"I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing"- Aerosmith

If I had to guess, I'd say this is an in-house edit from the iheartradio
central library. The Star station in Dallas is playing the same edit. Bill
Cahill might know the origin, but I do not believe it was ever issued
officially by Columbia with the screaming part edited out.

I'm pretty sure that "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was never issued officially with that screaming section edited out. I don't believe that
the song was serviced to AC radio as a current. But sometimes Adult Contemporary Radio Programmers ignore songs when they are currents, as
they are too "rough" or whatever, but then a few years later determine that they are playable with some editing. I assumed the source was TM
Century Gold Disc (they would sometimes make a later edit for AC for oldie play) as I had access to it in the early 2000s, but it could have
come from Chancellor and then floated around elsewhere.

Bill Cahill wrote: I'm pretty sure that "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was never issued officially with that screaming section edited out. I don't believe that the song was serviced to AC radio as a current. But sometimes Adult Contemporary Radio Programmers ignore songs when they are currents, as they are too "rough" or whatever, but then a few years later determine that they are playable with some editing. I assumed the source was TM Century Gold Disc (they would sometimes make a later edit for AC for oldie play) as I had access to it in the early 2000s, but it could have come from Chancellor and then floated around elsewhere.

I believe it was served to AC and Hot AC as a current, as it peaked at #13 on
Billboard's AC chart and #2 on the Adult Top 40 Chart.

The song made it to #41 for the year at AC Radio for 1998, but I didn't start programming at AC Radio until 1999. I just don't remember ever
running into a label supplied edit that had the screeching cut out, maybe somebody else has.

Edited by Bill Cahill