Regardless of who wrote the song, the history books show that I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing was a US number one hit, and still the only one of Aerosmith’s career. It would have been nice because all of the rest of us have ideas about songs.”
But because of how the politics worked in the band at the time, those guys worked with the songwriters and came up with the songs. “If I had, I could have come up with some songs as well. “I couldn’t answer that question because I never worked with any of the songwriters that Steven and Joe worked with,” Kramer answers.
But was working with outside songwriters a process that the band happily embraced from the get-go? Desmond Child in particular had worked well with the band since their mid-80s comeback, on songs including Dude (Looks Like A Lady) and Angel. Renowned hitmaker Warren was by no means the first gun for hire to write for Aerosmith, of course. As soon as we began playing it as a band, then it instantly became an Aerosmith song.” It was just a question of learning the song and playing it as a band. When we finally did make it our own, that’s when it became what it is. It was difficult to imagine what kind of touch Aerosmith could put on it and make it our own. When I first heard it, it was just a demo with piano and singing. “I kind of knew it was a hit, but I didn’t really like the song,” he admits. The ballad I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing, written by Diane Warren, was chosen as the track to be reworked and recorded for the film. Aerosmith were the perfect choice, not least because the film co-starred Steven Tyler’s daughter, Liv. The scientifically baffling end-of-the-world summer blockbuster film Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, needed a soundtrack single recorded by an A-list band. But then a Hollywood-sized opportunity landed in their lap. It had now been eight years since their last top ten single, What It Takes, from the album Pump.
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They ’d come mighty close, with Angel, Janie’s Got A Gun and Love In An Elevator all having made the US top five, but by the summer of 1998, a number one hit was seemingly slipping further away from their grasp.ĭespite the Nine Lives album selling by the boatload, none of the singles from it had managed to crack the Top 20. Although they had a catalogue packed with career-defining classics, they were yet to score a number one single in the US. This Aerosmith classic was written by a musician named Diane Warren. She was inspired after watching a Barbara Walters interview, in which Walters was interviewing musician Barbra Streisand and actor James Brolin.Īnd the producer of this track is Matt Serletic.But one thing still eluded them. This song’s popularity was partially attributable to the fact that it was featured prominently in “Armageddon”, which proved to be 1998’s highest-grossing movie.Īerosmith is a band that formed all the way back in 1970, and throughout the decades they’ve had their highs and lows in terms of popularity. And “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”, despite not being the type of song they were generally known for, was the main track which enabled them to remain in the public spotlight during the 1990s. Moreover in the over 20 countries it charted in overall, in most cases it ranked in the top 10 of their music charts, including peaking at number 4 in United Kingdom. And in terms of records sales, it has been certified double-Platinum in both the UK and Sweden. In other words, it is their greatest hit overall. For example, it also scored a number 1 in almost a dozen other nations. This classic proved to be and will likely remain the only time Aerosmith actually topped the Billboard Hot 100.
It was released as part of said album on 18th August 1998. And the labels that put it out are Columbia Records, Hollywood Records and Epic Records. Release Date of “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” For instance, it was originally conceptualized by its writer to be sung by Canadian songstress Céline Dion. This track is from the soundtrack of the 1998 film “Armageddon” starring Bruce Willis and co-starring, amongst others, Liv Tyler. She is the daughter of Aerosmith’s lead singer, Steve Tyler. In fact it was Liv’s feature in the film which ultimately led to Aerosmith being asked to perform this tune.