"My Adidas" | ||||
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Single by Run–D.M.C. | ||||
from the album Raising Hell | ||||
B-side | Peter Piper | |||
Released | May 29, 1986 | |||
Format | Vinyl, Cassette | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, rap rock | |||
Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | Profile Records | |||
Writer(s) | Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | |||
Producer(s) | Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons | |||
Run–D.M.C. singles chronology | ||||
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"My Adidas" is the first single from Run–D.M.C.'s third album Raising Hell. It is about Adidas footwear. Released in 1986, the song was written by two of the members, Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and was produced by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons. My Adidas reached No. 5 on the Hot Black Singles and No. 10 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales in 1986, climbed to No. 33 on the Hot Rap Singles chart 14 years later in 2000. The song appears on the soundtracks for the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and Saints Row: The Third. The song was also mentioned in the song "Dedicated" from the Mariah Carey album "Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse".