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The following is a comprehensive discography of Run-DMC, an American hip hop group. Run-D.M.C. have had hit singles across the globe from Australia and New Zealand to Belgium and Ireland. Their biggest hit outside of the US was the Jason Nevins remix of " It's Like That ".
Run-DMC performed at the legendary Live Aid benefit shortly after Rock Box was released. In late-1985, Run-DMC were featured in the hip hop film Krush Groove, a fictionalized retelling of Russell Simmons' rise as a hip hop entrepreneur and his struggles to get his own label, Def Jam Recordings, off the ground. [17]
Before Run, DMC and Jay went in the studio to begin recording Back from Hell, they were in trouble: Jay owed the IRS nearly $300,000 in state taxes dating back to 1989, [3] Run was struggling to cope with severe depression and DMC became reliant on alcohol to help him overcome his debilitating stage fright, downing as many as 12 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor a day.
"Run's House" was the highest-charting single from the album, making it to number ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The track was later used as the theme song for Run 's show Run's House and was sampled by the group for their hit single, " Down with the King ".
Down with the King peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. The album features three Billboard singles: "Down with the King", "Ooh, Whatcha Gonna Do" and "Can I Get It, Yo". The title track also hit the UK Singles Chart. [1] The album was reissued by Arista Records in 1999 and 2003.
In 1989, the album was ranked number 51 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s. [9] In 2003, the album was ranked number 240 on Rolling Stone ' s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [35] The album's ranking moved to number 242 in the 2012 version of the list, and to number 378 in the 2020 update. [10]
James Hyman of Record Mirror wrote, "Reviving 'hip house' for the late Nineties with relentless pounding beats, scratchy squeaks and "check this out" punctuation over Run DMC's classic 1983 rap, NY DJ Jason Nevins has created a pan-European club smash which has already been Top 10 in almost the same number of national charts. When it hits UK ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Chart (1984) Peak position US Billboard Hot Black Singles [1] 11 1: Notes: 1 - Charted with "Jam ...