Song · Run DMC
“It's Tricky” by Run DMC
From the album Raising Hell (1986)
“It's Tricky” by Run DMC appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 1986 on the album Raising Hell. Its best result is #216 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,163 indie & aaa song of all time and #195 of the '80s.
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"It's Tricky" became the fourth single pulled from Raising Hell, Run-DMC's third album, and Profile sent it out early in 1987. The writing credit is split four ways among Run, DMC, Jam Master Jay and Rick Rubin, and the booth was just as crowded: Rubin and Russell Simmons produced, Run and Jam Master Jay co-produced, and Steve Ett engineered, with Jay adding keyboard and percussion on top of the rhymes.
It's Run-DMC at full strut. The Hot 100 only took it to 57 and the black singles chart to 21, but Britain liked it better still, sending it to number 16.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 267 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2021 | 432 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2022 | 405 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2023 | 348 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2023 | 755 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2025 | 216 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 238 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s | 498 |
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