Fever (Aerosmith song)

Infobox Single
Name = Fever


Artist = Aerosmith
from Album = Get a Grip
Released = 1993
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1992
Length = 4:15
Label = Geffen
Writer = Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
Producer = Bruce Fairbairn
Last single = "Livin' on the Edge"
(1993)
This single = "Fever"
(1993)
Next single = "Cryin'"
(1993)"Fever" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It is from the band's massively successful 1993 album "Get a Grip". It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry and is the only Tyler/Perry song on "Get a Grip" written without the aid of "song doctors". The song is the fourth track on "Get a Grip", and is a hard rocking song, running four minutes and fifteen seconds. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and is one of seven tracks from "Get a Grip" to make a chart appearance on any chart.

The song features heavy guitar interplay by Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, a fast-paced drum beat and bass rhythm by Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton, and loud and varied singing by Steven Tyler.

The song seems to be about having a good time, and how the band members, especially Steven Tyler, have abandoned drugs in favor of sex and other enjoyable things in life, with lyrics such as "the buzz that you be gettin' from the crack don't last, I'd rather be OD'in on the crack of her ass."

Garth Brooks version

Infobox Single
Name = The Fever


Artist = Garth Brooks
from Album = Fresh Horses
Released = 1995
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Length = 2:40
Label = Capitol
Writer = Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy
Producer = Allen Reynolds
Last single = "She's Every Woman"
(1995)
This single = "The Fever"
(1995)
Next single = "The Beaches of Cheyenne"
(1996)

Country music artist Garth Brooks covered the song in 1995, retitled as "The Fever". Brooks' version featured altered lyrics, describing a rodeo star addicted to his profession ("He's got a split finger wrap and his rope's pulled way too tight / He's got a lunatic smile 'cause he's really drawn deep tonight"). The cover was included on his album "Fresh Horses" and hit #23 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. Brooks also recorded the song on his 1998 "Double Live" compilation.