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Eric Clapton Singles Discography
Eric Clapton Singles Discography
Eric Clapton Singles Discography
Clapton's best-selling single is "Wonderful Tonight" which has sold Clapton performing in Hyde Park,
more than four million copies worldwide, although he is most known 2008
for his rock anthem "Layla", that was originally released in 1971. 1960s and 1970s singles 40
Clapton later covered the song acoustically for his 1992 "Unplugged"
million-seller, and helped to cement Clapton's reputation as both a 1980s singles 16
guitarist and singer. The British rock musician also collaborated with 1990s singles 15
friends along his extensive solo career. Featured singles with artists
2000s and 2010s singles 10
like Elton John, Sting, Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and
Zucchero Fornaciari helped to uplift Clapton's single performances. Featured singles 6
Promotional singles 30
Contents
Early career (1960s – early 1970s) singles
Solo career singles
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s and 2010s
Featured singles
Promotional singles
See also
References
1970s
Peak chart positions Certifications
Year Single UK AUS BEL CAN FRA ITA JPN NED NZL US
(sales Album
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] thresholds)
"After Midnight"
— 51 — 10 — — 87 19 17 18
b/w "Easy Now"
1970 "Blues Power"
Eric
b/w "Bottle of Red —
Clapton
Wine"
"Let It Rain"
1972 — 99 — 42 — — — — — 48
b/w "Easy Now"
MC: 2×
Platinum[16]
"I Shot the Sheriff"
b/w "Give Me 9 11 7 1 28 42 7 5 1 1 RIAA:
Strength" Gold[17] 461
1974 RIAJ: Ocean
Boulevard
Gold[12]
MC:
Gold[18]
"Lay Down Sally" RIAA:
39 57 — 3 44 83 5 — 16 3
b/w "Cocaine"
Gold[17]
RIAJ:
Gold[12]
1977
Slowhand
BPI:
Gold[19]
"Wonderful RIAA:
Tonight" Gold[17]
81 53 5 15 3 24 1 2 26 16
b/w "Peaches and
RIAJ:
Diesel"
Million[12]
SNEP:
Silver[20]
"Promises" 37 26 — 7 71 99 75 40 35 9
b/w "Watch Out for 40
Lucy"
1980s
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Year Single UK AUS BEL CAN FRA ITA JPN NED US
US (sales Album
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [15] Rock thresholds)
[15]
"I've Got a
Rock 'n' Roll
Heart" 83 81 — 17 — 65 99 — 18 24
b/w "Man in
Love"
"Slow Down
Money and
1983 Linda"
— — — — — — 97 — — — Cigarettes
b/w "The Shape
You're In"
"The Shape
You're In"
75 — — — — — 78 — — —
b/w "Crosscut
Saw"
"See What
Love Can Do" Behind the
— — — — — — — — 89 20
b/w "She's Sun
1985 Waiting"
"She's
Waiting" — — — — — — — — — 11
b/w "Jailbait"
"Edge of Edge of
Darkness" 65 — — — — — — — — — Darkness
b/w "Shoot Out" OST
"Holy Mother" August
b/w "Tangled in 95 — — — — — — — — —
Love"
"Tearing Us
Apart" 56 92 34 — — 89 63 30 — 5
b/w "Hold On"
"Pretending"
b/w "Before You 96 85 — 24 — 99 54 29 55 1
Accuse Me"
1989 "Running on Journeyman
Faith (Radio
— — — — — — — — — 15
edit)"
b/w "Hound Dog"
1990s
Peak chart positions Certifications
Year Single UK AUS BEL CAN GER JPN NED POL US UMR
(sales Album
[6] [24] [8] [9] [25] [12] [13] [26] [15] [15] thresholds)
"Bad Love"
b/w "Before RIAJ:
25 — — — — 10 83 14 88 1
You Accuse
Gold[12]
Me"
"No Alibis"
1990 b/w "Running 53 — — — — 98 — — — 4 Journeyman
on Faith"
"Run So
Far"
— — — 36 — 89 — — 88 40
b/w "Running
on Faith"
"Wonderful
Tonight
1991 (Live)" 30 — — — — 75 — — — — 24 Nights
b/w "Edge of
Darkness"
ARIA:
Gold[27]
BEA:
"Tears in Gold[28]
Heaven" MC: 2×
5 37 16 1 42 1 13 1 2 9 Rush OST
b/w "White
Platinum[16]
Room (Live)"
RIAA:
Platinum[17]
RIAJ: 2×
Platinum[12]
1992
ARIA:
"Layla
Gold[27]
(Acoustic)"
b/w "Tears in 45 7 19 1 35 1 8 3 12 9 MC: 2×
Heaven Platinum[29]
(Acoustic)" RIAJ: Unplugged
Platinum[12]
"Motherless
From the
1994 Child" 63 — — 9 — 23 — 37 — 23
Cradle
b/w "Driftin'"
ARIA:
"Change Gold[27]
the World" RIAA: Phenomenon
1996 18 8 27 1 30 1 24 17 5 2
b/w "Danny
Gold[17] OST
Boy"
RIAJ:
Platinum[31]
"Circus
(Album
version)"
39 — — — — 99 92 33 — —
b/w
"Wonderful
Tonight"
"My
Father's
Eyes"
b/w "Inside of 33 77 — 10 57 35 72 3 16 26
Me
(Instrumental
remix)"
"Pilgrim
(Mick
Guzauski
remix edit)" — — — — — 76 — 24 — —
b/w "Pilgrim
(Album
version)"
"Blue Eyes
Blue
(Album
version)" IFPI MAC: Runaway
94 — — 30 84 45 — 28 112 — 2×
b/w "Blue Bride OST
Eyes Blue Platinum[33]
1999 (Edited
version)"
"(I) Get
Lost" The Story of
— — — — 83 23 — 37 — —
b/w "Main Us OST
Title"
"Marry You"
—
b/w "Three O'Clock Blues"
Featured singles
Peak chart positions Certifications
Year Single UK AUS BEL FRA GER ITA NED UMR SWE SWI
(sales Album
[6] [24] [8] [10] [25] [11] [13] [15] [35] [34] thresholds)
"Comin'
On Tour
Home"
1969 — with Eric
with Delaney &
Clapton
Bonnie & Friends
"Wonderful
1991 World" — — — — 71 — 12 — — — Zu & Co.
with Zucchero
"Runaway
Train" 31 — 17 15 41 10 28 10 — 15 IFPI NOR: The One
with Elton John Gold[36]
ARIA:
Gold[27]
1992
"It's Probably BEA: Lethal
Me" 30 23 11 2 22 1 6 20 29 16 Gold[37] Weapon 3
with Sting BPI: OST
Gold[38]
FIMI:
Gold[39]
"Love Can
Build a Bridge"
BPI: Non-album
1995 with Cher · 1 — — — 62 — 41 — — 21
Silver[19] single
Chrissie Hynde ·
Neneh Cherry
"Forever Man
(How Many
Nouvelle
2000 Times?)" 26 — — — — — — — — —
Discothèque
with
Beatchuggers
Promotional singles
Peak chart positions
Year Single BEL JPN POL UAC UMR
Album
[8] [12] [26] [15] [15]
"Autumn Leaves" — 61 — — —
"All of Me" —
2013 "Gotta Get Over" 21 17 25 — — Old Sock
"Angel" — — 27 — —
"They Call Me the Breeze" 16 — 23 — —
2014 "Don't Wait" 81 — — — — The Breeze
"Songbird" —
See also
Eric Clapton videography
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