Wonderful Tonight

"Wonderful Tonight"
"Wonderful Tonight"
Singel oleh Eric Clapton
dari album Slowhand
Sisi-B	"Peaches and Diesel"
Dirilis	November 1977
Direkam	Mei 1977
Genre	Soft rock, yacht rock[butuh rujukan]
Durasi	3:44
Label	RSO
Pencipta	Eric Clapton
Produser	Glyn Johns
Kronologi singel Eric Clapton

"Wonderful Tonight" adalah sebuah lagu balada yang ditulis oleh Eric Clapton. Disertakan dalam album keluaran 1977, Slowhand. Clapton menulis lagu tentang Pattie Boyd.^[1] Harmoni vokal perempuan pada lagu tersebut disediakan oleh Marcella Detroit (kemudian Marcy Levy) dan Yvonne Elliman.

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Pada 7 September 1976, Clapton menulis "Wonderful Tonight" untuk Boyd sambil menunggunya bersiap-siap menghadiri pesta tahunan Paul, Linda McCartney, dan Buddy Holly. Lagu tersebut disebutkan dalam buku otobiografinya Wonderful Today.

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^ Chris Smith (2006). Greenwood Press, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: From arenas to the underground, 1974–1980. hlm. 102. ISBN 978-0-313-33611-9. "the hard-rock pioneer and guitar god also become a soft-rock star in the mid-1970s. He celebrated his sobriety with (... ) the Top 5 hit "Lay Down Sally" and hit No. 16 with the ballad "Wonderful Tonight," both off his 1977 Slowhand album"

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Allmusic review

[BOOK-1] Chris Smith (2006). Greenwood Press, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: From arenas to the underground, 1974–1980. hlm. 102. ISBN 978-0-313-33611-9. "the hard-rock pioneer and guitar god also become a soft-rock star in the mid-1970s. He celebrated his sobriety with (... ) the Top 5 hit "Lay Down Sally" and hit No. 16 with the ballad "Wonderful Tonight," both off his 1977 Slowhand album"

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