oh my darling you look wonderful tonight

If you want to know who i am, i'm online on After she separated with Harrison in 1974, she took up with Clapton. He wrote the song Layla about his then unrequited love for Boyd in 1970, long before Boyd’s marriage to Harrison dissolved. Clapton and Boyd’s relationship was years in the making. Wonderful Tonight was written in 1976 for Pattie Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul McCartney’s annual Buddy Holly party.Īt the time, Pattie Boyd was married to Eric Clapton’s good friend, George Harrison, and after Eric met her he soon became infatuated with her. Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight' I say, 'My darling, you were wonderful tonight So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bedĪnd then I tell her, as I turn out the light It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head Is that you just don't realize how much I love you This beautiful lady that's walking around with meĪnd then she asks me 'Do you feel all right?'Īnd I say, 'Yes, I feel wonderful tonight' We go to a party and everyone turns to see She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hairĪnd then she asks me, 'Do I look all right?'Īnd I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight' It's late in the evening she's wondering what clothes to wear Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight I say, “My darling, you were wonderful tonight. So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.Īnd then I tell her, as I turn out the light, It’s time to go home now and I’ve got an aching head, Is that you just don’t realize how much I love you. This beautiful lady that’s walking around with me.Īnd then she asks me, “Do you feel all right?”Īnd I say, “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.” She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.Īnd then she asks me, “Do I look all right?”Īnd I say, “Yes, you look wonderful tonight.” It’s late in the evening she’s wondering what clothes to wear. In the time she had taken to get ready Clapton had penned this iconic love song. I came downstairs expecting him to really berate me but he said, ‘ Listen to this!'”.

I was taking so long and I was panicking about everything.

Pattie Boyd recalled: “he was sitting round playing his guitar while I was trying on dresses upstairs. In ’76 while waiting for his girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie to get ready for a night out, as men often do- Eric Clapton wrote “ Wonderful Tonight“.

Oh my darling you look wonderful tonight