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US pressed music cassette single in paper slipcase

“Bad Love” was released as the third single from Eric Clapton’s 1989 studio album Journeyman on March 10, 1990. In an interview with his official fan club “Where’s Eric”, Eric Clapton remembered how the song came about: “Warner Bros. wanted another ‘Layla’. I thought, well, if you sit down and write a song in a formatted way, it’s not so hard. You think, ‘What was ‘Layla’ comprised of? A fiery intro modulated into the first verse and chorus with a riff around it. I had this stuff in my head, so I just juggled it around, and Mick Jones (of the group Foreigner) came in to help tidy up. He was the one who said ‘You should put a ‘Badge’ middle in there’. So, we did that. Although it sounds like a cold way of doing it, it actually took on its own life”. The song is about a man, who broke up several relationships and is now with the woman of his dreams. Although he is very happy and in love, the protagonist feels sad for all the people, who are not as happy as him, because he understands how it feels to be without happiness and love. The second verse explains, that the person felt unhappy with his life for a long amount of time and recalls many “heartaches”. Finally, though, he is happy with his life and wants to be with the person he now met. The chorus expresses the person’s need to forget about his old affaires, which have felt to him like “Bad Love”. Because of the song’s lyrics and powerful chord progression, it is widely recognised as “the perfect break-up song”.

Track list:
1. Bad Love-edi)
2. Hard Times-album version