| "Tears in Heaven" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Clapton | ||||
| from the album Rush: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Tracks and Lines" | |||
| Released | 18 December 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:36 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Russ Titelman | |||
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| "Tears in Heaven" on YouTube | ||||
"Tears in Heaven" is a song by English guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. In January 1992, Clapton performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for MTV Unplugged, with the recording appearing on his Unplugged album.
The song was Clapton's best-selling single in the United States and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, where Clapton is from, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted in the top 10 in more than 20 countries. It won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Tears in Heaven" 353rd on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
- ^ Smith, Chris (2006). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: From Arenas to the Underground, 1974–1980. Greenwood Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-313-32937-0.