Wonderful Tonight
1977 single by Eric Clapton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Wonderful Tonight" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand which is his most popular album. Clapton wrote the song on his 1974 Martin D-28 guitar about Pattie Boyd.[2] The female vocal harmonies on the song are provided by Marcella Detroit (then Marcy Levy) and Yvonne Elliman. The song is his most popular download on Spotify with more than 480,000,000 streams.[3]
Quick Facts Single by Eric Clapton, from the album Slowhand ...
"Wonderful Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Eric Clapton | ||||
from the album Slowhand | ||||
B-side | "Peaches and Diesel" | |||
Released | 10 March 1978 (1978-03-10)[1] | |||
Recorded | May 1977 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | RSO | |||
Songwriter(s) | Eric Clapton | |||
Producer(s) | Glyn Johns | |||
Eric Clapton singles chronology | ||||
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