"Carnival" is a song written and recorded by the British rock musician Eric Clapton for his 1976 studio album No Reason to Cry.

It was also released as the second and last single of the studio album in January 1977.

[1] The song consists of a verse and identical choruses.

[2] The song is in the key of A major and features an up-tempo chord progression.

[5] Record World called it "a festive sounding uptempo number that has already built a strong AOR base.