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Written by: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
Produced by: Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons
Released: May '86 on Profile
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 4

Queens rappers Run-DMC pioneered the use of rock guitar in hip-hop with the tracks "Rock Box" and "King of Rock." But this Aerosmith cover -- with help from Tyler and Perry -- was a crossover smash, establishing a blueprint for scores of metal-rap mash-ups. For Run, though, it was just another day rhyming. "I made that record because I used to rap over it when I was twelve," he told ROLLING STONE.

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