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“Walk This Way” by Aerosmith featuring Run DMC

From the album Toys in the Attic (1975) Featuring Run DMC

“Walk This Way” by Aerosmith featuring Run DMC appears on 104 radio countdowns from 34 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Toys in the Attic. Its best result is #12 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,992 alternative song of all time.

104countdowns
34stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Walk This Way" swaggered out of Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic in 1975, a Steven Tyler and Joe Perry number that moves like a hustler working a pool hall. Perry's riff is all hips and elbows, a greasy stop-start lick that Brad Whitford rides alongside while Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer nail the groove to the floor. Tyler spits the verses like an auctioneer with his motor running, then the whole gang crashes into the chorus. Jack Douglas produced and shared the arranging credit with the band.

Put out as the album's second single, it helped shove Aerosmith into the mainstream, and in 1986 it rescued them a second time, when Run-D.M.C. cut it with the band on Raising Hell and handed rap rock its founding document. Both versions now sit in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 94 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 24 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1991 861 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 310 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 66 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 45 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 35 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 150 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 19 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 119 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 40 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 48 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 54 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 33 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2002 239 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 32 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 94 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 12 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 264 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2007 507 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2010 31 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2010 394 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 103 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 30 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 104 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 24 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 79 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 116 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 49 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 242 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 104 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 61 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 152 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 103 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 118 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 222 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 56 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 33 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 104 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 163 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 124 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 145 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 28 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 31 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 132 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 18 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 20 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 26 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 153 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 33 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 30 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 54 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 24 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 267 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 49 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 47 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 48 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 39 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 259 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 19 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 1667 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 231 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 54 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 58 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 32 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 52 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 30 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 109 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 314 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 71 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 34 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 57 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 71 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 44 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 174 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 55 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 238 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2023 124 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 383 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 172 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 32 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 104 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 45 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 98 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 20 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 71 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 60 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 98 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 124 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 85 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 114 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 76 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 48 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 23 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 199 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 235 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 85 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 109 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 49 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 38 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 87 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 96 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 155 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 121 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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