I Can't Stand It (Eric Clapton song) explained

I Can't Stand It
Cover:Vinyl cover of "I Can't Stand It" (1981) by Eric Clapton.png
Type:single
Artist:Eric Clapton
Album:Another Ticket
B-Side:Black Rose
Released:13 February 1981[1]
Recorded:1980
Genre:Rock
Length:4:08
Label:RSO
Producer:Tom Dowd
Prev Title:Blues Power (Live)
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Another Ticket
Next Year:1981

"I Can't Stand It" was the first single from Eric Clapton's 1981 album Another Ticket. On the record label for the vinyl 45, its credited as Eric Clapton and His Band. It was also used for interludes on Bill O'Reilly's radio show, The Radio Factor.

Reception

Record World called it a "dark, driving rocker with Clapton's vocal lurking ominously around drum spanks & keyboard textures."[2]

AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald recalls the song as "one of Eric Clapton's biggest hits from the early '80s" and found "this song found him continuing, in his words, to be as much a musicologist as a musician." Greenwald goes on to saying that the song's "lyrics have a venomous jealousy, and they are some of Clapton's most literate of the period". He rounded his review up by saying that "musically, some classic, almost Booker T. & the M.G.'s-styled chord changes highlight the driving tempo, providing Clapton with a huge hit".[3] William Ruhlman of AllMusic recalls that I Can't Stand It "held up well".[4]

Besides becoming a pop hit in its own right, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was also the first No. 1 song on Billboard's Top Tracks chart for rock songs, which debuted in March 1981. It stayed at the summit for two weeks.[5] The song reached No. 15 in Canada. By 1981, Broadcast Music, Inc. measured more than one million broadcasts of the song, earning Clapton a special recognition certificate.[6]

Personnel

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canada (CHUM)[7] 7
Canada (RPM)[8] 15
France (IFOP)[9] 62
Israel (IBA)[10] 1
Italy (AFI)[11] 99
Japan (Oricon)[12] 84
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 10
US Top Rock Tracks (Billboard)[14] 1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week.
  2. Record World. February 21, 1981. 1. 2023-02-23. Hits of the Week.
  3. Web site: I Can't Stand It – Eric Clapton | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. AllMusic. Matthew. Greenwald. August 5, 2015.
  4. Web site: Another Ticket – Eric Clapton | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. AllMusic. William. Ruhlmann. August 5, 2015.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel. 2004. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. United States. Billboard Publications. 128. Joel Whitburn. 8.
  6. Web site: A BMI Citation Of Achievement for 'I Can't Stand It' by Eric Clapton, 1981. Bonhams. July 25, 2016.
  7. Web site: 1050 Chum Charts > Clapton, Eric . Chum Charts . Chum Limited . December 22, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060222003516/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=7675 . February 22, 2006 .
  8. RPM Canada Top 50 Singles. RPM Magazine. Library and Archives Canada. 34. 25. May 30, 1981. December 22, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314022238/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0337&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2. March 14, 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste . Institut français d'opinion publique . InfoDisc.fr . Select "Eric Clapton" from the artist drop-down menu . fr . December 22, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140217054346/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_C.php . February 17, 2014 .
  10. Reshet. Gimmel. Billboard Hits of the World > Israel > Singles. Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 93. 17. 92. 0006-2510. May 2, 1981. December 22, 2015.
  11. Web site: M&D: Classifiche > Eric Clapton. musicaedischi.it. Musica e dischi. Look for collaboration efforts also.. it. December 22, 2015. May 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102717/http://musicaedischi.it/web/classifiche_archivio.php. dead.
  12. Book: Tatsaku, Ren. The Oricon Sales Report. December 2011. Tokyo, Japan. Oricon Style – Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja.
  13. Web site: Eric Clapton Chart History (Hot 100) . May 1, 1981 . Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  14. Web site: Eric Clapton Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs) . March 20, 1981 . Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  15. December 26, 1981 . Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles . YE-9 . Billboard . 93 . 51. 5 April 2020.

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