SONG & HIT DETAILS
Artist Name: AEROSMITH
Hit Month (Australia): 1998
Song Author: Diane Warren
Year Recorded: 1998
SONG PROFILE
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
Single by Aerosmith from the album Armageddon: The Album
B-side “Animal Crackers”/”Taste of India”
Released August 18, 1998 (1998-08-18)
Format Cassette, CD
Recorded 1997
Genre Rock
Length 4:58
Label Columbia/Hollywood/Epic
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer Matt Serletic
Certification Gold (RIAA)
“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 (the first #1 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 number 1 for several weeks in several other countries. In the UK, the song peaked at number four, becoming Aerosmith’s highest charting song in the UK, where it was the 17th best-selling single of 1998, and has sold over a million copies.
This song was Aerosmith’s biggest hit, debuting at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks in September, and reaching number 1 in many countries around the world, including Australia, the Philippines, 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.
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), neither of which won either award. It has won an MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie in 1999.
The chorus of the song is highly reminiscent of an earlier song Diane Warren co-wrote, “Just Like Jesse James”, which appeared on Cher’s 1989 album Heart of Stone.
The song helped open up Aerosmith to a new generation[5] and remains a slow dance staple.
It was one of many songs written by Diane Warren in that time period.