Song · Aerosmith
“Monkey on My Back” by Aerosmith
From the album Pump (1989)
“Monkey on My Back” by Aerosmith appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1989 on the album Pump. Its best result is #562 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,627 hard rock song of all time.
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"Monkey on My Back" comes off Pump, the tenth Aerosmith album, which Geffen released on September 12, 1989, and it's a Steven Tyler and Joe Perry co-write from a band firing on every cylinder. Bruce Fairbairn produced it at Little Mountain Sound Studios, on the second of three straight albums Aerosmith made there with him and engineers Mike Fraser and Ken Lomas, and Fraser mixed it.
Tyler sings lead and plays harmonica and keyboards, Perry and Brad Whitford handle the electric guitars, Tom Hamilton plays bass and Joey Kramer drums. John Webster chips in extra keyboards, and Fairbairn himself picks up a horn alongside Henry Christian, Tom Keenlyside, Ian Putz and the Margarita Horns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 562 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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