I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (album)

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His last album for the Decca Records label, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing produced two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including a cover of the Aerosmith song of the same name, which reached Number One on the country charts, becoming the final Number One of his career thus far. This cover was also Chesnutt's biggest crossover, reaching Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Only one other single was released from this album: "This Heartache Never Sleeps", which reached #17 on the country charts.

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Studio album by Mark Chesnutt
Released	February 9, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	33:40
Label	Decca
Producer	Mark Wright
Mark Chesnutt chronology
Thank God for Believers (1997) I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1999) Lost in the Feeling (2000)
Singles from I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Released: November 1998 "This Heartache Never Sleeps" Released: April 14, 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	B link

Track listing

1. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Diane Warren) – 4:06
2. "This Heartache Never Sleeps" (Daryl Burgess, Tim Johnson) – 3:48
3. "My Way Back Home" (Mark Nesler, Tony Martin) – 3:21
4. "I'll Get You Back" (Ron Harbin, Aimee Mayo, Dusty Drake) – 3:11
5. "That's the Way You Make an Ex" (Roger Springer, Reese Wilson, Martin) – 2:53
6. "Tonight I'll Let My Memory Take Me Home" (Springer, Robert Arthur, Dean Dillon) – 3:29
7. "Jolie" (Skip Ewing, Paul Overstreet, Paul Davis) – 3:09
8. "What Was You Thinking?" (Doug Johnson, Springer) – 3:23
9. "I'm Gone" (Rick Orozco, Marv Green) – 3:05
10. "Let's Talk About Our Love" (Mark Chesnutt, Springer, Arthur) – 3:06

Personnel

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals
• Tim Davis – background vocals
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Carl Gorodetzky – conductor
• Natalie Grant – background vocals
• Owen Hale – drums
• John Barlow Jarvis – organ, piano
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
• Terence Johnston; 12-string guitar, background vocals
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Nathan – organ, piano, synthesizer
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Wayne Toups – accordion
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 6 US Billboard 200[1] 65 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 68

References

1. "Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
2. "Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.