“Dream On” was released as the band’s first single in 1973, and initially peaked at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also was a huge radio hit in Aerosmith’s native Boston.

I don’t know if we realized it, but I say that because of one guy and one song, and that’s Steven bringing in 'Dream On.' I don’t know what it is, but to this day, it’s still everywhere.

It might not sound like anything else they were producing at the time, but without the success of Dream On, there would be no Aerosmith as there is today, so clearly it didn’t matter all that much.

However, the song was reissued in late 1975 and then went on to became the band’s first Top 10 hit on the Hot 100, reaching No. 6 in April of 1976. “Dream On” was written solely by Tyler ...

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That said, even though “Dream On” would – eventually – gather more than a billion streams on Spotify alone, it wasn’t enough to catapult Aerosmith to success 51 years ago.

As we consider those questions, our mind goes back to that final “Dream On” in Elmont. This is a song Tyler has performed more than 1,7000 times.

The definition of a grower, this self-titled debut – and its best song, the proto-power ballad "Dream On" – went nowhere at first. That was no fault of Aerosmith's, actually.

But there's only room for so many songs in a two-hour show, and with a catalog as deep as Aerosmith's, some of the biggest hits got cut, including “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” and “Train Kept ...