Layla
Sign in to save"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Layla (Acoustic)
- Song.cover
- Layla (Acoustic) Cover.jpg
- Song.caption
- Side A of the 1972 UK single release
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Eric Clapton
- Song.album
- Unplugged
- Song.B side
- Tears in Heaven (Acoustic)
- Song.released
- 12 March 1971 16 May 1972 (Re-release)
- Song.recorded
- 16 January 1992
- Song.studio
- Criteria, Miami
- Song.genre
- Acoustic rock
- Song.length
- 7:04 (album version) (single version)
- Song.label
- Reprise
- Song.writer
- Eric Clapton Jim Gordon
- Song.producer
- Russ Titelman
- Song.prev_title
- Tears in Heaven
- Song.prev_year
- 1992
- Song.next_title
- Down & Out
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- publication date
- 1970-00-00
- title
- Layla
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21 sectionsContents
- Background
- Writing and recording
- Personnel
- Beyond the original album
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications
- ''Unplugged'' version
- Recording
- Arrangement
- Reception
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications
- Critical reception and legacy
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time.
The song was inspired by a love story that originated in 7th-century Persian literature and later formed the basis of the poem The Story of Layla and Majnun by the 12th-century Persian author Nizami Ganjavi, a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to Clapton. The book moved Clapton profoundly, because it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful young girl, went crazy and so could not marry her. The song was further inspired by Clapton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison. After Harrison and Boyd divorced, Clapton and Boyd eventually married.