Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Take the Money and Run (Steve Miller Band song)" in English language version.
So when Arista exec Pete Ganbarg called Miller's publishing company about letting Run DMC release a version of his 1976 hit "Take the Money and Run" that the group had cut with Everlast, the initial answer was a flat "No." Says Linda Komorsky, who handles Miller's publishing rights: "I said, 'This is just not going to happen, tell them to choose somebody else's song.' And [Ganbarg] kept calling me back, saying 'Please, just listen to the tape."' Komorsky relented, and, after hearing the track, played it for Miller. Abra, abracadabra, the song just reached out and grabbed him. "He liked what they did," confirms Komorsky. "This is the first time he's allowed a group like this to do one of his songs."
