Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: April 13, 1999

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

I got a hole in my head
I got a hole in my head
I'd be better off dead
I got a hole in my head

I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna fight
I'm a lover, lover, lover

You're always laughing at me
You're always laughing at me
Yeah, when nothing's really funny
You're always laughing at me

(Chorus)

You got a pretty face
You got a pretty face
But it's such a waste
You got a pretty face

(Chorus)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – an L.A.-based gang of sharp-dressed garage-rock refugees from Gainsville, Florida – released their debut LP in November 1976, featuring two tracks which are now part of their long list of hits, “Breakdown” and “American Girl.”

Since that first LP in ‘76, the band’s style has epitomized and largely defined the American “heartland rock” movement – a vintage-guitar twang, hard lyric truth, and searing vocal attitude.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been nominated for 17 Grammy awards and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all-time.

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