Layla
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 Layla facts

• Its famously contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon
• The song was inspired by a love story that originated as a poem The Story of Layla and Majnun in 5th-Century Arabia, was later adopted by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to Clapton
• The book moved Clapton profoundly, because it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful, unavailable woman and went crazy because he could not marry her
• In his autobiography, Clapton states, "Ian Dallas told me the tale of Layla and Majnun [sic], a romantic love story in which a young man, Qays [sic], falls passionately in love with the beautiful Layla, but is forbidden by her father to marry her and goes crazy with desire giving him the title Majnun (English: The mad one)
• " The song was further inspired by Clapton's then unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison of The Beatles
• "Layla" was unsuccessful on its initial release
• The song has since experienced great critical and popular acclaim, and is often hailed as being among the greatest rock songs of all time
• Two versions have achieved chart success, the first in 1972 and the second (without the piano coda) 20 years later as an acoustic Unplugged performance by Clapton
• In 2004, "Layla" was ranked number 27 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the acoustic version won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song