It's Probably Me

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It's Probably Me
Eric Clapton , Michael Kamen , David Sanborn , Sting
publication 1992
length 4:45 single
Genre (s) Jazz rock
Author (s) Eric Clapton, Sting, Michael Kamen
album Soundtrack Lethal Weapon 3
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
It's Probably Me
  DE 22nd 09/28/1992 (15 weeks)
  CH 16 08/23/1992 (12 weeks)
  UK 30th 08/29/1992 (5 weeks)

It's Probably Me is a jazz rock song written in 1992 by Eric Clapton , Sting and Michael Kamen . Together with David Sanborn , the authors recorded the song and released it as part of the soundtrack for the film Brennpunkt LA - The Professionals Are Back , but also independently released it as a single .

The music video was shot in black and white and shows Sting, Kamen, Sanborn and Clapton in the studio recording the song. Clapton used a Zippo - lighter as a tool and smokes cigarettes .

In 1993 Clapton, Kamen and Sanborn received the BMI Film Music Award . Clapton, Kamen and Sting were also nominated for a Grammy Award .

Sting recorded the piece again in 1993 for his album Ten Summoner's Tales without the participation of the other musicians.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Gold record icon.svg gold 35,000
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) - 180,900
All in all Gold record icon.svg 1 × gold
215,900

Main article: Eric Clapton / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

  1. Charts CH Charts UK
  2. a b King, Alex P. (2004). Hit parade - 20 ans de tubes, Paris: Pascal. Page 339. ISBN 2-35019-009-9
  3. It's Probably Me YouTube music video
  4. Awards for Lethal Weapon 3: The pros are back
  5. Gold for It's Probably Me in Australia ( Memento from January 13, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
  6. Sales figures for It's Probably Me in France ( Memento from December 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive )