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Run-D.M.C. – Walk This Way (5:10)

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“Walk This Way” is a song by American hard rock group Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. It was originally released as the second single from their 1975 album Toys In The Attic. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit singles for the band in the 1970s.

In addition to being one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the 1970s, it also helped resurrect their career and revolutionized the new hybrid sub-musical genre of “rock and rap”, or the molding of rock and hip hop music when it was re-made in 1986 with rappers Run-D. M.C. on their album Raising Hell. It became an international hit and won both groups a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single in 1987.

The song was covered by UK girl groups Sugababes and Girls Aloud as the official Comic Relief single in 2007.

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The song starts out with the famous two measure drum beat intro by Joey Kramer, followed up the equally famous guitar riff by Joe Perry. The song then goes into the verse, with a steady drum beat and bassline by Tom Hamilton forming as the backbeat, with dueling guitars by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
The lyrics, which tell the story of a high school boy losing his virginity, are sung quite fast by Steven Tyler, with heavy emphasis being placed on the rhyming lyrics (e.g., “so I took a big chance at the high school dance”). This rap-style delivery — which may explain why the song worked so well as a rap song when it was re-made 11 years later — was ahead of its time.
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  • alistaircooke

    I had never heard this track until I bought the Sex in the City soundtrack.....yeah right. worth checking out the songs on SITC soundtrack I reckon, maybe there is some other classics - oh wait....how deep is your love? how can you mend a broken heart? ho hum royalties are royalties......right RUN DMC :)

    12 days ago

  • pjfan320

    Aerosmith is in the music video too!

    23 days ago

  • TommyWommy97

    LOLing at the comment below me :D

    last month

  • chromiumnumbers

    The song that broke down the wall...

    March 2012

  • Shadow3128

    guitar hero aerosmith memories

    March 2012

  • PartySanCTG

    So, this is where the Beasties got Licensed to Ill from! XD

    March 2012

  • thrashbastard

    wtf? sex and the city soundtrack?

    March 2012

  • Cox_of_Seagulls

    Great song despite goddamn shitty Aerosmith being involved.

    February 2012

  • TheLegend72

    I prefer this version than just the Aerosmith only version as it was missing Run DMC.

    February 2012

  • KeithandLor

    it is fucked that this is All im hearing no matter how much i like it what about all of their OTHER songs Come the fuck on!!!!

    January 2012

  • bizzmanJR

    I agree FlashRah...Out of all the albums this song has been featured on..LastFM picks this one?

    December 2011

  • PaulBox

    Lmao at FlashRah!

    December 2011

  • FlashRah

    Sex and the fuckin' city!?

    December 2011

  • xlowerpwnx

    W4lk thiS w4Yyy

    October 2011

  • KeithandLor

    I am

    October 2011

  • tiochaidhanla

    get up and DANCE

    October 2011

  • Mr_Romeo

    the transition from My Adidas to Walk This Way is sweet.

    September 2011

  • Ariues

    mmmmmmmmm riffs delivered by the prophets

    September 2011

  • alicesimba

    I love this so much :))

    August 2011

  • lioness28213

    groundbreaking... RUN DMC are true pioneers...

    August 2011
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