<P> `` It 's Tricky '' is the fourth and final single released from Run -- D.M.C. 's third album , Raising Hell . It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves . The song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs . In the UK , the song made # 16 on the UK Singles Chart upon its original release and # 74 in 1998 , while the Jason Nevins remix of their song `` It 's Like That '' spent its fifth week at # 1 . Two decades after the song 's release , The Knack sued Run - D.M.C. on the grounds `` It 's Tricky '' sampled their song `` My Sharona '' without permission . </P>
<P> `` It 's Tricky '' is the fourth and final single released from Run -- D.M.C. 's third album , Raising Hell . It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves . The song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs . In the UK , the song made # 16 on the UK Singles Chart upon its original release and # 74 in 1998 , while the Jason Nevins remix of their song `` It 's Like That '' spent its fifth week at # 1 . Two decades after the song 's release , The Knack sued Run - D.M.C. on the grounds `` It 's Tricky '' sampled their song `` My Sharona '' without permission . </P>
when did the song its tricky come out
when did the song its tricky come out
1987
1987