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Nov 28, 2020 · Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. We count down Tom Petty's 50 greatest songs, from his Seventies classics to his Nineties hits.
- “American Girl” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976) It didn’t even hit the Hot 100. “American Girl” was a flop when it was originally released, coming closest to scraping the U.S. charts in 1994 when a re-released peaked at No. 9 on Billboard‘s Bubbling Under chart.
- “Don’t Do Me Like That” (Damn the Torpedoes, 1979) Try to find a flaw in this song if you want, the investigation might take you long enough for Netflix to make a docuseries about it.
- “Learning to Fly” (Into the Great Wide Open, 1991) Petty’s own “Solsbury Hill,” with a knockout combination of dreamy-but-determined acoustics, soaring production and enigmatic lyrics that just give it that sense of it being about something more.
- “Free Fallin'” (Full Moon Fever, 1989) Say what you will about “Free Fallin’,” but Tom Petty’s song catalog simply had to have a cut like it: one that ensures that his music will be kept alive by the John Mayers of the world for as long as there are acoustic guitars (and open-hearted teenagers who only know how to play three chords on ’em).
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Into The Great Wide Open,” No. 92, 11/23/1991. The second single off of the Heartbreakers’ album of the same name, “Into The Great Wide Open” had a star-studded modern fairytale-themed music video, featuring Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway and Matt LeBlanc, to name a few.
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me),” No. 79, 8/15/1981. “A Woman In Love” served as the second single off of the Heartbreakers’ fourth studio album, Hard Promises.
- Tom Petty, “It’s Good To Be King,” No. 68, 6/3/1995. Released as the third single off of Petty’s 1994 solo album Wildflowers “It’s Good to Be King” may have only reached No. 68 on the Hot 100 chart, but the spiritual song peaked at No. 6 on the Mainstream Rock charts.
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Rebels,” No. 74, 9/7/1985. The recording of “Rebels” proved so difficult that according to Conversations with Tom Petty, Petty punched a wall in frustration and broke his hand.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Explore this curated list of the top Tom Petty songs, including I Won't Back Down, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and more -- as ranked by fans.
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Oct 20, 2023 · Our selection of the best Tom Petty songs span from his time with the Heartbreakers, his solo work, and of course the Traveling Wilburys.
