{"id":26719,"date":"2024-02-10T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=26719"},"modified":"2024-01-14T08:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:48:27","slug":"take-five-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/take-five-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Five: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was 30 years ago last November that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their <em>Greatest Hits<\/em> album. Drawing both from band releases and Petty&#8217;s solo albums, the collection was a smash success, reaching #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart.<em> Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits<\/em> would be released (and reissued) in various formats with changes to the track listing. Here are three songs that didn&#8217;t find their way onto every single version, and two other hits that somehow didn&#8217;t make it onto any editions of the release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnything That&#8217;s Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u201d (1976)<\/strong><br \/>\nOriginally released in 1976 on the band&#8217;s debut album, this track was included on the UK release of <em>Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits<\/em>, but <em>not<\/em> on its domestic counterpart. The tune had been a single in the UK, peaking at #36 on the charts there; the Heartbreakers\u2019 success in the UK helped create a buzz back home, eventually helping the debut album to chart in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nd-Rl_tyMUQ?si=n2LO3F5Yq41UZx4J\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around\u201d (1981)<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-written by Petty and guitarist Mike Campbell, this song was featured on Steve Nicks&#8217; 1981 solo debut release, <em>Bella Donna<\/em>. Featuring Nicks and Petty on vocals with the Heartbreakers providing instrumental support, the song \u2013 released as a single \u2013 climbed to the #3 spot on <em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s Hot 100 singles charts. Fun fact: though he\u2019s not in the music video, Booker T &amp; the MGs bassist Donald \u201cDuck Dunn\u201d holds down the low end on the recording.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5i7j0VhEHw?si=Gnh0MdH4vuh1cam6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA Woman in Love (It&#8217;s Not Me)\u201d (1981)<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother Petty\/Campbell composition, this track was a highlight from Petty and the group&#8217;s fourth studio album, 1981\u2019s <em>Hard Promises<\/em>. While it fared modestly on the pop singles chart (#79), \u201cA Woman in Love (It&#8217;s Not Me)\u201d soared to the #5 spot on the Album Rock Tracks chart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKDYErlu5Kc?si=IeZZf5i1dlx-ugLq\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJammin\u2019 Me\u201d (1987)<\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps the most inexplicable omission from <em>Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits<\/em> is this song. \u201cJammin\u2019 Me\u201d was the first single and featured track from the band&#8217;s 1987 album <em>Let Me Up (I&#8217;ve Had Enough)<\/em>. \u201cJammin\u2019 Me\u201d rose to the #1 spot on the U.S. Album Rock Tracks chart, while also making it to #18 on the pop singles chart (and into the Top 40 in New Zealand).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TCFAzPl1QmE?si=jJmrrSVvPWPw4ldZ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSomething in the Air\u201d (1993)<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the last tracks Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded with founding member and drummer Stan Lynch, \u201cSomething in the Air\u201d is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit single from 1969. Featuring guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (later of wings) and uncredited bassist Pete Townshend (using the pseudonym \u201cBijou Drains\u201d), the original went on to become a rock classic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8J7yTze4Xbs?si=fu63JV9nBiGzjwOj\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was 30 years ago last November that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their Greatest Hits album. 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