Released: November 9, 1976

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Denny Cordell

Why be lonely
Why be blue
You got me babe, I got you

And I can't stop thinking about you
How I dig rocking around with you

I was waiting
You came through
You knew no one else will do

(Chorus)

You know I dig rocking around [x3]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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.