Tears In Heaven May 2026

Clapton initially wrote the song for the soundtrack of the film Rush , but it gained its greatest fame through his MTV Unplugged performance in 1992.

Some listeners find solace in the song's parallels to Revelation 21:4 , which speaks of a place where God will "wipe away every tear" and there will be "no more death or sorrow". Tears in Heaven

In 2004, Clapton stopped performing "Tears in Heaven" live for many years, stating that he "no longer felt the loss" in the same way and didn't want to force the performance of such a painful memory. Clapton initially wrote the song for the soundtrack