Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)

"Rag Doll"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Permanent Vacation
B-side"St. John", "Rag Doll (Rockapella Mix)"
ReleasedMay 3, 1988[1]
Recorded1987
Genre
Length4:24
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Angel"
(1988) 		"Rag Doll"
(1988) 		"Love in an Elevator"
(1989)
Music video
"Rag Doll" on YouTube

"Rag Doll" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. It is from their 1987 album Permanent Vacation. It was released as the final single from the album in 1988. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, and Holly Knight. The song "[filters] the essence of Aerosmith's funkiest moments through the boom-thwack beat of the hair-metal '80s".[5]

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  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-62788-375-7.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Big Ones - Aerosmith | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Masley, Ed (June 8, 2015). "25 best Aerosmith singles, from 'Dream On' to 'Crazy'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-03-16.