Aerosmith were the perfect choice, not least because the film co-starred Steven Tyler’s daughter, Liv. When she set out to write a song for, This song extended Aerosmith's reign as the hottest rock band of the '90s. It was difficult to imagine what kind of touch Aerosmith could put on it and make it our own. Rich Chamberlain This won the 1999 Nickelodeon Teen Choice Award for Love Song of the Year. Steven Tyler sings I Don't Want To Miss A Thing duet with street busker in Moscow | Daily Mail Online. You'll notice that Steven Tyler is surprisingly stationary in the video. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! In doing so, another chapter was added to the big book of Aerosmith comebacks. When we finally did make it our own, that’s when it became what it is. The album had already gone double-platinum in the US and the band had won a Grammy for the previous year’s hit single Pink. With their Aero-Vederci Baby tour billed as a farewell, we asked drummer Joey Kramer how he feels about preparing for the band’s final UK show at this summer’s Download festival. The drummer had been lifted from the punishing depths of a nervous breakdown to the summit of the US Billboard chart. That was healthy for me. Elvis covered it in 1956, and it became his biggest hit. Renowned hitmaker Warren was by no means the first gun for hire to write for Aerosmith, of course. “It’s just another song.”. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. While Aerosmith are currently gearing up for their 2017 European farewell tour, the 66-year-old Kramer admits that such punishing schedules are a thing of the past. 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. By “Things are a little bit different today,” he says, laughing. “I kind of knew it was a hit, but I didn’t really like the song,” he admits. A grand production featuring a 52-piece orchestra, this was by far Aerosmith's biggest hit on the US Hot 100, and their only chart-topper. “One of the things I really love about being in this band is that it never gets boring,” he says. "So this is to my UK fans, my Irish fans, my American fans and my new German fans; and most of all, this is a dedication to me wife." Aerosmith may be the comeback kings, but all good things must eventually end. Bath But because of how the politics worked in the band at the time, those guys worked with the songwriters and came up with the songs. But that’s not through a lack of effort. Howard explains his positive songwriting method and how uplifting songs can carry a deeper message. Some other hit songs Warren wrote include ", Diane Warren found inspiration for this song after hearing about an interview where James Brolin said that when his wife Barbra Streisand was away, he missed her even when he was sleeping. "Mr. Roboto" by Styx was written by their keyboard player, Dennis DeYoung, who used Japanese words and imagery to create an allegory about censorship. I can’t do the things now that I did when I was twenty-five. "I remember being at the Sunset Marquis Hotel, and sitting at the piano with him and teaching him the song and just having chills all over my body as I heard the song come to life with his voice and knowing what it was going to be," she told. “We were just about to go off the road and that song came around,” he says. “I went through a nervous breakdown, depression and anxiety,” Kramer reflects. “We completely disproved that assumption.”. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, (Image credit: Ross Halfin; Joey Kramer: Zach Whitford\/Press). The three albums that preceded Nine Lives – Permanent Vacation, Pump and Get A Grip – were critically lauded and, commercially, hugely successful. All rights reserved. We give it a good shot!”. That was welcomed by the band. The Boston bad boys had, remarkably, cemented a second stint as the hottest band on the planet. "No Scrubs" introduced the term "scrub" to the popular lexicon, and defined it in the opening lines ("a scrub is a guy that think he's fine..."). But, even years after the band had kicked the booze and drugs, the battles weren’t over. As soon as we began playing it as a band, then it instantly became an Aerosmith song.”. She told, Giving his thoughts on having a cover song become Aerosmith's biggest hit, guitarist, When Diane Warren wrote this song, she thought someone like Celine Dion would be singing it. “I came back with a nice perspective on what I bring to the table in Aerosmith. BA1 1UA. In fact, he was in the midst of his own personal hell. The scientifically baffling end-of-the-world summer blockbuster film Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, needed a soundtrack single recorded by an A-list band. PERSONNEL: Steven Tyler (Lead vocals), Joe Perry (Guitar), Brad Whitford (Guitar), Tom Hamilton (Bass), Joey Kramer (Drums). It was just a question of learning the song and playing it as a band. It would have been nice [to be more involved in the songwriting] because all of the rest of us have ideas about songs.”. “We can decide something one day, and a good reason to change our minds will come along and we will do so. “I couldn’t answer that question because I never worked with any of the songwriters that Steven and Joe worked with,” Kramer answers. In February 1999, his version topped the Country chart and climbed to #17 on the Hot 100, five months after Aerosmith hit the top spot with the original. As Aerosmith began work on their 12th album, the appropriately titled Nine Lives, from the outside at least they looked to be in the best shape in quite some time. We ended up re-recording because people were listening to the tracks [for Nine Lives recorded in his absence] and were saying some negative stuff about it and saying the band didn’t sound the same.”. It eventually stretched to over two years and more than 200 dates. Receive news and offers from our other brands? Adele got the title "Rolling In The Deep" from the British saying "Roll Deep," which means to look after someone. You will receive a verification email shortly. Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult wrote "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" after he was diagnosed with a heart condition and started thinking about his own mortality. Thank you for signing up to Classic Rock. When televangelists like Jimmy Swaggart took on rockers like Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica, the rockers retaliated. “There is a belief among musicians that if they don’t have their drugs and alcohol then they will lose their fire,” drummer Joey Kramer says of Aerosmith’s cleaning themselves up. But initially Kramer wasn’t sold on it. When Judd Apatow needed under-appreciated rockers for his Knocked Up sequel, he immediately thought of Parker, who just happened to be getting his band The Rumour back together. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)? Early into the 1995 sessions for Nine Lives, Kramer was struggling. Fast-forward to mid-1998, and Aerosmith were coming to the end of a hugely successful world tour on the back of Nine Lives. So you never know what will happen.”, Aerosmith: We have at least one more album in us, Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer: We’re better than the Rolling Stones. The songwriting team Leiber and Stoller wrote "Hound Dog" for a blues singer named Big Mama Thronton, who first recorded the song in 1953. We would be on the road for twelve or eighteen months, and the only time we came off the road was to make another record.”. The video's director, Francis Lawrence, used a lot of close-up shots to compensate. Kramer might view it today as just another song, but back then, I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing ensured that the Nine Lives world tour kept on rolling. It was #1 US for four weeks in September 1998, becoming one of the most popular songs of the year. “It’s okay,” he replies flatly when asked to share his thoughts on the track 19 years on from its release. Although they had a catalogue packed with career-defining classics, they were yet to score a number one single in the US. Suffering from depression, he stepped away to seek professional help. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs.