Shela (song) explained

Shela
Cover:Aerosmith_Shela.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Aerosmith
Album:Done with Mirrors
B-Side:Gypsy Boots
Released:November 1985 (in United States only)
Recorded:1985
Length:4:32
Label:Geffen
Producer:Ted Templeman
Prev Title:Let the Music Do the Talking
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Darkness
Next Year:1986

"Shela" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith, the fifth song on the band's 1985 album Done with Mirrors. The songwriting credits are credited to all members of Aerosmith. Both guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford take turns in soloing, with the main riff played by Brad Whitford.

Although "Let the Music Do the Talking" was the first track from the album to be released to United States radio stations (as a promo-only single), "Shela" was the album's first commercially released single in the US, reaching #20 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late-1985.[1]

Despite the song being released as a single in the US, a music video was not created for it.

Notes and References

  1. Billboard: December 21, 1985