Taste of India

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"Taste of India"
"Taste of India" cover
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Nine Lives
Released 1998
Format Cassette, CD
Recorded 1996
Genre Hard Rock
Length 5:53
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Glen Ballard
Producer(s) Kevin Shirley
Chart positions
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Pink" (1997) "Taste of India" (1998) "Full Circle" (1998)

"Taste of India" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1997 on the band's twelfth studio album Nine Lives. It was released as a single to rock radio, where it peaked at #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1998. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry, and songwriter Glen Ballard. The song, which clocks in at just under six minutes, contains elements of Indian music throughout, along with driving guitar riffs and a heavy backbeat, as well as violins.