1980s In 1987, Rhodes co-wrote the lead-off minor hit title track from
Y&T's album
Contagious. The following year, he co-wrote a single on fellow glam metal band
Kix's commercial breakthrough album,
Blow My Fuse. This track, "Cold Blood" became a hit on rock radio stations and helped earn Rhodes a spot as producer for the next Kix album.
1990s Rhodes produced the 1991 Kix album
Hot Wire, in addition to co-writing half of the songs from the album. In 1993, he co-wrote "
Cryin'" with
Steven Tyler and
Joe Perry. The song was
Aerosmith's biggest
single from the
Get a Grip album (achieving sales of over 20 million copies worldwide), reaching #12 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. For this song, Rhodes was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (songwriter) in 1993. In 1994, Rhodes co-wrote the hit "
Blind Man" with Tyler and Perry for the compilation
Big Ones (certified 4 million in the U.S.). "Blind Man" reached #48 on the
Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #23 on the
UK Singles Chart. In 1997, Rhodes collaborated with Tyler in writing the single "
Full Circle", from the Aerosmith album
Nine Lives. Rhodes co-wrote the
Celine Dion hit "
Where Does My Heart Beat Now", which was the most successful single from the
Unison album and became Dion's first English-language hit. In 2008, it was included on the North American version of
My Love: Essential Collection. In 1997, he co-wrote the
Ozzy Osbourne hit single "
Back on Earth" from Osbourne's greatest hits album
The Ozzman Cometh (certified 2 million in the U.S.).
2000s In 2000, Rhodes collaborated with
Gary Louris in writing
The Jayhawks's single "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which was used in the
Ralph Lauren national TV campaign for their "Polo Blue" scent. It also appeared on the second
soundtrack released from ''
Dawson's Creek, Songs from Dawson's Creek Volume 2
, and the 2001 film All Over the Guy''. Rhodes co-wrote the song "Party Up", from
Hilary Duff's 2003 album
Metamorphosis (achieving sales of over five million copies worldwide), her first full-length studio album that reached number one on the U.S. and Canadian charts. Rhodes co-wrote and produced several songs on
Peter Wolf's albums
Up To No Good (1990) and the album ''
Fool's Parade'' (1998). Rhodes also co-wrote songs on Wolf's 2010 release
Midnight Souvenirs. ==Other credits==