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

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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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AEROSMITH Walked Their Way This Day 50 Years Ago

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28 August 2025

Iconic hard rockers AEROSMITH released WALK THIS WAY,
one of their biggest hits (more than 600 million streams on Spotify),
on 28 August 1975, today 50 years ago. It peaked at #4 in the US
and #8 in the UK.

It was the 2nd single from their Toys In The Attic album.

It helped Aerosmith to break into the mainstream in the 1970s, it also revitalized their career in the 1980s when it was covered by hip hop trio Run DMC (in collaboration with Aerosmith) in 1986. This cover was a touchstone for the new musical subgenre of rap rock.

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RUN-DCM Play Their Old Festive Classic ‘CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS’ For The First Time in Over 20 Years

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Works faster and harder than caffeine

Celebrated hip-hop rappers RUN-DMC had a big
festive hit in 1988 with CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS.

This week the remaining two members played/sang it for the first time in more than 20 years for The Wonderful World Of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration. They were introduced by the Black Eyed Peas, who also performed at the event that will be broadcast in full this weekend on ABC TV.

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