Forever Man
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| Single by Eric Clapton | ||||
| from the album Behind the Sun | ||||
| B-side | "Too Bad" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl · CD | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Lynn Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | Lenny Waronker & Ted Templeman | |||
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| Single by Beatchuggers | |
| Released | October 23, 2000 |
| Format | 12" vinyl · CD · digital |
| Recorded | October 2000 |
| Genre | Electronic · House |
| Length | 3:48 |
| Label | Flex |
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Lynn Williams |
| Producer(s) | Michael Linde |
"Forever Man" is a song from Eric Clapton's 1985 album Behind the Sun, released as the first single of the album. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, becoming his second single to do so. In total, the single release sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.
Clapton had just signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records when he started recording Behind the Sun. When the album was completed, the record company rejected it because they felt it did not have enough singles. They commissioned three songs by Texas composer Jerry Lynn Williams, one of which was "Forever Man". The song begins with a riff in which a bass, guitar and synth play. The song has an intro, verse, chorus, verse solo and final chorus structure and is in the key of D minor.
The song produced Clapton's first music video, showing Clapton performing the song with his tour band Donald "Duck" Dunn (although Nathan East played on the album), Jamie Oldaker (although Jeff Porcaro played on the album), Michael Omartian, Tim Renwick (although Steve Lukather played on the album), Shaun Murphy, Yvonne Elliman and Marcella Detroit on a circular stage that in the center had a step where Clapton performs, the other members of the band being a step below. This video was directed by Godley and Creme.
"Forever Man" was featured on the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood double CD and DVD Live From Madison Square Garden and many other compilation albums including The Cream of Eric Clapton (1987), Complete Clapton (2007) and Forever Man (2015). The original music video was released, as the sound recording, on the VHS, CD, download and DVD compilation Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton in 1999.
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