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“Blues Power” by Eric Clapton
From the album Eric Clapton (1970)
“Blues Power” by Eric Clapton appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1991 and 2020. It was first released in 1970 on the album Eric Clapton. Its best result is #283 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,525 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Blues Power" came off Eric Clapton's self-titled 1970 solo debut, and Polydor sent it out on seven-inch as his second solo single, following "After Midnight". Clapton wrote it with Leon Russell, and it's a rock and roll strut with a trick up its sleeve: the band keeps slamming on the brakes, music and vocal cutting out for a pause between lines before barreling on again, all of it in plain old C major.
The single missed every chart going, but the song wouldn't lie down, popping up on more than 15 albums, from The History of Eric Clapton and Eric Clapton at His Best in 1972 through Just One Night and Crossroads to The Cream of Clapton in 1995. Robert Christgau wasn't buying it as a classic, and he found something off about a party song coming from "a man with a hellhound on his trail".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 283 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2002 | 477 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 474 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2011 | 779 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 810 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 786 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 675 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 793 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2020 | 2008 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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