Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)
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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released November 16, 1993
Recorded 1976–1993
Genre Rock, heartland rock
Length 65:17
Label MCAGeffen
Producer Mike CampbellDenny CordellJimmy IovineJeff LynneTom PettyRick RubinNoah SharkDavid A. Stewart
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Released: November 16, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars[1]
Blender 5/5 stars[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A–[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly A+[5]
The Essential Rock Discography 9/10[6]
MusicHound 4.5/5[7]
Q 4/5 stars[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4.5/5 stars[9]
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1993. It is Petty's best-selling album to date and was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA on April 28, 2015. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The other new song on the album is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air". The album contains no songs from 1987's Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). However, three songs from Petty's 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever were included.
On its original release in November 1993, the album debuted at No. 8 on Billboard 200,[10] and first peaked at No. 5 on the chart in February 1994.[11] It reached a new peak of No. 2 following Petty's death in 2017.[12]
The new tracks "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Something in the Air" were the band's last recordings with drummer Stan Lynch.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Original album/notes Length
1. "American Girl" Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976 3:33
2. "Breakdown" Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2:44
3. "Listen to Her Heart" Petty You're Gonna Get It!, 1978 3:03
4. "I Need to Know" Petty You're Gonna Get It! 2:24
5. "Refugee" Petty, Mike Campbell Damn the Torpedoes, 1979 3:21
6. "Don't Do Me Like That" Petty Damn the Torpedoes 2:42
7. "Even the Losers" Petty Damn the Torpedoes 3:38
8. "Here Comes My Girl" Petty, Campbell Damn the Torpedoes 4:25
9. "The Waiting" Petty Hard Promises, 1981 4:00
10. "You Got Lucky" Petty, Campbell Long After Dark, 1982 3:36
11. "Don't Come Around Here No More" Petty, David A. Stewart Southern Accents, 1985 5:04
12. "I Won't Back Down" Petty, Jeff Lynne Full Moon Fever, 1989 2:57
13. "Runnin' Down a Dream" Petty, Lynne, Campbell Full Moon Fever 4:23
14. "Free Fallin'" Petty, Lynne Full Moon Fever 4:15
15. "Learning to Fly" Petty, Lynne Into the Great Wide Open, 1991 4:01
16. "Into the Great Wide Open" Petty, Lynne Into the Great Wide Open 3:44
17. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" Petty New song 4:33
18. "Something in the Air" Speedy Keen Thunderclap Newman cover 3:21
Total length: 65:44
General
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Publisher : MCA
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1993
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