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It was also issued in January 1989 as the band's second single. The recording features all the Wilburys except Bob Dylan as lead singers; George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison sing the choruses in turn, while Tom Petty sings the verses. The song was mainly written by Harrison and was assigned to his publishing company, Umlaut Corporation. [2]
The band came together in April 1988, [26] when Harrison was in Los Angeles to oversee the filming of his HandMade production Checking Out. [27] At that time, Warner Bros. Records asked Harrison for a new song to serve as the B-side for the European release of his third single from Cloud Nine, "This Is Love". [28]
Petty incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle with Care" in shows from 2003 to 2006, and for his 2008 tour adding "surprises" such as "End of the Line" to the set list. [29] In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream".
The album reunited Lynne with Electric Light Orchestra's keyboard player Richard Tandy and featured fellow Traveling Wilburys member George Harrison (both Harrison and the Wilburys were signed to Warner Bros. Records, parent of Reprise Records which released this album). Lynne wrote and recorded "Now You're Gone" as a tribute to his late mother.
In typical Traveling Wilburys fashion, the whimsical supergroup skipped Vol. 2 entirely and named its second album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3, with the members of the group adopting new aliases ...
Song Composer(s) "Free Fallin'" Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty "I Won't Back Down" Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty "Love is a Long Road" Mike Campbell, Petty" A face in the crowd" Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty "Runnin' Down a Dream" Campbell, Lynne and Petty "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" Gene Clark "Yer So Bad" Lynne and Petty "Depending on You" Tom Petty "The Apartment ...
Mystery Girl was Orbison's first significant critical and commercial success as a solo artist since the mid-1960s. [25] It was released on January 31, 1989 [2] and followed the Wilburys' Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 into the higher reaches of the US albums chart. [5]
The song is ranked No. 219 on Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was featured in the film Jerry Maguire (1996) and The Sopranos episode 2.13, "Funhouse" (2000). Lou Reed selected the song as one of his "picks of 1989". [6] The song reached No. 2 on the Spotify Global Viral 50 following Petty's death in 2017. [7]