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story song. Maybe it's a guy who was like a Vietnam vet who was so like traumatized, he came back and became a drag queen." Joe Perry got a very stern look on his face and said, "Some of my friends are vets." I said, "OK. Forget about that idea. What about a guy who goes into a strip joint and sees this gorgeous, you know, bosomed blond stripping on stage and then he goes backstage and finds out it's really a guy." And they went with that. It goes, "She's a funky lady, I like it, like it, like it like that." The singer's sort of implying he went for it anyway 'cause he liked what he saw. He goes, "Never judge a book by its cover/or who you're gonna love by your lover." It has a kind of deep message in a way, because it's like, well, what is love, and what is a person, and if you're attracted to what you're seeing, you're attracted to it, you know? It's a kind of elevated song about androgyny, and, in spite of the fact that it's down and dirty, it has a kind of lofty concept.
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I walked in, and they had a song already written as "Cruisin' for the Ladies." They looked at me like, "Get outta here." Then Steven said, "Well, originally, when I was writing the song, I was singing 'Dude looks like a lady'." I said, "Oh my God, that's a smash." At first I suggested, "Let's write a
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into the whole scenario of a guy that walks into a strip joint and falls in love with the stripper on stage, goes backstage and finds out it's a guy." In 2019, Child confirmed that the song was about a man who "just walks into a bar and sees this gorgeous blonde up on the stage and then goes
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nominations in 1988 (the first for the band). It was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Stage Performance, but failed to gain the wins. The band made up for it eventually, winning over 10 "moon-men" and 4
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being gay… I kind of got a lick, but couldn't get the words. I had shit like, 'Cruisin' for the ladies,' or, 'My old lady's got rabies.' Bad stuff. Then I remembered my new word, 'dude'." – Steven Tyler
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Joe Perry — who came up with the chorus riff – was concerned that the subject matter would offend the gay community, but Child said, "I'm gay, and I'm not insulted. Let's write this song."
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Child has refuted all allegations of transphobia, describing the song as "accepting" because of the lyric, "Never judge a book by its cover, or who you're going to love by your lover."
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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"
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called "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" her "theme song" in 2017, backlash ensued from fans and from LGBT activists due to the perceived transphobia.
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The song talks about a man who is mistaken for a woman. According to Desmond Child, Steven Tyler came up with the idea after mistaking
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The video for "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" features the band performing live onstage as well as random moments of characters portraying
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for a woman with long blonde hair. Tyler's bandmates made fun of him, joking about how the "dude looked like a lady". In his book
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dressed up in a wedding dress at one point. This is a joke based on the fact that Kalodner always dresses in white.
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Every four or five year old child in America was able to sing that song. It was like, do you realize this is about a
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The song has long been a staple on both rock radio and in concert, as the band has regularly rotated it into their
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The Billboard interview Desmond Child. By: Newman, Melinda, Billboard, 00062510, 11/27/99, Vol. 111, Issue 48
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video. Piper appeared afterward, repeatedly chanting "Dude looks like a lady!" in the manic fashion of a
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would put that on the B-side of their worst record." Child recalls developing the song with the group:
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The song has been featured on a number of subsequent compilation albums by Aerosmith including 1994's
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shortly after the song's release. During one segment, the song's video was played, followed by a
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accidentally discovers him as a man cross-dressed as a woman who is about to marry her sister
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Despite the song's mainstream success, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" has been accused of being
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wife Billie also appears in the music video, pretending to play the saxophone on stage.
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backstage after the show and then she 'whips out a gun, tries to blow me away.
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Concurrent with its chart run, the song was played in the 1987 comedy film
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The video for "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" is featured on the karaoke game
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said that it has "humorous lyrics coupled with a driving rock beat."
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Raworth, Ben (April 1997). "Quote, Unquote: Steven Tyler".
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The song is played as one of the possible song choices on
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Of "Cruisin' for the ladies", Child said, "I don't think
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In 1993, the song was prominently featured in the film
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The song was performed live by the band in the movie,
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection
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Index

Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

Single
Aerosmith
Permanent Vacation
B-side
Genre
Glam metal
pop metal
hard rock
blues rock
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Desmond Child
Producer(s)
Bruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith
Hangman Jury
Angel
"Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"
YouTube
rock
Aerosmith
Permanent Vacation
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Desmond Child

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