Submitted by MPAdmin on Thu, 08/03/2023 - 18:02
Song Rating
Average: 5 (3 votes)
Artist
Eric Clapton & Tina Turner
Lyrics

You know the sun is shining; it's raining in my heart.
I don't know what to do since we've been apart.
Why don't you tell me, babe, what is going on?
You know I love you darling, don't want to be alone.

They're tearing us apart,
They're breaking up my heart.
I knew it from the start:
Your friends are tearing us apart.

You know I can't go on, feeling this old way.
You know my heart is burning, it's burning everyday.
You know I love you, baby, no one else will do.
Why don't you reconsider, do what I want you to?

They're tearing us apart,
They're breaking up my heart.
I knew it from the start:
Your friends are tearing us apart.

They're tearing us apart,
They're breaking up my heart.
I knew it from the start:
Your friends are tearing us apart.

Your friends are tearing us apart,
Tearing us apart.

Length
04:15
Released Year
1986
Genre Era
Genre
Song Note

"Tearing Us Apart" is a song recorded by English blues rock guitarist and singer Eric Clapton on his 1986 album August, produced by Phil Collins. The song was about "the committee", the group of Pattie Boyd's friends whom Clapton blamed for coming between Pattie and him. "Tearing Us Apart" was a duet with Tina Turner and was released as the second single from the album in mid-1987, following "Behind the Mask". The song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but was a minor hit in the UK. The song has been included on several setlists of Clapton's live performances in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s; performed by other female vocalists such as Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles, Shaun Murphy, Tracy Ackerman, Sheryl Crow, Sharon White and Michelle John (since 2011). Clapton resurrected the song for his 11-night residency at the Royal Albert Hall in May/June 2011 and his European/South American tours from February 14 to October 16. Most recently, Clapton has performed the song in concert in 2022.

Turner and Clapton performed the track as part of the 1986 Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in London's Wembley Arena to celebrate the first 10 years of the Trust, then with a band including, among others, Phil Collins, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Paul McCartney. The live version was later released on the Royal Concert charity album in 1987, issued by The Prince's Trust.

A second live recording of the track from Tina Turner's 1986/1987 Break Every Rule Tour, with Clapton guesting on guitar and vocals, was later included on her 1988 album Tina Live in Europ

Song Note Source
wikipedia
Song of Day Date
Written By
Eric Patrick Clapton, Gregory Phillinganes
Album
August
Vocal Type
Either
Song Status