The song in question, "Tears in Heaven," was inspired by the death of Clapton's 4-year-old son Conor after a tragic fall from a New York high-rise where the boy had been living with his mother ...

That was the time he co-wrote “Tears in Heaven” with Will Jennings. Jennings previously shared how he and Clapton worked on the song. “[Clapton] said to me, ‘I want to write a song about ...