The song has long been a staple on both rock radio and in concert, as the band has regularly rotated it into their set lists over the years. Xunspecified figures based on certification alone The band made up for it eventually, winning over 10 "moon-men" and 4 Grammys in the 1990s.Ĭharts and certifications Weekly charts Chart (1987–1988) It was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Stage Performance, but failed to gain the wins.
"Dude" picked up two MTV Video Music Award nominations in 1988 (the first for the band). There are also some provocative sexual performances, both led by singer Steven Tyler as well as a presumed female who has her skirt torn off to reveal the Aerosmith "wings" tattoo on her buttocks. Joe Perry's wife Billie also appears in the music video, pretending to play the saxophone on stage. This is a joke based on the fact that Kalodner always dresses in white. The video for "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" features the band performing live onstage as well as random moments of characters portraying drag queens, including a cameo appearance by A&R man John Kalodner dressed up in a wedding dress at one point. Joe Perry came up with the chorus riff, and Tyler came up with the chorus refrain. Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, in his book, The Heroin Diaries, claims that the song was specifically inspired by Neil. This, according to Neil, prompted Tyler to comment: "Dude looks like a lady!". 'Dude (Looks Like a Lady)' came out of that session."Īccording to an interview with Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe conducted for Swedish television, the title of the song originated from a New York bar crawl where Tyler and Neil had drinks at a gay bar where the waiters were dressed in women's clothes. Steven Tyler states in the book Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith: "One day we met Mötley Crüe, and they're all going, 'Dude!' Dude this and Dude that, everything was Dude.
The song, which originally started out as "Cruisin' for a Lady", talks about a male with an effeminate appearance, who is mistaken for a female.
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