Eric Clapton - It’s In The Way...

mstgator wrote: I still find it baffling that this never even touched the Hot 100, despite being featured in a hit movie, a video that was all over MTV, and with a hook that fit in easily with everything else on pop radio in 1986/87. The only reasonable explanation would be if it hadn't been released as a commercial single (making it ineligible to chart), which obviously wasn't the case.

This song seemed to have trouble finding support at
radio, but I'm not sure why. I remember seeing the video
quite often on MTV, but don't recall hearing it on my
local top 40 station at all. Like you said, it had the
advantages of the movie tie-in and good video exposure,
not to mention a brand name artist, good hooks and very
commercial production. Definitely one of the more
puzzling cases of a non-hit from the 80s.

I appreciate this thread because it explains why the
soundtrack version never sounded quite "right" to me
(i.e. the mix is different although the mastering isn't
very good on the soundtrack CD). The version on "August"
sounds the best to me.