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"Breakdown" was a song written and recorded for the band's debut album. Initially, the song had lead guitarist Mike Campbell with a distinct guitar lick being played only near the end of the song. While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley , a friend of Phil Seymour , were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it.
"Don't Come Around Here No More" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. It was released in February 1985 as the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Southern Accents album.
"Listen to Her Heart" was ranked number five on Billboard ' s list of Petty's 20 greatest songs and on Rolling Stone ' s list of Petty's 50 greatest songs. [7] [8] Cash Box said it has "an emphatic guitar opening" and "the story of an independent woman." [9] Record World said the song "sounds a bit like Buddy Holly and has all the elements of a ...
"Into the Great Wide Open" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, included as the third track on their eighth studio album, Into the Great Wide Open (1991). Released as a single in September 1991, the song reached number four on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart but stalled at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
"Learning to Fly" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the band's eighth studio album, Into the Great Wide Open (1991). The entire song is based on four simple chords, (F, C, A minor, and G).
Petty was inspired to write "Change of Heart" based on The Move's 1972 single "Do Ya". Petty was very inspired by the way Jeff Lynne had used chords on the track, and wanted to use the same "crunchy" guitar riff that was used on "Do Ya". After that, the lyrics and title came and the song was completed. [4] [5]
The song is about escapism and the end of Petty's first marriage. Petty described it as one of the most depressing songs in rock history, [3] and so intensely personal for him that once the Echo tour was over, he refused to play it. [4] "Room at the Top" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Southern Accents is the sixth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on March 26, 1985, through MCA Records.The album's lead single, "Don't Come Around Here No More", co-written by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.