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

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, released in 1999. 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 Diane Warren song of the same name, which reached Number One on the country charts, becoming the final Number One of his career thus far. The cover was also Chesnutt's biggest crossover, reaching Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Only one other single was released from the album: "This Heartache Never Sleeps", which reached #17 on the country charts.

Track listing

Personnel

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

Production Mark Wright – producer Greg Droman – recording, mixing Robert Charles – second engineer Tim Coyle – second engineer Joe Hayden – second engineer Ronnie Thomas – mastering Hank Williams – mastering MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location John Drioli – project coordinator Karen Gillon – creative director Mickey Braithwaite – design Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography Sheri McCoy-Haynes – stylist Melanie Shelley – grooming Ladd Management – management

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 6

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

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