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"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 .
Phoebe Bridgers mentions Clapton in "Moon Song", with the lyrics "We hate 'Tears in Heaven' / But it's sad that his baby died", a reference to the death of Clapton's child, Conor. However, the original lyric, which she sometimes performs live, is "We hate Eric Clapton" instead of "We hate 'Tears in Heaven'."
Clapton, 79, famously performed an acoustic version of his hit single “Tears in Heaven” for Unplugged, which aired as an MTV special and was later released as a live album.
Clapton performed this track for the first time in 1992 and again in 1996, in both electric and unplugged versions. These versions of the song were completely different from the official single release in 1998. He would later retire the song in 2004, along with "Tears in Heaven", until the 50 Years Further On Up the Road world tour in 2013.
His most well-known pop classics include Whitney Houston's "Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It," Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" and Eric Clapton's "Tears in ...
Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series. [3] It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla".
Pilgrim is the thirteenth solo studio album by the British rock musician Eric Clapton, released on 10 March 1998 for Reprise Records. [1] The album features all-new studio-recorded material, the first to do so since Clapton's 1989 hit album Journeyman and was nominated for several music awards.
"Tears in Heaven" Record of the Year Won [39] Unplugged: Album of the Year Won [39] "Tears in Heaven" Song of the Year Won [39] Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Won [39] Unplugged: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Won [39] "It's Probably Me" Best Song Written for a Motion Picture/Television Nominated [36] "Tears in Heaven" Nominated [36]