Toys in the Attic is the third studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on April 8, 1975, by Columbia Records.[1] Its first single, "Sweet Emotion", was released on May 19 and the original version of "Walk This Way" followed on August 28 in the same year.[2] The album is the band's most commercially successful studio LP in the United States, with nine million copies sold, according to the RIAA.[3] In 2003, the album was ranked No. 228 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4] The album's title track and their 1986 collaboration with Run-DMC on a cover version of "Walk This Way" are included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[5]