| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | ||||
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| Single by Aerosmith | ||||
| from the album Armageddon: The Album | ||||
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| Released | July 29, 1998 | |||
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| Length | 4:59 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
| Producer(s) | Matt Serletic | |||
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| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" on YouTube | ||||
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song recorded by American hard rock band Aerosmith as the theme song for the 1998 science fiction disaster film Armageddon, in which lead singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv starred. It is one of four songs performed by the band for the film, the other three being "What Kind of Love Are You On", "Come Together", and "Sweet Emotion". The power ballad[3] was co-written by Diane Warren, who originally envisioned it would be performed by "Celine Dion or somebody like that",[4] and Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry, although only Warren got songwriting credit.[citation needed] The song received its airplay premiere on May 12, 1998, and was officially added to radio a week later.[5]
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was first released in Japan on July 29, 1998. In the United States, it was originally supposed to be a radio-only single from Armageddon: The Album, but due to popular demand, Columbia Records issued the song commercially in August 1998.[6][7] It subsequently debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their first and only number-one single in their home country, remaining at the top for four weeks. The song also peaked at number one for multiple weeks in several other countries, including Australia, Ireland, and Norway. In the United Kingdom, it sold over one million copies and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. The song was nominated for an Oscar as Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards of 1998, but lost to "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt.[8]
The song was covered by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt for his album of the same name. In early 1999, his version was a top-twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 while also topping the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
- ^ a b Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (2019). Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4408-6579-4.
- ^ Harvilla, Rob (July 2, 2018). "The Last Great Movie Credits Anthem: On 20 Years of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"". The Ringer. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart and the 20 other best power ballads". The Telegraph. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Diane Warren: How I wrote I Don't Want To Miss a Thing, If I Could Turn Back Time and Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". Shortlist.com. July 26, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". Gavin Report. No. 2205. May 8, 1998. p. 64.
- ^ Bronson, Fred (June 13, 1998). "Warren Is Chart-Topping Tunesmith". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 24. p. 122.
- ^ Sandiford-Waller, Theda (July 25, 1998). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 24. p. 89.
- ^ "It's Hollywood's night to let its stars shine". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 22, 1999. p. 5. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
