Fever (Aerosmith song)

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"Fever"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album 'Get a Grip'
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Recorded	1992
Length	4:15
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
Producer(s)	Bruce Fairbairn
Chart positions
#5 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Livin' on the Edge" (1993)	"Fever" (1993)	"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 tongue-in-cheek 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."

The song is a fan favorite and was played heavily on the band's Get a Grip World Tour from 1993-1994. Additionally, the band performed the song at Woodstock '94.

[edit] Cover Version

Country music star Garth Brooks covered the song in 1995, retitled and reworked as "The Fever". It was included on his album Fresh Horses and hit #23 on the Hot Country Songs chart.