Claim: Steven Tyler is an American singer-songwriter and lead singer for Aerosmith.

`` Sweet Emotion '' is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith , released by Columbia Records in April 1975 on the album Toys in the Attic and was released as a single a month later on May 19 . The song began a string of pop hits and large-scale mainstream success for the band that would continue for the remainder of the 1970s . The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler and bassist Tom Hamilton , produced by Jack Douglas and recorded at the Record Plant .