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Written by: Clapton, Will Jennings
Produced by: Russ Titelman
Released: Jan. '92 on Duck/Reprise
Charts: 26 weeks
Top spot: No. 2
On March 20th, 1991, four-year-old Conor Clapton died in a fall from an apartment window in New York. His father wrote the heart-rending "Tears in Heaven" and "The Circus Left Town" in his son's memory. "They're sweet little songs, almost like folk songs, and I feel the need to have people hear them," he told ROLLING STONE. "Tears" was the centerpiece of his 1992 MTV Unplugged set.
Appears on: "Rush" Soundtrack (Warner Bros.)