Released on July 4, 1986, "Walk This Way" shot to No. 4 on the pop chart, placing higher than the No. 8 peak on the R&B chart and Aerosmith's original No. 10 showing a decade earlier.

How Aerosmith Created 'Walk This Way' A look at how the hard-rock band, inspired in part by 'Young Frankenstein,' came up with a song that would become a top-10 hit twice. By . Marc Myers.

Steven Tyler said Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’ is a sex song inspired by The Three Stooges. In a 2012 interview with SongFacts, Tyler revealed another way The Three Stooges inspired Aerosmith.

When Aerosmith and Run-DMC first met in New York in 1986 to record a remix of Aerosmith’s popular song “Walk This Way,” neither group knew what to expect. In an interview nearly a decade later, Darryl ...

Aerosmith were foundering and on drugs, while Run-D.M.C. only cared about the opening beat of "Walk This Way." Yet the mash-up was electric for both. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

Meanwhile, Aerosmith, whose 1975 version of “Walk This Way” was sampled by Run-DMC in 1986, eventually becoming more popular than the original, is being honored as the MusiCares Person of the ...

And “Walk This Way” would also have a big impact on hip-hop when Run-DMC covered it in 1986 in collaboration with Aerosmith. In fact, both versions are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Aerosmith Reveal How They Made '80s Mega-Hit 'Walk This Way' with Run-DMC In PEOPLE's new special edition, Aerosmith talk about the making of the rock-rap classic ahead of their Grammy performance By ...

Watch Aerosmith Rope The Roots Into A ‘Walk This Way’ Rendition With Kid Instruments For Jimmy Fallon Corbin Reiff Music Contributor Twitter September 13, 2018 ...

Who remembers when the video for “Walk This Way” came out in 1986? Visually, Run-DMC and Aerosmith staged a rap/rock battle then eventually brought their two styles together.

Co-written by Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, “Walk This Way” would go on to become the biggest hit off of “Toys in the Attic,” Aerosmith’s third LP that was released 50 years ago on ...