Walk on Water (Aerosmith song)

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"Walk on Water"
"Walk on Water" cover
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Big Ones
Released 1995
Format Cassette, CD
Recorded 1994
Genre Hard Rock
Length 4:55
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw
Producer(s) Michael Beinhorn[1][2]
Chart positions
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Blind Man" (1994) "Walk on Water" (1995) "Nine Lives" (1997)

"Walk on Water" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, and Tommy Shaw. It was released in 1995 as the third single from 1994's Big Ones a compilation album featuring 12 of Aerosmith's biggest hits from the Geffen-era, plus three new singles...this was the third one.

The song's lyrical style, content and sound is in the vein of such songs as "Shut up and Dance", which was also written with the assistance of Blades/Shaw. It also features notable harmonica playing by Steven Tyler, as well as dueling lead guitar parts, and a strong backbeat.

It reached #16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #11 in Latvia.