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“Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton

Released 1992

“Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton appears on 22 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1993 and 2025. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #60 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,273 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
12stations
#60best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1993–2025years charted

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Eric Clapton wrote "Tears in Heaven" with Will Jennings about the death of his young son Conor, and first released it on the soundtrack of the film Rush. It's grief with nowhere to hide, sung soft over a gentle acoustic lilt.

The version that stuck came in January 1992, when Clapton played it for an audience at Bray Studios in Berkshire for MTV Unplugged, and the recording landed on his Unplugged album. Hushed and unvarnished, it became his best-selling single in the US, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it won 3 Grammys: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 70 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993) 100
1994 60 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994) 100
1995 87 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995) 100
1996 214 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 203 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1999 133 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999) 150
2001 299 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2004 409 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2004 341 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 232 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 454 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 332 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 897 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 685 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2012 315 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2014 239 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2019 425 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2022 914 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 135 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 749 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 906 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 588 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

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