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Carnival (Eric Clapton song)

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B-side
  
"Hungry"

Format
  
7" vinyl

Length
  
3:41

Released
  
January 1977

Genre
  
Rock ยท pop rock

Label
  
RSO

"Carnival" is a song written and recorded by the British rock musician Eric Clapton for his 1976 studio album No Reason to Cry. It was also released as the second and last single of the studio album in January 1977. Rob Fraboni produced the recording.

Composition and release

The song consists of a verse and identical choruses. It is written in a monotone structure. The song is in the key of A major and features an up-tempo chord progression. Besides being released on the studio album, the title was published under RSO Records as a 7" vinyl grammophone record single. Both the music composing and lyric writing credits belong to Eric Clapton, who published the song and single under Warner/Chappell Music.

References

Carnival (Eric Clapton song) Wikipedia