Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: November 2, 1982

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

Stand back from me, honey
Because I don't know what I might do next
No I'm surprised by this, frightened by this
Nothing ever got me so out of my head, baby

We stand a chance
Baby, we stand a chance
Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know
We could stand the chance of a real love

Oh, God knows I love you, God knows I do
Baby, will you let me just prove it to you?
Come here to me, baby, come here to me now
I want to talk to you, talk to you and tell you somehow

That we stand a chance
Baby, we stand a chance
Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know
We could stand the chance of a real love

I'm so moved, I'm so changed
Baby, my whole world is a fountain of flame

Baby, we stand a chance
Baby, we stand a chance
Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know
We could stand a chance of a real love

I'm so moved, I'm so changed
Baby, my whole world is a fountain of flame

Baby, we stand a chance
Baby, we stand a chance
Yeah, and I could be wrong, but you never know
We could stand a chance of a real love

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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