{"id":869461,"date":"2026-10-03T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869461\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:38:12","slug":"3-rock-songs-from-1998-that-still-make-me-smile-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869461\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Rock Songs From 1998 That Still Make Me Smile Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latter part of the 1990s includes some of the best rock music ever released. Among the great rock songs that came out towards the end of the decade are these three tunes. All out in 1998, I still can\u2019t help but smile when I hear them today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Miss A Thing\u201d by Aerosmith<\/p>\n

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Written by Diane Warren, Aerosmith\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Miss A Thing<\/a>\u201d became one of their biggest hits. The Grammy-nominated song is part of the blockbuster film Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Liv Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith\u2019s lead singer, Steven Tyler.<\/p>\n

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A four-week No. 1 single, \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Miss A Thing\u201d says, \u201cDon\u2019t wanna close my eyes \/ I don\u2019t wanna fall asleep \/ \u2018Cause I\u2019d miss you, baby \/ And I don\u2019t wanna miss a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1998, country singer Mark Chesnutt released a cover<\/a> of \u201cDon\u2019t Want To Miss A Thing\u201d. Although it became a No. 1 single for Chesnutt, he later said he regretted<\/a> recording it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlide\u201d by The Goo Goo Dolls<\/p>\n

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\u201cSlide\u201d by The Goo Goo Dolls is part of their Dizzy Up The Girl record. The song was written by the band\u2019s lead singer, John Rzeznik.<\/p>\n

The song says in part, \u201cI wanna wake up where you are \/ I won\u2019t say anything at all \/ So why don\u2019t you slide?\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cSlide\u201d became a two-week No. 1 hit for The Goo Goo Dolls, even if a lot of people didn\u2019t get the song\u2019s true meaning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you really sit and listen to the lyrics, the song is actually about these two teenage kids and the girlfriend gets pregnant,\u201d Rzeznik later reveals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlide\u201d is The Goo Goo Dolls\u2019 final No. 1 single.<\/p>\n

\u201cWishlist\u201d by Pearl Jam<\/p>\n

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Pearl Jam had a Top 10 single with \u201cWishlist\u201d, the second single from their Yield album, after \u201cGiven To Fly\u201d. Pearl Jam\u2019s Eddie Vedder is the sole writer of \u201cWishlist\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWishlist\u201d says, \u201cI wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on \/ I wish I was the verb \u2018to trust\u2019 and never let you down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vedder later said<\/a> \u201cWishlist\u201d was a \u201cstream-of-consciousness exercise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yield also includes \u201cGiven To Fly\u201d, a No. 1 single for Pearl Jam. \u201cWishlist\u201d is the only song Pearl Jam released in 1998. One year later, the band released the Top 5 single, \u201cLast Kiss\u201d. That song remains one of Pearl Jam\u2019s biggest hits.<\/p>\n

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