<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Tears in Heaven" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings from the 1991 Rush film soundtrack . Its lyrics were inspired by the death of Clapton's four - year - old son, Conor, who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991 . </P> <P> The song was Clapton's best - selling single in the United States and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 . It won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year . In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Tears in Heaven" 362nd on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". </P>

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