The song is highlighted by a harmonica performance by Steven Tyler at the beginning, as well as a strong bass rhythm throughout the song, and a mix of acoustic guitars and jangling electric guitars throughout the verses. Many of the lines in the verses start with the word "pink". The song is also highly suggestive, in that the origin of the fascination with pink stems from the admiration of a woman's reproductive organs, particularly the inner side of the outer lips – the "pink in the middle" – and also the man's penis – "I wanna wrap you in rubber" and "my favorite crayon"
Music video
The music video for the song used CGI to morph characters' faces to other bodies. A variety of random characters mixed in with band members moving towards the camera, morphing into different characters in the process. It was directed by Doug Nichol. Two versions of the music video exist. In the uncensored version, there is a woman dressed in a blue jumpsuit walking towards the camera. For a brief second, the top, unzipped portion of the jumpsuit is pulled away, revealing her right breast. There is another instance where a woman's breasts are briefly fully revealed when a woman, painted blue and green, does a pirouette. The uncensored version caused minor controversy and MTV asked Nichol to censor the video for daytime airings. As a result, the edited version censored the pirouette scene. The clean version also shows Tyler and Perry presented as a two-headed man and only the coverup portion of the breast reveal scene is present.
Track listing
Pink 487229
Pink 753454
Pink 753423
Cover art
The 1997 release cover art had the Aerosmith logo drawn as if it were by a child, in a pink background. In the 1999 re-release, the cover art features the Aerosmith logo and eight stills from the music video. That's the original logo.
Live in concert
As of 2007, "Pink" is one of only two songs from Nine Lives consistently played on Aerosmith tours, along with "Falling in Love ".
Covers and other versions
A different version of the song, The SouthBeach Mix, was included on the career-spanning compilation O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits. Japanese edition of the "Pink" single from 'Nine Lives' features six tracks: three mixes of "Pink", plus live versions of "Falling In Love " & "Walk This Way" recorded in March 1997. As well, there is a techno remix of "Falling in Love " titled Moby Fucked Remix. It is a bonus playable song in the video game , and the only track from Nine Lives present in the game. In the Wii and PlayStation 2 versions of this game, the word "high" is removed.
