<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Darkness" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Hangman Jury" (1988) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Darkness" (1986) </Td> <Td> "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Hangman Jury" (1988) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith . It was released as the first of four singles from the Permanent Vacation album in 1987 . Bowing at #84 on 3 October 1987, the track reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 12 December 1987 - 2 January 1988, and #41 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #45 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 . It was re-released in early 1990 and peaked at #20 in the UK . The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry and professional songwriter Desmond Child . </P> <P> The song, which originally started out as "Cruisin' for a Lady", talks about a male with an effeminate appearance, who is mistaken for a female . Steven Tyler states in the book Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith: "One day we met Mötley Crüe, and they're all going,' Dude!' Dude this and Dude that, everything was Dude .' Dude (Looks Like a Lady)' came out of that session .". </P>

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