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About This Track
“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.
Song information
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.
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.
Song information
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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Shouts
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
Great song despite goddamn shitty Aerosmith being involved.
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TheLegend72 wrote:
I prefer this version than just the Aerosmith only version as it was missing Run DMC.
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KeithandLor wrote:
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!!!!
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bizzmanJR wrote:
I agree FlashRah...Out of all the albums this song has been featured on..LastFM picks this one?
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PaulBox wrote:
Lmao at FlashRah!
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FlashRah wrote:
Sex and the fuckin' city!?
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xlowerpwnx wrote:
W4lk thiS w4Yyy
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KeithandLor wrote:
I am
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tiochaidhanla wrote:
get up and DANCE
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Mr_Romeo wrote:
the transition from My Adidas to Walk This Way is sweet.
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Ariues wrote:
mmmmmmmmm riffs delivered by the prophets
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alicesimba wrote:
I love this so much :))
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lioness28213 wrote:
groundbreaking... RUN DMC are true pioneers...
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Mr_Romeo wrote:
Coolest collaboration evaah.
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Marjo47 wrote:
old school I remember it so well.
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prominence_la wrote:
@lee0703 - No, you're not the only one.
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Grimmoire wrote:
Joe Perry \m/
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ROCKPOPCLASSIC wrote:
G****
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lee0703 wrote:
Why the hell would they associate this song with the Sex and the City soundtrack....ugh.....just because that movie needed something cool in it, now RunDMC has to be in the same sentence as that mess of a movie.....am I the only one who feels its disrespectful to this incredible group!!!
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moonauto wrote:
I had this song in cassette LOL
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