hole in My Soul"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Nine Lives
B-side"Falling Off"
ReleasedMay 11, 1997 (1997-05-11)
Length6:10
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
ProducerKevin Shirley
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
(1997)
"Hole in My Soul"
(1997)
"Pink"
(1997)
Music video
"Hole in My Soul" on YouTube
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Music video

Directed by Andy Morahan,[1] the video featured a nerdy high school student (played by Branden Williams), often picked on, who is unsuccessful in finding the right girl. He uses his scientific genius to build a cloning machine and creates a beautiful girl (played by Eva Mendes), but she meets someone else at a party. He creates another who he also loses to a football player (played by Seann William Scott). A classmate (played by Alexandra Holden) discovers his machine and stops him from creating another girl for himself, and he realizes the girl for him had been there all along.

Live performances

In concert, Steven Tyler has been known to substitute some lines with racier lyrics. On a live version of the song from the A Little South of Sanity album, Tyler sings "I fuck with my boots on cause you fuck with my head" instead of the studio version lyrics "I sleep with my boots on, but you're still in my head." The band played the song heavily on their Nine Lives Tour from 1997 to 1999, but they have rarely played it since.

Track listings

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UK CD1
No.TitleLength
1."Hole in My Soul" (LP version)6:10
2."Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (Butcher mix)4:37
3."Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (Moby Flawed mix)4:58
4."Nine Lives" (live)4:07
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UK CD2
No.TitleLength
1."Hole in My Soul" (album version)6:13
2."Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (Moby Flawed mix)5:58
3."Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (live)3:18
4."Walk This Way" (live)4:04
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Charts

More information Chart (1997), Peak position ...
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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States May 6, 1997 Contemporary hit radio Columbia [13]
United Kingdom June 9, 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
[14]
Japan June 11, 1997 CD Sony [15]
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