Genre Soft rock Label Duck · Reprise | Length 4:08 Writer(s) J. J. Cale | |
Released November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) Producer(s) Eric Clapton · J. J. Cale | ||
"Who Am I Telling You?" is a soft rock song written by American singer-songwriter J. J. Cale who recorded the tune together with British rock guitarist Eric Clapton for their 2006 collaborative release The Road to Escondido for Duck- and Reprise Records. The song, which is of four minute and eight second duration, features lead slide guitar playing by Derek Trucks from The Derek Trucks- and The Allman Brothers Band and is written in the key of F major.
The song was recorded in August 2005 during the sessions for The Road to Escondido. Although the music website AllMusic lists the tune as a pop rock, album rock, adult contemporary and blues rock song, critics find the song belongs to the musical genre of soft rock. Journalist Philip D. Huff from Twisted Ears calls the song "grand in its simplicity" where as critic Doug Collette from All About Jazz praises Truck's slide guitar playing on the song, noting: "he is readily identifiable on 'Who Am I Telling You?'" but at the same time thinks that "neither these, nor other arrangements allow for much extended improvisation during which Trucks–and/or Clapton and Cale."
In 2016, a live version featuring Clapton and Cale was released on Live in San Diego.