Wonderful Tonight
| "Wonderful Tonight" | ||||
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| Single by Eric Clapton | ||||
| from the album Slowhand | ||||
| B-side | "Peaches and Diesel" | |||
| Released | 10 March 1978 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eric Clapton | |||
| Producer(s) | Glyn Johns | |||
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"Wonderful Tonight" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand. Clapton wrote the song on his 1974 Martin D-28 guitar about Pattie Boyd. The female vocal harmonies on the song are provided by Marcella Detroit (then Marcy Levy) and Yvonne Elliman. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 15, 1978, spending seven weeks in the top 40.