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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on November 16, 1993.It is Petty's best-selling album to date and was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA on April 28, 2015.
The following is a table of all songs recorded by Tom Petty, ... Tom Petty: Greatest Hits: 1993 [17] "Mary's New Car" Tom Petty: Southern Accents: 1985 [9]
This is the discography of Tom Petty, who was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.Petty released 13 studio albums as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, two with supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and two with his first band (and later, side project) Mudcrutch, in addition to three solo albums.
Petty scored the biggest Hot 100 hit of his career in 1981, but it wasn’t on Hard Promises. In fact, the success of his Stevie Nicks duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” stole the thunder ...
Before leaving MCA Records, Petty and the Heartbreakers got together to record, live in the studio, two new songs for a Greatest Hits package: "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded performance with the Heartbreakers.
"American Girl" is widely considered one of Petty's greatest works. The song was ranked number one on Billboard ' s list of Petty's 20 greatest songs and on Rolling Stone ' s list of Petty's 50 greatest songs. [27] [28] Cash Box said that it "rides along with a nice thump and an unusual, syncopated instrumental section." [29]
This song was first released as part of the Greatest Hits album in 1993. [3] It rose to No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Petty's first Billboard top-20 hit of the 1990s, [4] and also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. [5] Internationally, the song reached No. 2 in Portugal and No. 5 in Canada.
The song peaked at No. 3 on the American Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, (Nicks's biggest solo hit and the Heartbreakers' biggest hit as well). However, in the United Kingdom, the song only managed to peak at No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart.