james brolin wrote the song don t want to miss a thing.
who wrote the song don t want to miss a thing?
james brolin
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in 1997, diane warren was watching barbara walters interview james brolin and barbra streisand. brolin said he missed streisand when they were asleep, and warren wrote down the words "i don't want to miss a thing", before there was even a song.









































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"when i first heard it," recalled drummer joey kramer, "it was just a demo with piano and singing. it was difficult to imagine what kind of touch aerosmith could put on it and make it our own… as soon as we began playing it as a band, then it instantly became an aerosmith song."
i don't want to miss a thing
in late 1998, chesnutt recorded a cover version of aerosmith's "i don't want to miss a thing" at the suggestion of wright, who had heard the song on his car radio. because the two thought that the song had single potential, decca withdrew promotion of "wherever you are" in favor of the cover, which resulted in "wherever you are" becoming his first single not to make top 40 on the country music charts. chesnutt said that he decided to cover the song because he felt that, despite his chart successes, he "wasn't getting noticed" due to the weaker sales of his last two albums compared to his first three. he felt that covering a pop song would "show people [he] could sing something other than the same old stuff", while also noting that many of his previous successful songs had been ballads. by early 1999, his version of "i don't want to miss a thing" had reached the top of the hot country singles & tracks charts; it was also his first entry on the "billboard" hot 100, where it ascended to no. 17. despite showing favor toward the cover song at the time, he later expressed disdain for recording it, as he felt that the song fit neither his style nor aerosmith's, that he chose to record it in order to be noticed and not treated as a low-priority artist by the label, and that neither the single nor the corresponding album sold well despite the song's success at radio. he also said that he had refused an offer from the label to cover another pop song. the corresponding album, also titled "i don't want to miss a thing", went on to account for only one other single in "this heartache never sleeps". nash wrote of the album that the cover was "a bit of a jolt", but added that chesnutt "goes on to find enough snappy rhythm tunes and scampering western swing to keep the toes tapping." an uncredited review from "people" magazine praised chesnutt's singing voice and the "good and varied songs".
mark chesnutt