It’s great." and convinced the band to use those lyrics. Tyler originally sang the hook as "cruisin' for the ladies", but Child lambasted the lyrical idea, stating that "I don't think Van Halen would put that on the B-side of their worst record." Child stated that the band had originally wanted to use the lyric " ‘Cruisin’ for the Ladies" instead of "Dude Looks Like a Lady" for fear that the latter would offend the gay community but Child told him that "‘I’m gay. Joe Perry came up with the chorus riff, and Tyler came up with the chorus refrain. Tyler's bandmates made fun of him, joking about how the “dude looked like a lady.” Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, in his book, The Heroin Diaries, states that the song was inspired by Neil. 'Dude (Looks Like a Lady)' came out of that session." Īccording to Child, Tyler came up with the idea of the song while at a bar and mistaking Mötley Crüe's lead singer Vince Neil for a woman with long blonde hair. 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 man with an effeminate appearance, who is mistaken for a woman. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry and songwriter Desmond Child. It was certified gold in the UK for sales and streams exceeding over 400,000 units. It was re-released in early 1990 and peaked at number 20 in the UK. The track reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 41 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number 22 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It was released as the lead single from the band's ninth studio album Permanent Vacation in 1987. " Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" is a song by American rock band Aerosmith.
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