"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, running four minutes and 15 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.

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"Fever"
Promotional single by Aerosmith
from the album Get a Grip
Released	August 30, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:15
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
Producer(s)	Bruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Eat the Rich" (1993) "Fever" (1993) "Cryin'" (1993)

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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."

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 and harmonica playing by Tyler. The guitar solo is played by Whitford.

"Fever" debuted at #25 on the U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks for the week of September 4, 1993

Country music artist Garth Brooks covered the song in 1995, retitled as "The Fever".

Garth Brooks' adaptation of the song was also recorded by American country music artist Chris LeDoux on his 1998 album One Road Man.