Heartbreaking 1992 Hit Ranked No. 1 Song to Play When You 'Need a Good Cry'

Released as a single in January 1992, "Tears in Heaven" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Clapton's ...
Bristol Herald Courier

Child's tears give insight into tears in heaven

The lyrics are from the Eric Clapton song “Tears in Heaven.” However, the words more truly reflect the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his 4-year-old son, Conor. Conor fell from a ...
Variety

Will Jennings, Co-writer of ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ ‘Tears in Heaven’ and Other Classics, Dies at 80

Will Jennings, an Oscar winner for “My Heart Will Go On” and “Up Where We Belong” and one of the best known lyricists in the contemporary songwriting community, has died, his longtime publisher ...