Motherless Child
~ Recording by Eric Clapton
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | 9362-45735-2 |
| 1.1 | Motherless Child (LP version) | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Motherless Child | Eric Clapton | Single |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label) | WO271CD |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle (WMME Alsdorf) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Reprise Records | 9362-45735-2 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Reprise Records | 9 45735-2 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 45735-2, D 106025 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | CDW 45735 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Reprise Records | 9 45735-2 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle (club edition) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | W2 45735 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle (matrix 936245735-2.3 WME) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | 9362-45735-2 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | WBCD1799 |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Reprise Records | 9362457352 |
| 2.3 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | 45735-1 |
| 1.1 | Motherless Child (LP version) | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Motherless Child | Eric Clapton | Single |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Reprise Records, WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990) | 9362-41834-2, WE 739, WO271CD |
| 1.16 | Motherless Child | 2:54 | Eric Clapton | The Awards 1995 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | MOOD CD 39 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | Unplugged / From the Cradle (limited edition) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 9362-48388-2 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 1746193 |
| 1.30 | Motherless Child | 2:56 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton (Barnes & Noble exclusive) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 2312188 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Japan (primary imprint of Warner Music Japan, Inc.; do not use for copyright/publisher/etc. relationships!) | WPCR-12775/6 |
| 4.2 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Duck Records (Eric Clapton's label), Reprise Records | 294332-1 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 294332-2 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | SSTARCD 7162 |
| 2.11 | Motherless Child | 3:00 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle (MQA) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | |
| 1.11 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | |
| 2.3 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Reprise Records | 45735-1 |
| 3.8 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | |
| 1.5 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation | Reprise Records | 9362-49279-1 | |
| 3.8 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man (deluxe edition) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9362-49278-9 |
| 3.8 | Motherless Child | 2:57 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 549134-2 |
| 4.2 | Motherless Child | 2:56 | Eric Clapton | Complete Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 566004-1 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Motherless Child | 3:00 | Eric Clapton | Warner Music Canada: October 1994 - Vol. 223 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada Co.) | Proc 94223 |
| 2.13 | Motherless Child | 2:53 | Eric Clapton | The Class of ’95 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | PRO-CD-7450-R |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 2.3 | Motherless Child | 2:59 | Eric Clapton | Greatest Hits | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Star Mark (Russian bootleg production) | 16975-1/2 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Giles Cowley Julie Gardiner (engineer) |
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| engineer: | Alan Douglas (Scottish born engineer) |
| producer: | Eric Clapton Russ Titelman |
| mixer: | Alan Douglas (Scottish born engineer) Russ Titelman |
| baritone saxophone: | Simon Clarke (UK saxophonist) |
| bass guitar: | Dave Bronze (UK bass player) |
| drums (drum set): | Jim Keltner |
| guitar: | Eric Clapton Andy Fairweather‐Low |
| harmonica: | Jerry Portnoy |
| keyboard: | Chris Stainton (keyboard player, session musician and songwriter) |
| tenor saxophone: | Tim Sanders (UK saxophonist) |
| trumpet: | Roddy Lorimer |
| lead vocals: | Eric Clapton |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Reprise Records (in 1994) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1994) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
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| recording of: | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child |
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Related works
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
| lyricist and composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Sometimes I Feel / Nobody Knows |
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| later versions: | Motherless Child |
| is the basis for: | Freedom |
| arrangements: | Motherless Child Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Peters, White) Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (for voice and piano, Hogan) |
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