Together with Run-DMC, they created a famous rap-rock version of “Walk This Way.” However, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler was initially “pissed” at Run-DMC. Here’s why.

Steven Tyler, Rev Run, and DMC threw it back to the '80s for a vintage performance. ... Getty Image. Aerosmith Rocks Out ... whose 1975 version of “Walk This Way” was sampled by Run-DMC in ...

The idea was that Run-DMC would perform, in their own style, the lewd polysyllabic moonshine of Tyler’s original “Walk This Way” lyrics: You ain't seen nothin’ / ’Til you’re down on a ...

(Waring Abbott/Getty Images) Jack ... He co-wrote “Walk This Way” in 1975. Steven Tyler ... is the MTV VJ who reported on the Run-DMC collaboration with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on ...

Run-D.M.C. grew up rapping to the beat of “Walk This Way,” but never actually made it to Steven Tyler’s vocal because the DJ would throw it back to the beat’s first measure.

Upon release, included on Run-DMC’s 1986 album Raising Hell, the version of “Walk This Way” would peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, the rap posse’s highest charting song ever.

And “Walk This Way” would also have a big impact on hip-hop when Run-DMC covered it in 1986 in collaboration with Aerosmith. In fact, both versions are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Thirty-nine years ago today, New York-based rap group Run-DMC released a single that would impact the career of an iconic rock band.

Run-DMC helped bring Aerosmith back to stardom when the rap group covered "Walk This Way." ROBYN BECK / AFP - Getty Images. Simmons and McDaniels started rapping and Tyler joined in the song while ...

Who remembers when the video for “Walk This Way” came out in 1986? Visually, Run-DMC and Aerosmith staged a rap/rock battle then eventually brought their two styles together.