Eric Clapton
Bob Dylan’s
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
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Someone Like You
In January 1975 Eric Clapton played on Arthur Louis‘s recording of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” which was arranged in a cross-over reggae style. After the recording sessions with Louis, Clapton recorded his own version of the song which was released as a single in August 1975 two weeks after Louis’s version. Clapton’s version made it to No. 38 on the UK charts, but the single was less successful in the U.S where it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (although it reached on No. 109 on Cash Box’s Looking Ahead chart). Clapton’s 1996 boxed set Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies features a performance of the song recorded in London in April 1977. There were also performances of the song included on the Journeyman (1990) and the One More Car, One More Rider (2003) world tours. Several Clapton compilation albums also feature the song.
