I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

"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 hit single by American rock band Aerosmith. It was taken from the Armageddon soundtrack and 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, introducing Aerosmith to a new generation of fans. The song also stayed at #1 for several weeks in several other countries. The song rose steadily up the charts in the UK, peaking at number four in November 1998 and becoming Aerosmith's highest charting song in the UK to date.

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was written primarily by Diane Warren. She stated in her compilation album Diane Warren Presents Love Songs that the song was originally meant for Celine Dion.

The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. American Idol judge Simon Cowell labelled the song "one of the great songs of all time" during the show's seventh season. It remains one of Aerosmith's most popular songs.

Video

The music video for this song was shot in the Minneapolis Armory in 1998 (Directed by Francis Lawrence). It features the band playing the song intertwined with scenes from Armageddon. It features a cameo appearance by Liv Tyler, who incidentally is Steven Tyler's daughter and plays Grace Stamper in the film. Liv previously had a role in the music video for the band's other song, "Crazy".

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. As Freedom takes off from the launch pad smoke surrounds the orchestra and Aerosmith. Finally, as a tearful Grace touches one of the monitors to reach out to Steven Tyler/Harry Stamper (in the film portrayed by Bruce Willis), the screen goes out. As of November 2008,The video on YouTube has over 24 million views.

Tracklist

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 also appeared on the Argentine version of the album Nine Lives

Charts

Aerosmith

Charts	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	1
Austrian Singles Chart	1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	3
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	4
Finnish Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	1
Italian Singles Chart	1
Latvian Singles Chart	1
Netherlands Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	2
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
U.S. Adult Contemporary	13
U.S. Hot Latin Tracks	14

In late 1998, country music artist Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover version of the song. His cover version spent two weeks at Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in early 1999

Additional cover versions

• In late 1998, country music artist Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover version of the song. His cover version spent two weeks at Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in early 1999
• It was covered by Regine Velasquez in 1999 on her album R2K (Regine Velasquez album), and since then has been one of her most popular covered songs.
• It was covered by New Found Glory in 2000 on their album of cover songs From the Screen to Your Stereo.
• Heinz Winckler covered the song at World Idol in 2003.
• It has been covered on American Idol many times by various contestants, which include Joshua Gracin in Season 2 (movie theme songs night), Lindsey Cardinale in Season 4, Antonella Barba in Season 6, and David Cook in Season 7.
• American Idol Season 7 winner David Cook performed the song to rave reviews on the Top 3 night of the season. Diane Warren, the song's writer, was in the audience and gave a standing ovation. The song was chosen by the producer for him to perform. Cook's version of the song debuted at number 42 on Billboard Hot 100 single.
• Cook also has performed the song at all of the venues on the American Idol Live Tour
• It has been covered on Pinoy Dream Academy (also known as PDA), Philippine version of Endemol's Star Academy, many times by various contestants, most recently is Catherine "Poy" Palma of season 2.
• It was covered by Jacob Hoggard during the second season of Canadian Idol.
• Ben Mills covered the song on his 2007 debut album Picture of You.
• Lorena covered the song on her 2008 second studio album De Pelicula. The song has also been chosen to be the second single released from it. However, the single failed to make any impact on the Spanish charts, due to the low promotion it received from the media.
• Contestants Asia and Melissa R. performed the song as a duet on the reality show Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.
• Anastacia covered this song during her first ever live performance since undergoing surgery for breast cancer, she performed this as Woman Rocks
• A cover of this song by Deja Vu featuring Tasmin was featured in Dance Dance Revolution Solo.
• SuperNova performed this at 'Plugged - Live at the Parr Hall'
• The song is featured in the 2007 movie Blades of Glory, where Will Ferrell and his fellow skater Jon Heder skate to it. Will Ferrell later sings a slightly altered version of the chorus into the phone. (I miss you Jimmy, So call me back!)
• In the film Team America the song was the basis and parody for the song Only a Woman.
• In the film The Sweetest Thing, the cast (and a lot of extras) sing this song to get one of the main characters out of a compromising situation.
• The game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore features a cover of the song done by the company Wavegroup.
• A jumpstyle dance version was produced by Millennium 54 and further edited by Rocco & Bass-T.
• Nina Girado released her soulful cover of the song through her album, Nina Sings The Hits of Diane Warren.
• Girlband, a group on the fifth series of The X Factor sung this in the bottom 2 on the live shows.
• Tom williams- australian idol performed it in the top 12

References

Tom Williams in Australian idol sang it in the top 12