Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
1978
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1977
Release: 1977Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1977 recording on Slowhand. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1978.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Slowhand - original album recordings on licensed distributor
The original nine-track program is dated 1977 and its narrative explicitly identifies Cocaine, Lay Down Sally and Wonderful Tonight. The 2012 phonogram and the expanded bonus edition are not the original release year.
Eric Clapton - official original album chronology
Original album sections explicitly place 461 Ocean Boulevard in 1974, No Reason to Cry in 1976, Slowhand in 1977, Backless in 1978, Another Ticket in 1981, Rush and Unplugged in 1992. These original entries are separate from remasters, compilations and concert releases; chart and session years are not substituted.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Clapton wrote this song about his then-wife, Pattie Boyd, as she was getting ready for a party.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1978.html, song-list position 75
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1978.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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