But was working with outside songwriters a process that the band happily embraced from the get-go? Desmond Child in particular had worked well with the band since their mid-80s comeback, on songs including Dude (Looks Like A Lady) and Angel. Renowned hitmaker Warren was by no means the first gun for hire to write for Aerosmith, of course. As soon as we began playing it as a band, then it instantly became an Aerosmith song.”
It was just a question of learning the song and playing it as a band. When we finally did make it our own, that’s when it became what it is. It was difficult to imagine what kind of touch Aerosmith could put on it and make it our own. When I first heard it, it was just a demo with piano and singing. “I kind of knew it was a hit, but I didn’t really like the song,” he admits. The ballad I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing, written by Diane Warren, was chosen as the track to be reworked and recorded for the film. Aerosmith were the perfect choice, not least because the film co-starred Steven Tyler’s daughter, Liv. The scientifically baffling end-of-the-world summer blockbuster film Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, needed a soundtrack single recorded by an A-list band. But then a Hollywood-sized opportunity landed in their lap. It had now been eight years since their last top ten single, What It Takes, from the album Pump. They ’d come mighty close, with Angel, Janie’s Got A Gun and Love In An Elevator all having made the US top five, but by the summer of 1998, a number one hit was seemingly slipping further away from their grasp.ĭespite the Nine Lives album selling by the boatload, none of the singles from it had managed to crack the Top 20.
Although they had a catalogue packed with career-defining classics, they were yet to score a number one single in the US. This song is sung by Aerosmith.But one thing still eluded them. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (From "Armageddon" Soundtrack) song from the album Armageddon - The Album is released on Jun 1998.
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