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Love in an Elevator

Love in an Elevator is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Love in an Elevator rather than just read about it. In short: "Love in an Elevator" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith, written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It was released in August 1989 as the lead single from their third album with Geffen Records, Pump, released the following month.

Key takeaways

Love in an Elevator belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Love in an Elevator to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Love in an Elevator from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

"Love in an Elevator" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith, written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It was released in August 1989 as the lead single from their third album with Geffen Records, Pump, released the following month. It peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the song gold.

Background According to Steven Tyler, the song was based on an actual experience where he was making out with a woman in an elevator and the doors opened. Tyler said that "It felt like a lifetime waiting for those doors to close."

Recording "Love in an Elevator", like the other tracks on Pump, was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver. The song was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and was engineered by Mike Fraser with Ken Lomas as second engineer, and in addition to Aerosmith – Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitars, backing vocals), Brad Whitford (guitars, backing vocals), Tom Hamilton (bass, backing vocals), and Joey Kramer (drums) – were Bob Dowd (backing vocals), Bruce Fairbairn (backing vocals), and Catherine Epps (elevator operator).

Music video The music video for "Love in an Elevator" was directed by Marty Callner. At the beginning of the video, Aerosmith are walking through luxury Los Angeles department store Bullocks Wilshire. An elevator operator (played by former Playboy model Brandi Brandt) suggestively asks Tyler if he is "going down". Tyler leaps into the elevator before the band begins playing the song onstage (with several flash cuts to scenes in the department store).

Reception

Award nomination The song received a Grammy Award nomination in 1990 for Best Hard Rock Performance, but lost out to Living Colour.

Track listings 7-inch vinyl

CD single

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links "Love in an Elevator" at Discogs (list of releases)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Love in an Elevator

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Love in an Elevator claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Love in an Elevator before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Love in an Elevator ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Love in an Elevator

In research: Love in an Elevator appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Love in an Elevator in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Love in an Elevator is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1989 singles, 1989 songs, Aerosmith songs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Love in an Elevator outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Love in an Elevator in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Love in an Elevator means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Love in an Elevator out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Love in an Elevator in simple terms?

Why does Love in an Elevator matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Love in an Elevator?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Love in an Elevator.