I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

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"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Song
B-side"Animal Crackers"/"Taste of India"

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (a first for the band after 28 years together). The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998. The song also stayed at #1 for several weeks in several other countries. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number four in November 1998, becoming Aerosmith's highest charting song in the UK to date.

Music video

The music video for this song was shot in the Minneapolis Armory in 1998 and was directed by Francis Lawrence.[2] It features the band playing the song intertwined with scenes from Armageddon. It features a cameo appearance by Steven Tyler's daughter Liv, who plays Grace Stamper in the film. Steven Tyler hurt his knee the day before the shoot, so they used a lot of close-ups because his movement was limited.

The video begins with shots of the moon and several meteorites passing by and then a view of earth before zooming in to show Steven Tyler singing. The shots interchange between the band and Mission Control viewing the band singing via their monitors. As the video progresses it reveals that the band is playing in front of what appears to be the fictional Space Shuttle Freedom. Along with Aerosmith, a full hand orchestra plays in sync with the melody. Smoke surrounds the orchestra and Aerosmith as Freedom takes off from the launch pad. Finally, the screen goes out as a tearful Grace touches one of the monitors to reach out to her father (real life father Steven Tyler in the video; on-screen father Harry Stamper, played by Bruce Willis, in the film).

The video won awards for MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film, and Best Video at Boston Music Awards.

Reception

This song was Aerosmith's biggest hit, debuting at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks in September, and reaching #1 in many countries around the world, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Norway, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "When You Believe" from the film The Prince of Egypt.[3] The song was also nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song, "losing" to "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz!" from An Alan Smithee Film Burn Hollywood Burn.[4] It is one of only three songs to be nominated for both awards, the others being "How Do I Live", from Con Air (also by Warren) and "Life in a Looking Glass", from That's Life! (music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse). None of these songs won either award.

The song helped open up Aerosmith to a new generation[5] and remains a slow dance staple.[6] Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell labeled the song "one of the great songs of all time" during the show's seventh season.

Charts

Charts (1998) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[8] 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 4
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[9] 6
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[10] 2
Dutch Singles Chart[7] 1
Finnish Singles Chart[7] 3
French Singles Chart[7] 8
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart[7] 1
Japan Oricon Chart 11
Norwegian Singles Chart[7] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[7] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 1
UK Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 13
U.S. Hot Latin Tracks 14

End of year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 23

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 73

Certifications

Country Provider Certification
(sales thresholds)
Australia[13] ARIA 2× Platinum
Austria[14] IFPI Gold
France[15] SNEP Silver
Germany[16] BVMI Platinum
Norway[17] IFPI Platinum
Sweden[18] IFPI 2× Platinum
United Kingdom[19] BPI Gold
United States[20] RIAA Gold

Track listing

CD single
  1. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – 4:58
  2. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Rock Mix) – 4:58
  3. "Taste of India" (Rock Remix) – 5:52
  4. "Animal Crackers" – 2:36

The song appeared on the Argentine version of the album Nine Lives. It also appeared on the Japanese version of Just Push Play.

CD single 2
  1. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Pop Mix) – 4:58
  2. "Pink" (live) – 3:45
  3. "Crash" – 4:26

Crash and the original Pink appeared as tracks 9 and 11, respectively, on all versions of the album Nine Lives.

Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 5, 1998 – September 26, 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australia ARIA Singles Chart
number-one single
September 13, 1998 – November 22, 1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single
October 10, 1998 – October 17, 1998 		Succeeded by

Mark Chesnutt version

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Song
B-side"Wherever You Are"[21]

In late 1998, country music artist Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover version of the song. His rendition is the first single from, and title track to, his 1999 album I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.[22] Chesnutt's cover spent two weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in early 1999, and is the last of his eight Number Ones on that chart. It is also the first of only two singles in his career to reach the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #17 in early 1999.

Chart positions

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 17
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
February 20–27, 1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
March 8–15, 1999 		Succeeded by

Other versions


References

  1. ^ Armageddon Soundtrack at IMDb
  2. ^ I Don't Want to Miss a Thing at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata: Filming location
  3. ^ Academy Awards Database: Best Song Nominees for Diane Warren
  4. ^ 1998 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners"
  5. ^ "Aerosmith — I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' - The Vault on EN". EntertainmentNutz.com. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  6. ^ "Rolling Stone: Rock List: The 25 Greatest Slow Dance Songs Ever". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-04-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Euro Peakpositions
  8. ^ a b ultratop.be - Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
  9. ^ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 5, October 26, 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 68, No. 1, September 28, 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  12. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Singles" (HTM). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  14. ^ "Gold & Platin". IFPI Austria (in German).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Type "Aerosmith" under Interpret to see search results.
  15. ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973" (PHP). InfoDisc (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Find "AEROSMITH" on the drop-down menu to see certifications.
  16. ^ "Gold- /Platin-Datenbank". Bundesverband Musikindustrie (in German). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Type "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" under Titel to see search results.
  17. ^ "IFPI Norsk Platebransje" (HTM). IFPI Norway (in Norwegian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was certified platinum in 1998.
  18. ^ "Guld & Platinum 1987–1998" (PDF). IFPI Sweden (in Swedish). p. 29. Retrieved July 8, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  19. ^ "Certified Awards Search" (ASPX). British Phonographic Industry.
  20. ^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  21. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 93. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  22. ^ Monkman, Martin. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
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