Musicians need an inspiration source to compose a song. Sometimes, it’s their partner or the one they hopelessly fall in love with. One of the most known romantic songs is Eric Clapton’s ‘Layla,’ written for Pattie Boyd. However, Clapton wasn’t the only one to write a song for Pattie; her then-partner George Harrison also wrote ‘I Need You,’ ‘If I Needed Someone,’ ‘For You Blue,’ and ‘Something’ to express his love for her.
While this isn’t a norm, these romantic ballads we all know about are written mainly by men for women. However, tables turned one time — it was rumored that the beautiful country singer, Sheryl Crow, wrote one of her hit songs after her brief affair with another talented musician, Eric Clapton. This time, Clapton seems to be the one to write songs for.
Eric Clapton has many romantic songs in his catalog, which he wrote to express his passionate love for Pattie Boyd. While the most popular one is ‘Layla,’ the songs’ Wonderful Tonight,’ ‘Pretty Girl,’ ‘Pretty Blue Eyes,’ ‘The Shape You’re In,’ ‘Man In Love,’ ‘Old Love,’ and ‘Needs His Woman’ were also composed for the beautiful model.
Following his divorce from Boyd and affair with Italian model Lory Del Santo, Eric Clapton started a relationship with the singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow. The two performed on several occasions together, with Crow singing Clapton’s song ‘Tearing Us Apart’ and Clapton appearing at Crow’s Central Park Concert as a guest.
When Sheryl Crow released her 1998 album ‘The Globe Sessions,’ she went through a period of depression. It was rumored that this was because of her brief affair with Eric Clapton, and ‘My Favorite Mistake’ was written for that reason. However, Sheryl didn’t confirm the rumors and said it wasn’t written for a particular person she dated with. In fact, she even said, “I can’t look at that relationship as a mistake.”
‘My Favorite Mistake’ is about a man who proves unfaithful during a relationship. Considering Eric Clapton’s previous wrongdoings in his relationships, it isn’t surprising that the fans believed the song was written for him. So, despite the widespread belief, there is no bad blood between the two as they managed to remain friends and worked together on Sheryl’s 2019 album ‘Threads.’
