Run-D.M.C.: Backstroke lover always hidin neath the cover, Till I talked to my daddy he say, He said you aint. It was released in 1975 as the second single from the album Toys in the Attic.It did not originally chart, but after Dream On. While all this was going on, Jack stopped and said, “Hey, ‘walk this way’ might be a great title for the song.” We agreed. Lyrics of WALK THIS WAY by Aerosmith feat. Walk This Way is one of Aerosmith’s signature songs. “Walk this way,” he says, limping, giving his stick to Wilder so he can walk that way, too. They were laughing about Marty Feldman greeting Gene Wilder at the door of the castle and telling him to follow him. version of Walk This Way, from their album Raising Hell, marries Perry’s classic riff and. When the guys returned, they were throwing lines back and forth from the film. In 1977 Aerosmith’s Walk This Way peaked at Number 10, and then in 1986 the song served as a bridge to a new genre of music when producer Rick Rubin introduced it and the band Aerosmith to a breakout group called Run-D.M.C. I had already seen it, so I stayed behind and hung out on the roof.
Steven, Joey, Tom, Brad and Jack went down to Times Square to see Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein,” which was in theaters then. We decided to try the song I had come up with in Hawaii, but we didn’t have lyrics or a title yet. For “Toys,” we had written three or four songs and then had to write the rest in the studio. Our first two albums were mostly songs we had played at clubs. Writing was a long, tough process for us in those days.
Published by Universal Music Publishing Group Lyrics Provided By LyricFind Inc. Halfway through recording our “Toys in the Attic” album in early ’75 at New York’s Record Plant, we were stuck. Like this Written by LILAVOIS, SERGE / SIMMONS, ARLENE ALEESE / WHITE, PHILLIP A. That year, lead guitarist Joe Perry and Tyler got together to discuss the song’s origins. The remake has been widely credited for bridging the divide between rock and rap in the ’80s, and in 2014 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. to release a cover of the song along with a music video.
A decade after the original release of “Walk This Way” the band teamed up with rap group Run-D.M.C. Lyrics to 'Walk This Way' by AEROSMITH: backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers / till I talked to your daddy, he say / he said 'you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin / then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways' / I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder / oh, the times I could reminisc. The title was indeed pulled from a line spoken during the film, as confirmed by the band members in a 2014 interview with The Wall Street Journal. The title of the 1975 Aerosmith song “Walk This Way,” known for lead singer Steven Tyler’s screeching vocals and an iconic guitar riff, was directly inspired by the comedy horror film “Young Frankenstein.” One of your favorite rock classics has an unusual origin, with a connection to - of all things - a Mel Brooks comedy.