Rockin' In The 80s: 'It's In the Way That You Use It' by Eric Clapton (1986)

Yes yes its another 80s weekly series category, but well needed, and so the first Rockin' In The 80s post goes to English guitarist/vocalist/and songwriter Eric Clapton and his 1986 #1 hit It's in the Way That You Use It. Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England in 1945, has had a long and prolific musical career, and according to his Wikipedia page:

  

"Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time." and "Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream."

Need I say more?? It's In the Way That You Use It was released in 1986 on Clapton's August album, and the song would reach #1 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart that year. If you check out the video below you will also notice that the song was used on the soundtrack for that 1986 Tom Cruise/Paul Newman film The Color Of Money.  So there is the first Rockin In The 80s post, keep on rockin...boom boom!