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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Hits List: Aerosmith

This band from Boston, Massachusetts has outlasted nearly all of its contemporaries, thanks to reinventing itself in the 80's and 90's.  It may be difficult to remember, but until that time, Aerosmith was merely a group that had a couple of big hits, both of which didn't make it until released a second time.  Here is the complete Hits List of durable Aerosmith:

1973:  "Make It"
           "Mama Kin"
           "Dream On" (#59, #87 Canada)
1974:  "Same Old Song and Dance"
           "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
           "S.O.S. (Too Bad)"
1975:  "Sweet Emotion" (#36, #56 Canada)
           "Walk This Way"
           "You See Me Crying"
           "Toys in the Attic"

1976:  "Dream On" (re-issue--#6, #76 U.K., #10 Canada)
           "Last Child" (#21, #26 Canada)
           "Home Tonight" (#71, #82 Canada)
           "Rats in the Cellar"
           "Walk This Way" (re-issue--#10, #85 U.K., #7 Canada)
1977:  "Back in the Saddle" (#38, #68 Canada)
           "Draw the Line" (#42, #38 Canada)
1978:  "Kings and Queens" (#70, #77 Canada)
           "Get it Up"
           "Come Together" (#23, #24 Canada)
           "Chip Away the Stone" (#77)
1979:  "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" (#67, #29 Canada)
1982:  "Lightning Strikes" (#21 Rock)
           "Bitch's Brew"
1985:  "Let the Music Do the Talking" (#18 Rock)
1986:  "My Fist Your Face"
           "Shela" (#20 Rock)
           "Darkness"

1987:  "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#14, #4 Rock, #45 U.K., #22 Canada, #95 Italy)
           "Hangman Jury" (#14 Rock)
1988:  "Angel" (#3, #2 Rock, #69 U.K., #14 Canada)
           "Rag Doll" (#17, #12 Rock, #42 U.K., #23 Canada, #73 Italy)--underrated.
           "Magic Touch" (#42 Rock)
           "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (#44 Rock)
1989:  "Chip Away the Stone (re-issue--#13 Rock)
           "Love in an Elevator" (#5, #1 Rock, #13 U.K., #13 Canada, #31 Italy)
           "F.I.N.E." (#14 Rock)
           "Janie's Got a Gun" (#4, #2 Rock, #76 U.K., #2 Canada, #1 Italy)

1990:  "What It Takes" (#9, #1 Rock, #40 Australia, #15 Canada)
           "The Other Side" (#22, #1 Rock, #46 U.K., #70 Australia, #22 Canada)
           "Monkey on My Back" (#17 Rock)
           "Dude (Looks Like a Lady) (re-issue--#20 U.K.)
           "Love Me Two Times" (#27 Rock)
1991:  "Sweet Emotion" (re-issue--#36 Rock, #74 U.K.)
           "Helter Skelter" (#21 Rock)
1992:  "Livin' on the Edge" (#18, #1 Rock, #19 U.K., #21 Australia, #10 Canada)
           "Eat the Rich" (#5 Rock, #34 U.K., #45 Canada)

1993:  "Fever" (#5 Rock)
           "Cryin'" (#12, #1 Rock, #17 U.K., #8 Canada, #7 Germany)--underrated.
           "Amazing" (#24, #3 Rock, #57 U.K., #4 Canada, #28 Germany)
1994:  "Shut Up and Dance" (#24 U.K.)
           "Deuces Are Wild" (#1 Rock, #25 Canada)
           "Crazy" (#17, #7 Rock, #23 U.K., #3 Canada, #43 Germany)
           "Blind Man" (#48, #3 Rock, #23 U.K., #5 Canada, #89 Germany)
1995:  "Walk on Water" (#16 Rock, #62 Canada)
1997:  "Nine Lives" (#37 Rock)
           "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (#35, #1 Rock, #22 U.K., #46 Australia, #2 Canada, #40 Germany)
           "Hole in My Soul" (#51, #4 Rock, #29 U.K., #10 Canada, #75 Germany)
           "Pink" (#27, #1 Rock, #38 U.K., #42 Canada, #81 Germany)
1998:  "Taste of India" (#3 Rock, #40 Canada)
           "Full Circle"
           "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (#1, #4 Rock, #4 U.K., #1 Australia, #2 Canada, #1 Germany)
           "What Kind of Love Are You On" (#4 Rock)
1999:  "Pink" (re-issue--#13 U.K.)
2000:  "Angel's Eye" (#4 Rock)

2001:  "Jaded" (#7, #1 Rock, #13 U.K., #51 Australia, #48 Germany)
           "Fly Away From Here"
           "Sunshine" (#23 Rock)
           "Just Push Play" (#10 Rock)
2002:  "Girls of Summer" (#25 Rock)
2004:  "Baby, Please Don't Go" (#7 Rock)
2006:  "Devil's Got a New Disguise" (#15 Rock)
2010:  "Dream On" (re-issue)

2012:  "Legendary Child" (#17 Rock)
           "Lover Alot" (#34 Rock)
           "What Could Have Been Love"
2013:  "Can't Stop Lovin' You"

That's 29 hits for the group, with eight of those releases going Top 10 and one #1.

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