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.

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 ...

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 ended up getting a much bigger boost from “Walk This Way.” Their next album, 1987’s Permanent Vacation , spawned three Top 20 pop hits: “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” “Angel ...

Aerosmith kicked off Peace Out: Their Farewell Tour Sept. 2, 2023 at the Walls Fargo Center in Philadelphia. It continued Sept. 6 in Pittsburgh, and then headed to the UBS Arena in Elmont, New ...

Rubin says it was his idea for the hip-hop trio to remake a song that had originally featured on Aerosmith’s 1975 album Toys In The Attic. Rubin and Russell Simmons, the co-founders of Def Jam ...

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 ...