Submitted by MPAdmin on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 09:56
Song Rating
Average: 5 (3 votes)
Artist
Eric Clapton
Lyrics

[Verse]
How many times must I tell you babe
How many bridges I have got to cross?
How many times must I explain myself
Before I can talk to the boss?
Before I can talk to the boss?

[Chorus]
How many times must I say I love you
Before you finally understand?
Won't you be my forever woman?
I will try to be your forever man
Try to be your forever man

[Chorus]
How many times must I say I love you
Before you finally understand?
Won't you be my forever woman?
I will try to be your forever man
Try to be your forever man

[Outro]
Forever man, forever man, forever man
Forever man, forever man, forever man
Try to be your forever man
Forever man, forever man, forever man
Forever man, forever man, forever man
Try to be your forever man
 

Length
3:10
Released Year
1985
Genre Era
Genre
Key
D minor
Produced By
Lenny Waronker & Ted Templeman
Song Note

"Forever Man" is a song from Eric Clapton's 1985 album Behind the Sun, released as the first single of the album. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, becoming his second single to do so. In total, the single release sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.

Clapton had just signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records when he started recording Behind the Sun. When the album was completed, the record company rejected it because they felt it did not have enough singles. They commissioned three songs by composer Jerry Lynn Williams, one of which was "Forever Man". The song begins with a riff in which a bass, guitar and synth play. The song has an intro, verse, chorus, verse solo and final chorus structure and is in the key of D Minor.

Cash Box described it as a "gutsy soul inspired work-out" with "one of Clapton’s most piercing leads in memory" and said it was "definitely Clapton’s strongest work in years." Billboard described it as a "a reprise of his venerable blues-boogie style".
 

Song Note Source
wikipedia.com
Song of Day Date
Written By
Jerry Lyn Williams
Album
Behind The Sun
Vocal Type
Either
Song Status