Song · Aerosmith
“Uncle Salty” by Aerosmith
From the album Toys in the Attic (1975)
“Uncle Salty” by Aerosmith appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2015. It was first released in 1975 on the album Toys in the Attic. Its best result is #723 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,957 classic rock song of all time.
"Uncle Salty" turns up on Toys in the Attic, the third Aerosmith album, which Columbia put out on April 8, 1975, and which went on to become the band's biggest-selling studio LP in the States. Steven Tyler wrote it with Tom Hamilton, Jack Douglas produced it and shares the arranging credit with the band, and Jay Messina engineered.
It's a crowded, greasy little number, the whole band leaning into the groove at once. Tyler sings lead and doubles on harmonica, keyboard and percussion; Joe Perry plays guitar, acoustic and slide and sings backing vocals; Brad Whitford and Hamilton are both credited on guitar; and Joey Kramer holds the floor with drums and percussion. "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way" were the album's singles, but cuts like this are where you find out how much sleaze the band had to spare.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 723 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2011 | 1067 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 1137 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 911 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 858 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 919 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
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