Question: when did dude looks like a lady come out
Answer: `` Dude ( Looks Like a Lady ) '' Single by Aerosmith from the album Permanent Vacation B - side `` Once is Enough '' or `` Simoriah '' Released September 1987 1990 ( re-issue ) Format Cassette , CD single , 12 '' single Recorded Genre Hard rock , blues rock , glam metal Length 4 : 24 ( Album version ) 5 : 13 ( Alternate mix ) Label Geffen Songwriter ( s ) Steven Tyler , Joe Perry , Desmond Child Producer ( s ) Bruce Fairbairn Aerosmith singles chronology `` Darkness '' ( 1986 ) `` Dude ( Looks Like a Lady ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Hangman Jury '' ( 1988 ) `` Darkness '' ( 1986 ) `` Dude ( Looks Like a Lady ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Hangman Jury '' ( 1988 )