Released: May 2, 1978

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Denny Cordell Noah Shark Tom Petty

My baby is a rock 'n' roller
My baby is a rock 'n' roller
Yeah, that's all she ever wants to be

So why you trying to come on with this sophistication?
She don't want to know about your education
Man, she don't care about the United Nations
My baby's gone on a rhythm sensation
That's all she ever wants to be
My baby is a rock 'n' roller

Well, she can't take them stupid friends of yours
She ain't going to go through all of that no more
She don't want to be no dentist assistant
Man, she got the rhythm and she can't resist it
That's all she ever wants to be
My baby is a rock 'n' roller
My baby is a rock 'n' roller
My baby is a rock 'n' roller
My baby is a rock 'n' roller

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.

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