Aerosmith: Janie's Got a Gun

Music Video
19891989
5m

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Aerosmith, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, and Brad Whitford in Aerosmith: Janie's Got a Gun (1989)

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A young girl murders her abusive father.A young girl murders her abusive father.A young girl murders her abusive father.

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7.1/10

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Director
- David Fincher
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Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
The song is one of the few Aerosmith songs to deal with a heavy social issue. The lyrics are about a girl named Janie who takes revenge on her father after years of being sexually abused by him.

Connections
Edited into Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look At (1994)

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8/10

Memorable hard rock hit that sends a message and awareness.

In 1989 this was one of pop hard rock band "Aerosmith's" biggest hits "Janie's Got a Gun" which was a top 40 radio hit, and the video got plenty of "MTV" airplay. The video has the band singing and clips are shown of a married father with his wife, and he has a teenage daughter who's unhappy wanting to leave home and run away. As this girl is abused by daddy and she takes matters into her own hands as the title of the song tells the story. The video is blunt and sends a message to be aware of child abuse.

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