Editing Eric Clapton (section)

==Clapton's music in film and TV==
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Clapton's music has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows as far back as 1973's ''[[Mean Streets]]'', which included the Derek and the Dominos song "I Looked Away" and a performance of "[[Steppin' Out (instrumental)|Steppin' Out]]" by Cream. Other appearances in media include in the ''[[Miami Vice]]'' series ("[[Wonderful Tonight]]", "[[Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd song)|Knock on Wood]]", "She's Waiting", and "[[Layla]]"), ''[[Back to the Future]]'' ("Heaven Is One Step Away"), ''[[The Color of Money]]'' ("[[It's in the Way That You Use It]]"), ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]'' ("[[Knockin' On Heaven's Door]]"), ''[[Goodfellas]]'' ("[[Layla]]" and "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]"),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/soundtrack | title=Soundtracks for Goodfellas | publisher=[[IMDb]] | access-date=17 February 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209111949/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/soundtrack | archive-date=9 February 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' episode "I'm With the Band" ("[[Sunshine of Your Love]]", "[[White Room]]" and "[[Cross Road Blues|Crossroads]]"), ''[[Friends]]'' episodes "[[The One with the Proposal, Part 2]]" ("Wonderful Tonight") and "The One Where Rachel Has A Baby" ("River of Tears"), ''[[School Of Rock]]'' ("[[Sunshine Of Your Love]])", ''[[Men in Black III]]'' ("[[Strange Brew (song)|Strange Brew]]"), ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'' ("Wonderful Tonight"), ''[[August: Osage County (film)|August: Osage County]]'' ("[[Lay Down Sally]]"), ''[[Good Girls Revolt]]'' episode "The Year-Ender" ("[[White Room]])", ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "[[The Vat of Acid Episode]]" ("It's in the Way That You Use It") and ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' ("White Room").<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/original-motion-picture-soundtrack-of-august-osage-county-to-be-released-on-january-7-2014-238884511.html |title=Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of 'August: Osage County' To Be Released On January 7, 2014 |agency=PR Newswire |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233115/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/original-motion-picture-soundtrack-of-august-osage-county-to-be-released-on-january-7-2014-238884511.html |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both [[Opel]] and [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] used the guitar riff from "[[Layla]]" in their advertising campaigns throughout 1987–95. In addition to his music appearing in media, Clapton has contributed to several movies by writing or co-writing the musical scores or contributing original songs. These movies include ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' (co-written with Michael Kamen),<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r115586|pure_url=yes}} "Lethal Weapon"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2017</ref> ''[[Communion (1989 film)|Communion]]'', ''[[Rush (1991 film)|Rush]]'', ''[[Phenomenon (film)|Phenomenon]]'' ("[[Change the World]]"), and ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' (co-wrote and co-performed "[[It's Probably Me]]" with [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and "[[Runaway Train (Elton John and Eric Clapton song)|Runaway Train]]" with Elton John).<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/lethal-weapon-3-mw0000078222 "Lethal Weapon 3"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050818/https://www.allmusic.com/album/lethal-weapon-3-mw0000078222 |date=22 December 2017 }}. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2017</ref>