Wonderful Tonight - Michael Bublè & Ivan Lins (Axel iCover & Artbreaking Cover)
Channel: Axel's Corner
Date: 06/06/2013

Her name is Alice and she worked with me in the last month. Of course you know her cuz she was my collaborator for other duets like " Somethin' Stupid & Lucky ". This time we present in style of Michael Buble, a 1977's song by Eric Clapton. It was very complex and delicate, but we are convinced of the result. We hope you like it too.

Thanks !

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"Wonderful Tonight" is a song written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand. Clapton wrote the song about Pattie Boyd, and it is mentioned in her autobiographical book Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me. The song was a modest hit upon its release, charting at #16 Pop and #39 Adult Contemporary in the US and #30 in the UK.

On September 7, 1976, Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" for Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul and Linda McCartney's annual Buddy Holly party. Of "Wonderful Tonight," Boyd would say: "For years it tore at me. To have inspired Eric, and George before him, to write such music was so flattering. 'Wonderful Tonight' was the most poignant reminder of all that was good in our relationship, and when things went wrong it was torture to hear it."

In 1988, Clapton appeared in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert as a guest guitarist for Dire Straits. The group became his backing musicians for a surprise performance of "Wonderful Tonight" during their set.

Clapton and Steve Winwood performed an acoustic version of the song during their 2011 tour in Japan.

The song has had two cover versions released by country music singers: Butch Baker took a rendition to #66 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1989, David Kersh's version went to #29 on the same chart in 1998. "Wonderful Tonight" was also covered by British pop group Damage. It was released as a single in 1997 and reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. Michael Bublé covered the song on his album, Call Me Irresponsible (album) in 2007. R&B singer Babyface covered the song on his album Playlist also in 2007. Mandopop singer-songwriter Khalil Fong covered the song on his 2009 album, Timeless. Also, in 1989 a spanish cover was made by Argentinian singer JAF. On the 20th anniversary edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw, The Rock performed a parody version of the song during a "Rock Concert" segment, poking fun at Vickie Guerrero. In 2009 Olly Murs did a cover of the song when he was in the bottom two with John and Edward on the sixth series of The X Factor.

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Wonderful Tonight è un brano musicale composto da Eric Clapton, compreso nell'album Slowhand del 1977 e pubblicato come singolo nel maggio dello stesso anno. Insieme a Cocaine, il pezzo sarà uno dei più amati e replicati negli innumerevoli concerti di Clapton tra il 1977 ed oggi. La canzone ebbe un discreto successo alla sua uscita, raggiungendo il 16º posto nella classifica americana ed il 30º nel Regno Unito.

Il brano è stato successivamente rivisitato da vari artisti tra cui Michael Bublè.