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He wrote the song while he was waiting for her to get ready for a party (just as the song says). He said, "Every now and then you fall in love again, albeit with the same woman, just for one night for some reason, something she's said or the way she's approached the situation, and Bang! - you're in love again, and it's such a strong feeling you can't do anything else but write it down." Wonderful Tonight was written about Pattie Boyd, Eric's wife at the time. The song has become a favorite at weddings and other romantic occasions, which pleases Clapton. I wrote it because my (future) wife was late getting ready to go out. I didn't write it in a particular good mood. Can we go now?" Eventually, he got sick of this and picked up a guitar, just to keep himself occupied, and composed "Wonderful Tonight." Clapton told Rolling Stone, "'Wonderful Tonight' has a little bit of irony in it. She kept coming downstairs wearing something new, and Clapton kept saying, "You look wonderful. And the wonder of it all Is that you just dont realize. And then she asks me, 'Do you feel all right' And I say, 'Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.' I feel wonderful because I see The love light in your eyes. They were running very late, and yet Pattie was insisting on trying on virtually every dress in her wardrobe. And I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight.' We go to a party and everyone turns to see This beautiful lady thats walking around with me. This gentle love song was written for Eric Clapton's future wife Pattie, whom he wooed away from George Harrison.Ĭlapton says he wrote the song while waiting for Pattie to get dressed for a night out. Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.Recorded: May 1977 at Olympic Studios, London, England I say, “My darling, you were wonderful tonight. So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.Īnd then I tell her, as I turn out the light, It’s time to go home now and I’ve got an aching head, You Look Wonderful Tonight song by The Big Jim Sullivan Band now on JioSaavn. Is that you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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This beautiful lady that’s walking around with me.Īnd then she asks me, “Do you feel all right?”Īnd I say, “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.” I imagined our lips connecting right as Clapton smoothly sang, you look wonderful tonight. Knowing how much she loved the song, I thought it would be the perfect melody for our first kiss. We go to a party and everyone turns to see When we were dating, Jenny’s favorite song was Wonderful Tonight. She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.Īnd then she asks me, “Do I look all right?”Īnd I say, “Yes, you look wonderful tonight.” It’s late in the evening she’s wondering what clothes to wear. Fortunately it did not go like that… For all of you, friends of Onesongfortoday. You Look Wonderful Tonight lyrics: Its late in the evening, shes wondering what clothes to wear She puts on her make up and brushes her long blond hair. The song was inspired by Eric’s woman of that time, Patty Boyd, and in first instance it was rejected by the author, who even wanted to put it aside. Here is a live version of this song, which was composed in1976 and then published inthe album Slowhand, 1977, the fifth studio work of this great guitarist. A little melancholy, but still wonderfully major. Wonderful Tonight was written about Pattie Boyd, Erics wife at the time. Today I propose a ballad, perhaps one of the most amazing ever written. It is so hard not to feel thrills on your back every time Eric Clapton plays again that sweet riff on his Strato.