Mainline Florida

"Mainline Florida" is a rock song, written by George Terry. It gained popularity when the British rock musician Eric Clapton recorded the tune for his 1974 studio album 461 Ocean Boulevard under RSO Records. The song was also released as the B-side to Clapton's single "Willie and the Hand Jive" in October of 1974. Over the years, the song was included on various compilation albums. The song was written in E major and uses a blues rock chord progression consisting of E major, Esus , D /E and E chords. The song is structured in intro, verse, chorus, link and outro. According to the music website AllMusic, "Mainline Florida" belongs to the musical genres of pop rock in styles of album rock, hard rock, blues rock, contemporary pop rock and adult contemporary music.
Reception
As the B-side of "Willie and the Hand Jive", the pop rock song reached four national music charts, reaching position 31 on the Canadian Top Singles Chart, compiled by the . In the Netherlands, the release peaked at number 28 on the MegaCharts single devision. In the United States, the single peaked at number 26 on the In Japan, the release sold about 1,500 copies in the first week, peaking at number 99 on the . Critics form the music website Sputnikmusic like Clapton's guitar work on the track, stating the song features "some good guitar work".

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