My Father's Eyes (song)

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“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	1997
Genre	Rock
Length	5:24
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Eric Clapton
Producer	Eric Clapton, Simon Climie
Eric Clapton singles chronology
"Change the World" (1998) "My Father's Eyes" (1998) "Circus" (1998)

"My Father's Eyes" is a song written and performed by Eric Clapton and produced by Clapton himself and Simon Climie. It was released as a single in 1998 and was featured on the album Pilgrim. The song reached the top 40 and won a Grammy award for best male vocal performance. The song is inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father, who died in 1985. Clapton retired the song in 2004.

Clapton performed this track for the first time in 1992 and 1996 in both electric and unplugged versions, which were totally different than the original 1998 release.

"My Father's Eyes" was resurrected for the One More Car, One More Rider tour in 2001.

[edit] Music video

In the music video, we see a dribbling basketball which dribbles 7 times, the seventh dribble causing the basketball to break into pieces. This dribbling footage returns at the end of the video, without the basketball breaking.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Change the World"
2. "My Father's Eyes"
3. "Theme from a Movie That Never Happened" (Orchestral)
4. "Inside of Me"