Summer Of 1986 – July 4th RUN DMC Released Their ‘WALK THIS WAY’ Version Today 40 Years Ago

Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history

4 July 2026

New York‘s hip-rap-hoppers RUN DMC scored their biggest hit (#4 in the US)
with their fab-tastic cover of Aerosmith‘s 1975 slam dunk WALK THIS WAY.

The song appeared on their tripple platinum LP Raising Hell, featured Aerosmith‘s frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry and was released today 40 years ago,
on 4 July 1986.

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