Hole in My Soul
"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.
Music video
Directed by Andy Morahan, the video featured a nerdy high school student, 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, but she meets someone else at a party. He creates another who he also loses to a football player. A classmate 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 1997–1999, but they have rarely played it since.