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Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me

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Album: Journeyman
Released: 1989

Before You Accuse Me Lyrics

Before You Accuse Me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spendin' my money on other women
But you've been runnin' with somebody else

I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
Well your mother said 'son,
Don't call my daughter no more'

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Well now you say I've been runnin' around
But you got somebody else

Come on back home baby, try my love one more time
Come on back home baby, try my love one more time
Well now you've been gone away so long
I'm gonna lose my mind

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Well now you say I've been buyin' other women clothes
You've been taking money from somebody else

Writer/s: MCDANIEL, ELLAS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This song was written and originally recorded by the rock pioneer Bo Diddley in 1957. The composer credits are listed as his real name: Ellas McDaniel. Clapton released the song as the B-side of "Bad Love," the first single from Journeyman.

Clapton used to perform this song in his early days with The Yardbirds. He never considered putting it on a record until guitarist Robert Cray and drummer Jim Keltner started jamming on the tune one day in the studio during the Journeyman sessions. The Cray/Clapton combo on this song make it a favorite of guitar aficionados.

Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded this on their Cosmo's Factory album. The song was covered by The 13th Floor Elevators, a marginally successful 1960s psychedelic band from Austin. (thanks, Mason - San Antonio, TX)

Eric Clapton - Bad Love

Eric Clapton - Bad Love Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Journeyman
Released: 1989

Bad Love Lyrics

Oh what a feeling I get when I'm with you
You take my heart into everything you do
And it makes me sad for the lonely people
I walked that road for so long
Now I know that I'm one of the lucky people
Your love is making me strong

[Chorus:]
I've had enough Bad Love
I need something I can be proud of
I've had enough bad love
No more bad love

And now I see that my life has been so blue
With all the heartaches I had till I met you
But I'm glad to say now that's all behind me
With you here by my side
And there's no more memories to remind me
Your love will keep me alive

[Chorus: x3]

Writer/s: DONNA ALLEN/LOU PACE/GARY KING/REGGIE WHITE/LARRY KING
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Mick Jones from the band Foreigner wrote this with Clapton. It's not the first time Jones had worked with other rock stars: he produced Van Halen's 5150 album.

This won the 1990 Grammy for Best Rock Vocal. Clapton got a Grammy in 1972 for playing on the Concert For Bangladesh, which won Best Album, but this was his first as a solo artist. He won six more in 1993, including three for "Tears In Heaven."

Clapton's record company, Warner Brothers, was pressuring him to write something similar to "Layla" so they could have a hit from the Journeyman album. So, setting out to write a hit song with Mick Jones, Clapton followed his "Layla" formula to create this song.

Phil Collins played on the Journeyman album and sang backup on some tracks. Clapton played on Collins' first album in 1981.

The bridge is based on "Badge," which is one of Clapton's hits with Cream. Mick Jones had the idea to use it.

This was released as the first single from Journeyman, the first album Clapton released after his Crossroads boxed set.