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• George Pope from Vancouver BcThis song was parodied in season 5 of Married with Children, for a Midnight Madness sale at the shoe shop, with Al singing, "After midnight.. we're going to sell a lot of shoes..."
• Bill Cline from Lancaster PaEric is the “golden man” of rock music. His timeless music has inspired many current day rockers.
• Mr. Dingaling from Bangkok Eric Clapton is overrated. This tune was ok when your a teenager but it’s old boring butt Rock now. Boring with a capital B.
• David Marshall from Orlando, FlI have no idea why you think "After Midnight" was recorded with the Leathercoated Minds or appeared on Via records. Cale record After Midnight by himself on the Liberty label cat# 55931. After Midnight did not appear on the Leathercoated Minds album. This is the record that Clapton had and he based his version on this 45.
• Melinda from AustraliaCan I say it? This is just a really sexy song. ‘After midnight we’re gonna shake your tambourine’. Get it. This is about gettin it on. Annnnd that’s why I love it. ‘We’re Gonna cause talk and suspicion. Give an exhibition’. To me it’s always been about 2 people who have decided, nope, who cares what they all think, we’re havin an affair. And if they find out too bad. I prefer the JJ Cale version myself. But regardless it’s the best song ever to dance to.
• Jennifur Sun from RamonaI for many yeas thought the name of the song was Captain Midnight. Love the tune and love the drummer.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 11th 1970, "After Midnight" by Eric Clapton entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #75; and on December 6th, 1970 it peaked at #18 {for 2 weeks} and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
  It made the Top 10 in Canada, right at #10...
  And sad* to say, Eric Patrick Clapton will celebrate his 70th birthday come next March 30th {2015}...
  * The reason it’s sad, well I will be turning seventy years old two months before he does; my birthday is on January 15th {guess I’m not taking ‘old age’ too gracefully}.
• Doug from Bristol, MeWarrinder, E.C. learned about this (and other Cale songs) from Delaney Bramlett, liked it, and decided to record it. Supposedly Cale didn't know his song had become a hit until he happened to hear it on the radio in 1970. He was happy to be making some money through that, and it led him to release his own first album.
  For something special, catch the video on YouTube of E.P.C. and J.J.C. playing it (and "Call Me the Breeze") together live. I think it was at the 2004 Crossroads Festival.
  RIP, J.J. Keep on rockin', Eric.
• Michael from Woodbridge, VaI am not sure if this is completely accurate but I thought that I read somewhere that the Michelob Beer commercial came out when Clapton was in rehab. Supposedly Clapton was sitting in front of a TV in rehab when the commercial came on and one of his fellow rehab patients asked, "Hey, isn't that you?" to which Clapton embarrassingly admitted it was.
• Dave from Akron Oh, OhThe slowed down coors mix of After Midnight ranks in my top 10 songs and video of all time. I own every thing that EC has released from the yardbirds to '08.
• Marissa from Akron, OhWhen I was younger and didn't know much about music, whenever someone said the words "after midnight" the Nelly Furtado song that goes "after midnight, morning will come..." popped into my head. Now it's usually either this one or Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight."
• Andy from Rockaway , NyNo one does this tune like Clapton, he is a living legend.
• Bob from Manchester, EnglandEC played with JJ recently. He said "after 3 minutes of playing I didn't realise it was After Midnight JJ was playing." Further "I realised I had been playing it wrong for years"
• Eric from New York, NyThis song was used in the late 70's and 80's in the opening of a talk show on public access in Manhattan called "Interludes After Midnight". The show was hosted by the owner of a swing club called "Midnight Interludes". The host and all the guests on the show were naked.
• Kevin from Jacksonville , Flwhat is singer saying in song when he says so completely _ _ _ _ free?
• Warrinder from A Town, CanadaI'm pretty sure J.J. wrote this song for God. God's version came out in 1970, JJ. Cale's came out in 1971 on his debut as a solo artist.
• Rob from Vancouver, CanadaI love the slow version...makes me reach for a beer.
• Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScThanks evan, that's what I thought it was too. I was pretty sure it was recorded before the Dominos were formed.
• Evan from Fullerton, CaDerek and the Dominos hadn't been formed yet. He had toured with Delaney and Bonnie, and used their backup band on the album. Some of them would later be in the Dominos, but they weren't yet.
• Johnny from Los Angeles, Camy friend says Clapton has an "Annoying voic-" (He is always cut off for some reason) i see no prob
• Joshua from Twin Cities, MnThere are actually two different versions of "After Midnight" on the "Crossroads" boxed set. One is an alternate mix of the original version that includes a horn section; the other one is the aforementioned remake (titled "After Midnight '87").
  

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