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Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith
Permanent Vacation is an album by Aerosmith, released in 1987. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 228 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dude Looks Like a Lady”, on 89 lists with a best position of #16.
Permanent Vacation, Aerosmith's ninth album, came out on Geffen on August 25, 1987, and it's the sound of the Bad Boys from Boston getting a second life. Joe Perry and Brad Whitford had been back since 1984, but Done with Mirrors had fizzled; it took the Run-DMC remake of "Walk This Way" and this record to put Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and the two guitarists back on top. Label executive John Kalodner steered them to producer Bruce Fairbairn, who cut it at Little Mountain Sound Studios and stuck around for two more albums, and to hired-gun songwriters who'd supplied hits to Bon Jovi, Heart and Starship.
The result is glossy pop-metal with the old blues swagger still under the hood, and it was the first Aerosmith album pushed by heavy MTV rotation. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll" and "Angel" all went top 20, and the album sold more than five million copies in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Permanent Vacation on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dude Looks Like a Lady#275 of all time | 89 | #16 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | Rag Doll#301 of all time | 84 | #50 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 3 | Angel | 55 | #83 | – | 1990–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.