My Father 's Eyes ( song ) - wikipedia My Father 's Eyes ( song ) For the Amy Grant song, see My Father 's Eyes ( album ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) `` My Father 's Eyes '' Single by Eric Clapton from the album Pilgrim B - side `` Theme from a Movie That Never Happened '', `` Inside of Me '' Released 1998 Format CD single Recorded Genre Soft rock Length 5 : 24 Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Eric Clapton Producer ( s ) Eric Clapton, Simon Climie Eric Clapton singles chronology `` Change the World '' ( 1996 ) `` My Father 's Eyes '' ( 1998 ) `` Circus '' ( 1998 ) `` Change the World '' ( 1996 ) `` My Father 's Eyes '' ( 1998 ) `` Circus '' ( 1998 ) `` My Father 's Eyes '' is a song written and performed by Eric Clapton and produced by Clapton and Simon Climie. It was released as a single in 1998 and was featured on the album Pilgrim. The song reached the top 40 on the Billboard Airplay chart, peaking at number 16, and spent five weeks at number two on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart. `` My Father 's Eyes '' won a Grammy award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Clapton performed this track for the first time in 1992 and again in 1996, in both electric and unplugged versions. These versions of the song were completely different from the official single release in 1998. He would later retire the song in 2004, along with `` Tears in Heaven '', until the 50 Years Further On Up The Road world tour in 2013. Contents 1 Inspiration and content 2 Accolades 3 Track listing 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Inspiration and content The song is inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father, who died in 1985. Describing how Clapton wishes he knew his father, `` My Father 's Eyes '' also refers to Clapton 's son Conor, who died at age four after falling from an apartment window. `` In it I tried to describe the parallel between looking in the eyes of my son, and the eyes of the father that I never met, through the chain of our blood '', said Clapton in his autobiography. Accolades Year Ceremony Award Result Ref. 1999 BMI Awards Song of the Year Won Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Performance Male Won Track listing `` My Father 's Eyes '' `` Change The World '' `` Theme from a Movie That Never Happened '' ( Orchestral ) `` Inside of Me '' Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1998 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 74 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 18 Canadian Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) 10 France ( SNEP ) 23 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 57 Italy ( FIMI ) 26 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 20 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 72 Norway ( VG - lista ) 20 Poland ( LP3 ) Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) 41 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 31 UK Physical Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 33 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 33 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 7 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 26 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 21 US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) 16 Year - end charts Chart ( 1998 ) Position Canadian Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) 5 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 56. Jump up ^ `` This month at the BMI website ''. Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 111 ( 46 ) : 1. November 13, 1999. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved November 5, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Rock On The Net : Grammy Awards : Best Pop Solo Performance ''. Rock On The Net. Retrieved November 5, 2015. Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 -- 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Eric Clapton -- My Father 's Eyes '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary -- Volume 68, No. 3, October 12 1998 ''. RPM. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Tout les Titres par Artiste > Clapton, Eric ''. Info Disc. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Offizielle Deutsche Charts > My Father ' Eyes ''. Official Charts. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Indice per Interprete : C > Clapton, Eric ''. Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton - My Father 's Eyes Top 40 ''. Dutch Top 40 ( in Dutch ). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved September 19, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Eric Clapton -- My Father 's Eyes '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton -- My Father 's Eyes ''. Norwegian Charts. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` My Father 's Eyes -- Eric Clapton '' ( in Polish ). LP3. Retrieved August 15, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Eric Clapton -- My Father 's Eyes ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) '' Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton Chart History ( Mainstream Rock ) '' Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton Chart History ( Pop Songs ) '' Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eric Clapton Chart History ( Radio Songs ) '' Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary -- Volume 68, No. 12, December 14 1998 ''. RPM. Retrieved August 15, 2015. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Eric Clapton Studio albums Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard There 's One in Every Crowd No Reason to Cry Slowhand Backless Another Ticket Money and Cigarettes Behind the Sun August Journeyman From the Cradle Pilgrim Reptile Me and Mr. Johnson / Sessions for Robert J Back Home Clapton Old Sock I Still Do Live albums Eric Clapton 's Rainbow Concert E.C. Was Here Just One Night Time Pieces Vol. II Live in the Seventies 24 Nights Unplugged Crossroads 2 : Live in the Seventies One More Car, One More Rider Live in San Diego Compilations The History of Eric Clapton Eric Clapton at His Best Clapton Steppin ' Out Timepieces : The Best of Eric Clapton Backtrackin ' The Cream of Eric Clapton Crossroads Story The Cream of Clapton Blues Clapton Chronicles : The Best of Eric Clapton Complete Clapton Forever Man Singles `` After Midnight '' / `` Easy Now '' `` Blues Power '' / `` Bottle of Red Wine '' `` Let It Rain '' `` I Shot the Sheriff '' / `` Give Me Strength '' `` Willie and the Hand Jive '' `` Swing Low, Sweet Chariot '' `` Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door '' `` Hello Old Friend '' `` Carnival '' `` Lay Down Sally '' / `` Cocaine '' `` Wonderful Tonight '' `` Tulsa Time '' `` Promises '' / `` Watch Out for Lucy '' `` Early in the Morning ( Live ) '' `` I Ca n't Stand It '' `` I 've Got a Rock ' n ' Roll Heart '' `` Crosscut Saw '' `` Forever Man '' `` It 's in the Way That You Use It '' `` Behind the Mask '' `` Tearing Us Apart '' `` Pretending '' / `` Before You Accuse Me '' `` Hound Dog '' `` Bad Love '' `` Tears in Heaven '' / `` White Room ( Live ) '' `` Layla ( Acoustic ) '' `` Down & Out '' `` Motherless Child '' / `` Driftin ' '' `` Change the World '' `` Born in Time '' `` Circus '' `` My Father 's Eyes '' `` Pilgrim '' `` Blue Eyes Blue '' `` ( I ) Get Lost '' `` Come Rain or Come Shine '' / `` Ten Long Years '' `` 3 O'Clock Blues '' `` Key to the Highway '' `` Worried Life Blues '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Every Little Thing '' / `` No Sympathy '' Soundtracks Edge of Darkness Homeboy Rush Concert films Live 1986 The Cream of Eric Clapton Live in Hyde Park In Concert : A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua Sessions for Robert J Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Live at Montreux 1986 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Planes, Trains and Eric Slowhand at 70 -- Live at the Royal Albert Hall Collaborations Riding with the King The Road to Escondido Live from Madison Square Garden Play the Blues : Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 The Breeze : An Appreciation of JJ Cale Tours Journeyman World Tour 1992 Eric Clapton World Tour Related Album discography Singles discography Videography Blackie Brownie The Fool Signature Stratocaster Crossroads Centre Crossroads Guitar Festival Pattie Boyd ( wife ) Ferrari SP12 EC Va Bene Wonderful Tonight : George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Father%27s_Eyes_(song)&oldid=815799844 '' Categories : 1998 singles Eric Clapton songs Songs written by Eric Clapton 1998 songs Reprise Records singles British soft rock songs Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 Polish - language sources ( pl ) Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for United Kingdom Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardradiosongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Հայերեն Italiano Nederlands Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 17 December 2017, at 06 : 22. 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Answer: inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father