<p id=”par-1_42″>Some <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/classic-rock/”>classic rock</a> songs come from unexpected places. For example, Aerosmith’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-aerosmiths-only-no-1-hit-led-a-country-singer-to-leave-his-label.html/”>“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”</a> was written by a songwriter known for writing romantic power ballads for movies. The writer in question didn’t think the song could suit Aerosmith. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-aerosmith-s-i-don-t-want-to-miss-a-thing-was-supposed-to-promote-an-action-movie”>Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ was supposed to promote an action movie</h2>
<p id=”par-2_79″>“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-tylers-voice-aerosmiths-only-no-1-hit-nearly-made-writer-fall-over.html/”>was written by Diane Warren</a>, a songwriter known for writing power ballads for movie soundtracks. She gave us hits like Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me” from <em>Up Close & Personal </em>and Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from <em>Mannequin</em>. During a 2021 interview with <a href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/diane-warren-beyonce-cher-aerosmith-lady-gaga-1121141/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a>, Warren said the history of “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” begins with another one of her songs, LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live.”</p>
<p id=”par-3_82″>“How Do I Live” was meant for the action movie <em>Con Air</em>, a big-budget action flick by producer Jerry Bruckheimer. “Jerry asked if it was OK to put Tricia [Yearwood] on [‘How Do I Live’],” Warren recalled. “And I said, ‘Yeah, but I can’t pull it from LeAnn. Even if Trisha does it for the movie.’ And then Jerry was like, ‘No, you have to pull it from LeAnn.’ I couldn’t do that. Jerry was like, ‘I’m never gonna work with you again.’”</p>
<p id=”par-4_59″>Bruckheimer later made another action movie, <em>Armageddon</em>, that featured a Warren ballad called “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” “Remember, he said he wasn’t gonna work with me ever again, a year before?” Warren recalled. “He changed his mind. So I went back and wrote the song. And never in a million years thought Aerosmith would do it.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-how-diane-warren-reacted-to-aerosmith-s-version-of-the-song”>How Diane Warren reacted to Aerosmith’s version of the song</h2>
<p id=”par-5_71″>Warren had different expectations for “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. “I kind of thought a female vocalist would end up doing it, but it’s so much more powerful with Steven Tyler — him being that vulnerable in the song really worked,” she said. Aerosmith had put out power ballads before, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/aerosmiths-dream-made-steven-tyler-cry.html/”>such as “Dream On”</a> and “Crazy,” but “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” is a lot more sentimental.</p>
<p id=”par-6_83″>Warren recalled being blown away by Tyler’s vocal performance on “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” In retrospect, she was very proud of the song. She believes it should have won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Interestingly, a lot of Aerosmith fans (and classic rock fans in general) take issue with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” for being closer to easy-listening music than Aerosmith’s other hits. That might explain why the track didn’t rack up any Grammys.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-i-don-t-want-to-miss-a-thing-was-the-band-s-only-chart-topper”>‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ was the band’s only chart-topper</h2>
<p id=”par-7_48″>Regardless of the critical reception of “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” it performed very well with the public. The track became the band’s first and only No. 1 single, topping the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/aerosmith/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard Hot 100</a> for four weeks and lasting on the chart for 20 weeks altogether.</p>
<p id=”par-8_34″>The ballad appeared on some editions of the album <em>Nine Lives</em>. That record reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a week. It lasted on the Billboard 200 for 77 weeks in total.</p>
<p id=”par-9_24″>“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was a somewhat controversial foray into sentimentality for Aerosmith. Warren was surprised they even touched the song.</p>