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Tears in Heaven

original song composed by Eric Clapton, lyrics by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings
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Tears in Heaven

Summary

Tears in Heaven is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,567 views/month, #74 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tears in Heaven's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Tears in Heaven's composer is recorded as Eric Clapton[4].
  • Tears in Heaven's genre is soft rock[5].
  • Among the performers on Tears in Heaven was Eric Clapton[6].
  • Among the performers on Tears in Heaven was Paul Anka[7].
  • Tears in Heaven is part of Rush[8].
  • Tears in Heaven's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Tears in Heaven was released on 1991[10].
  • Tears in Heaven's lyricist is recorded as Eric Clapton[11].
  • Tears in Heaven's lyricist is recorded as Will Jennings[12].
  • Tears in Heaven's dedicated to is recorded as Conor Clapton[13].
  • Tears in Heaven's main subject is loss of a child[14].
  • Tears in Heaven's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tears in Heaven'}[15].
  • Tears in Heaven's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Genre(s): easy listening, jazz[18]

  • Community tags: easy listening, jazz[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b266015b-50f8-3526-933c-06e68e66e5d6[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Eric Clapton[6] and Paul Anka[7].

Publication

Tears in Heaven was published on 1991[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is soft rock[5]. It is part of Rush[8].

Subject and Themes

Tears in Heaven's main subject is loss of a child[14].

Why It Matters

Tears in Heaven ranks in the top 0.38% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,567 views/month, #74 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Eric Clapton Paul Anka Rush

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Biography.com. Retrieved . biography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Biography.com. Retrieved . biography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Eric Clapton, Paul Anka
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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