"Deuces Are Wild" is a song performed by American

United States

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 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

. It was written by lead singer Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'", due to his high screams...

 and professional songwriter Jim Vallance

Jim Vallance

James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...

. It was originally considered for inclusion on the Pump

Pump (album)

*After the end of "What It Takes" there is a brief, untitled, instrumental hidden track composed and performed by Randy Raine-Reusch. This was not included on all the releases in all countries.-Bonus track :-Lawsuit:...

album in 1989.

The song eventually surfaced as a track on the compilation album The Beavis and Butt-head Experience

The Beavis and Butt-head Experience

The Beavis and Butt-head Experience is a compilation album, released in 1993 by Geffen Records. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Overview:...

in late 1993, and was released as a promotional single in early 1994. The single was successful on rock radio, topping the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in the spring of 1994 and reaching #25 in Canada

Canada

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Vallance wrote the music for the song in 1988 and recorded a demo in his home studio. The demo was sent to the band on a cassette that included other potential Aerosmith songs, including "The Other Side

The Other Side (Aerosmith song)

-Radio Single:...

". According to Vallance, Geffen A&R rep John Kalodner

John Kalodner

John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R executive. His achievements included signing Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins to Atlantic Records in the seventies....

 liked the music and Tyler's lyrics, but didn't like the song's title. Vallance and Tyler refused to change it, and Kalodner responded by nixing the song from Pump. Vallance noted that he believed that the released version was simply his home demo with overdubs by Tyler, Joe Perry

Joe Perry (musician)

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He is influenced by many rock artists especially The Rolling Stones and The Beatles...

, and Joey Kramer

Joey Kramer

Joseph Michael "Joey" Kramer is the drummer for the American hard rock band Aerosmith....

, rather than being a complete Aerosmith recording.

"Deuces are Wild" was included on the band's 1994 compilation for Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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, Big Ones

Big Ones

Big Ones is one of the many compilation albums by the American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 1, 1994 by Geffen Records...

. It was also included on the 2001 compilation album Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology

Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology

-Personnel:*Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards*Joe Perry - lead guitar, appalachian dulcimer, backing vocals*Brad Whitford - rhythm guitar*Tom Hamilton - bass*Joey Kramer - drumsAdditional musicians...

and Aerosmith's career-spanning two-disc compilation O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits in 2002.

Music Video

A music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was created for the song, featuring random clips of the band, and released on the Big Ones companion video release Big Ones You Can Look At

Big Ones You Can Look At

Big Ones You Can Look At is a VHS and Laserdisc featuring music videos by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released on November 4, 1994. In addition, there are outtakes and band interviews. Running time is 100 minutes...

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