Wonderful Tonight
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| "Wonderful Tonight" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Clapton | ||||
| from the album Slowhand | ||||
| B-side | Peaches And Diesel | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Format | 45 Record | |||
| Recorded | May 1977 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Writer(s) | Eric Clapton | |||
| Producer | Glyn Johns | |||
| Eric Clapton singles chronology | ||||
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"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand and released as a single the following year. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me.
In 1988, Clapton appeared in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert as a guest guitarist for Dire Straits. The group became his backing musicians for a surprise performance of "Wonderful Tonight" during their set.
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[edit] Cover versions
The song has had two cover versions released by country music singers: Butch Baker took a rendition to #66 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1989, and David Kersh's version went to #29 on the same chart in 1998. "Wonderful Tonight" was also covered by British pop group Damage. It was released as a single in 1997 and reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also sung by contestant Olly Murs in the sixth series of UK Talent Show The X Factor, and was played during a sketch in surrealist sketch show Big Train. It is also covered on Michael Buble's album Call Me Irresponsible in which he duets with Ivan Lins who sings in Portuguese.
[edit] In Popular Culure
Then XFM producer, Karl Pilkington revealed he thought the song was about a man in a wheelchair on an edition of The Ricky Gervais Show with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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