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“Let the Music Do the Talking” by Joe Perry
“Let the Music Do the Talking” by Joe Perry appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2023. Its best result is #400 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,369 classic rock song of all time.
Joe Perry wrote "Let the Music Do the Talking", and after walking out on Aerosmith in 1979 he made it the title song of the first album by his new band, the Joe Perry Project, released in 1980 with Ralph Morman singing lead.
The song got a second life once Perry and Brad Whitford rejoined Aerosmith in 1984. Steven Tyler and the others liked it enough to cut it for Done with Mirrors in 1985, with Tyler singing mostly new words and about a minute trimmed off the running time. Issued as a single just ahead of that album, the Aerosmith remake reached 18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and its video showed the band onstage at Boston's Orpheum Theatre while a few teenage fans filmed the show illegally.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 605 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2023 | 400 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
Also listed as: Let The Music Do The Talking.
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