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AEROSMITH's 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' Among Top Wedding Songs In U.K.

July 28, 2009

According to NME.com, AEROSMITH's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" is the second most popular song choice for UK newlyweds' first dances, it has been claimed by PRS For Music, the U.K. music royalties collecting service.

The data was collected through a survey of 2,000 wedding videographers, who were asked which the most requested first songs at the weddings they attended were.

Although "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is by far and away AEROSMITH's biggest hit, it was not written with them in mind. Songwriter Diane Warren, who is easily the most successful songwriter of the past 20 years, was asked to write a song for the movie "Armageddon" and — as shocking as this sounds — it was largely inspired by Barbra Streisand and James Brolin!

Warren explained to Wilkes Barre Times-Leader how the song evolved after she saw an advance screening of "Armageddon": "I saw some of the scenes, especially in the end where Bruce Willis' character dies. It was very touching. So I wrote 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing'. I'd had the idea because I heard something that James Brolin said about Barbra Streisand, that he didn't want to go to sleep because he'd miss her. I kept that idea in my mind."

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