“Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith, featured on their ninth studio album, Permanent Vacation. It was released as the lead single and reached #4 on the US Rock Chart in September 1987. Soon after, it crossed over onto the US pop chart, peaking at #14 on December...
[Chorus]
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
[Verse 1]
Cruise into a bar on the shore
Her picture graced the grime on the door
She's a long lost love at first bite
Baby, maybe you're wrong, but you know it's all right
That's right
Backstage we're having the time
Of our lives until somebody said
"Forgive me if I seem out of line"
And she whipped out a gun and tried to blow me away!
[Chorus]
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
[Verse 2]
Never judge a book by its cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover?
Sayin' love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a Venus
Lord, imagine my surprise
[Chorus]
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
[Bridge]
So baby, let me follow you down (Let me take a peek, dear)
Baby, let me follow you down (Do me, do me, do me all night)
Baby, let me follow you down (Turn the other cheek, dear)
Baby, let me follow you down (Do me, do me, do me, do me)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Ooh, what a funky lady
Oo, she like it, like it, like it, like that
Ooh, he was a lady! Yeah!
[Chorus]
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
That, that dude looks like a lady
[Outro]
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
That, that...
Dude (Looks Like a Lady) was written by Desmond Child & Joe Perry & Steven Tyler.
Dude (Looks Like a Lady) was produced by Bruce Fairbairn.
Aerosmith released Dude (Looks Like a Lady) on Mon Aug 31 1987.
Desmond Child, who was a writer on the song, opened up in 2014 on how the song came to be:
Steven (Tyler) was much more friendly, as he is, and was very generous, really, and showed me a song that they had started called “Cruisin' for the Ladies.” I listened to that lyric, and I said, “You know wha...
Co-writer Desmond Child had the following conversation with Songfacts:
Songfacts: Have you ever talked to Vince Neil about this song?
Desmond: Oh yeah, I told him the story. He had a good laugh … He knows that he’s the one that was paid homage to in “Dude Looks Like a Lady.”