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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.
"Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" is the second UK single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It was their first UK hit, peaking at #36 the week ending July 2, 1977. It was not released as a single in the United States. The B-side "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" is a live version taken from The Official Live Bootleg.
The following is a table of all songs recorded by Tom Petty, ... "Breakdown" † Tom Petty: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 1976 [6] "Built to Last" Tom Petty Jeff ...
After nearly a year and many positive reviews, the album reached the U.S. charts, where it peaked at No. 55 in 1978 and eventually went Gold. "Breakdown" was released as the lead single and cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. and "American Girl" became one of the band's signature songs. [3]
Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, directed by Cameron Crowe and aired on MTV just once in ...
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]
But for now, a pair of Tom Petty covers will do. The Texas-based rockers shared versions of "Breakdown" and "A Face in the Crowd," two songs from distinctly different eras of Petty.
Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch. The first three discs of this collection are Petty's singles with and without the Heartbreakers, arranged in rough chronological order.