Editing Walk This Way (section)

{{Short description|1975 single by Aerosmith}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Walk This Way
| cover         = Walkthisway aero.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Aerosmith]]
| album         = [[Toys in the Attic (album)|Toys in the Attic]]
| B-side        = {{ubl|"[[Round and Round (Aerosmith song)|Round and Round]]"<ref>''Toys in the Attic'' 1993 Remastered Liner Notes</ref>|"[[Uncle Salty]]" (re-release)}}
| released      = {{ubl|{{Start date|1975|08|28}} (original)|November 5, 1976 (re-release)}}
| recorded      = January–February 1975
| studio        = [[Record Plant]], New York City
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Yasui|first=Todd Allan|date=September 17, 1987|title=Faster Pussycat Scratches|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/09/17/faster-pussycat-scratches/51a3eb10-7a76-4037-b957-0850da80feed/}}</ref>|[[funk rock]]<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/10/funk-gave-70s-pop-a-new-groove|title=Give Up the Funk Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=October 15, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref>}}
| length        = 3:40
| label         = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Steven Tyler]]|[[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]]}}
| producer      = [[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]]
| prev_title    = [[Sweet Emotion]]
| prev_year     = 1975
| year          = 1975
| next_title    = [[You See Me Crying]]
| next_year     = 1975
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = Aerosmith re-release
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[Home Tonight]]
 | prev_year  = 1976
 | title      = Walk This Way
 | year       = 1976
 | next_title = [[Back in the Saddle]]
 | next_year  = 1977
}}
{{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|4c8O2n1Gfto|"Walk This Way"}}}}
}}

"'''Walk This Way'''" is a song by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Aerosmith]]. Written by [[Steven Tyler]] and [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]], the song was originally released as the second single from the album ''[[Toys in the Attic (album)|Toys in the Attic]]'' (1975). It peaked at number 10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit singles for the band in the 1970s. In addition to being one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the 1970s, it also helped revitalize their career in the 1980s<ref name="anchor.fm">{{Cite web|url=https://anchor.fm/cover/episodes/Walk-This-Way-ec4c5j|title=Walk This Way by Uncovering the Cover • A podcast on Anchor|website=Anchor|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410221231/https://anchor.fm/cover/episodes/Walk-This-Way-ec4c5j|url-status=dead}}</ref> when it was covered by hip hop group [[Run-D.M.C.]] (in collaboration with Aerosmith) on their 1986 album ''[[Raising Hell (album)|Raising Hell]]''. This cover was a touchstone for the new musical subgenre of [[rap rock]], or the melding of rock and [[hip hop music|hip hop]].<ref name="anchor.fm"/> It became an international hit, reaching number 4 on the ''Billboard'' charts, and won both groups a [[Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single]] in [[1987 Soul Train Music Awards]]. Both versions are in the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#w |title=Grammy Hall of Fame|work=Grammy|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>