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"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).
"Wildflowers" is a popular song by Tom Petty and the opening track from the album of the same name. The song became quite popular in concerts, and though it was not released as a single, it charted at #16 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, [2] at #11 on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales [3] and at #3 on the Billboard Lyric Find. [4]
"You Wreck Me" is a song by American musician Tom Petty, the fourth track on his second solo studio album, Wildflowers (1994). The song was released as the second single from the album and became a concert staple. While the song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, it did peak at number two on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
An American Treasure is a 2018 compilation album and box set of Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch released by Reprise Records on September 28, 2018. The set includes several rare and unreleased songs alongside more obscure album tracks that showcase Petty's songwriting.
"Refugee" (Petty, Campbell) (from Damn the Torpedoes) – 3:20 "American Girl" (from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – 3:33 "The Best of Everything" (alternate version, original version from Southern Accents) – 5:26; Disc two "Wildflowers" (from Wildflowers) – 3:11 "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) (from Into the Great Wide Open, 1991 ...
Verse 1 Things fall apart And time breaks your heart I wasn’t there, but I know She was your girl You showed her the world You fell out of love, and you both let go
Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994, [1] by Warner Bros. Records. It was the first album released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros., where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys. It was the first of three of his albums produced with Rick Rubin.
Petty originally intended the B-side of the single, "Girl on LSD", to appear on Wildflowers, but Warner Bros. refused because it was too controversial. [6] In the song Petty sings about being in love with multiple girls on different drugs: marijuana, cocaine, LSD, beer, crystal meth, china white (a slang term for heroin) and coffee and being a drug dealer.