<P> "Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, from the 1991 Rush film soundtrack . In an interview with Sue Lawley in 1992, Clapton said of the song, "There is a song that I've written for a movie, but in actual fact it was in the back of my head but it didn't really have a reason for being until I was scoring this movie which I did a little while ago and then it sort of had a reason to be . And it is a little ambiguous because it could be taken to be about Conor but it also is meant to be part of the film ." Conor, Clapton's four - year - old son, fell from a window of a 53rd - floor New York apartment owned by his mother's friend on March 20, 1991 . Clapton arrived at the apartment shortly after the accident . </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 Pop Vocal Performance, Male, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year . In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Tears in Heaven" 362nd on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". </P> <P> The years following 1990 were extremely turbulent for Clapton . In August 1990, his manager, two of his roadies and his friend and fellow musician Stevie Ray Vaughan were killed in a helicopter accident . Seven months later, on March 20, 1991, Clapton's 4 - year - old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd - floor window of his mother's friend's New York City apartment . He landed on the roof of an adjacent four - story building . After isolating himself for a period, Clapton began working again, writing music for a movie about drug addiction called Rush . Clapton dealt with the grief of his son's death by co-writing "Tears in Heaven" with Will Jennings . Shortly after his single was released, he went on to the MTV Unplugged series and recorded a new version of the song . Unplugged topped charts and was nominated for nine Grammy Awards the year it was released . Clapton made numerous public service announcements to raise awareness for childproofing windows and staircases . </P> <P> In an interview with Daphne Barak, Clapton stated, "I almost subconsciously used music for myself as a healing agent, and lo and behold, it worked...I have got a great deal of happiness and a great deal of healing from music". </P>

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