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	Bruce Fairbairn
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."

[edit] Garth Brooks version

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. Garth also recorded the song on his 1998 Double Live compilation.