"I Can't Stand It" was the first single from
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...
's 1981 album ''
Another Ticket
''Another Ticket'' is the seventh solo studio album by Eric Clapton. Recorded and produced by Tom Dowd at the Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas with Albert Lee, it was Clapton's last studio album for RSO Records before the label shut d ...
''. On the record label for the vinyl 45, its credited as Eric Clapton and His Band. It was also used for interludes on Bill O'Reilly's radio show, ''
The Radio Factor''.
Reception
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AllMusic
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'' critic Matthew Greenwald recalls the song as "one of Eric Clapton's biggest hits from the early '80s" and found "this song found him continuing, in his words, to be as much a musicologist as a musician." Greenwald goes on to saying that the song's "lyrics have a venomous jealousy, and they are some of Clapton's most literate of the period". He rounded his review up by saying that "musically, some classic, almost Booker T. & the M.G.'s-styled chord changes highlight the driving tempo, providing Clapton with a huge hit". William Ruhlman of ''AllMusic'' recalls that ''I Can't Stand It'' "held up well".
Besides becoming a pop hit in its own right, reaching No. 10 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, it was also the first No. 1 song on
''Billboard'''s
Top Tracks chart for rock songs, which debuted in March 1981. It stayed at the summit for two weeks. The song reached No. 15 in Canada. By 1981,
Broadcast Music, Inc.
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measured more than one million broadcasts of the song, earning Clapton a special recognition certificate.
Chart positions
Weekly charts
See also
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List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
References
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1980 songs
1981 singles
Eric Clapton songs
Number-one singles in Israel
RSO Records singles
Song recordings produced by Tom Dowd
Songs written by Eric Clapton