Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: August 6, 1996

Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Producer: Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell

Something threw me in the dirt
Kind of got my feelings hurt
Weed was burning somewhere down the wind
I had to get up and climb that hill again

Little Lucy is such a doll
Like to climb her garden wall
But she only sees me as a friend
I got to get up and climb that hill again

I got to bury my pride
Drag this line over that hill one more time
Got to get up in the morning
Make my way over that hill again

I got to bury my pride
Drag this line over that hill one more time
Got to get up in the morning
Make my way over that hill again

Tempers flare and the words are spoken
You close one door and another opens
You hear the music and you're wondering
You got to get up and climb that hill
Get up and climb that hill
You got to get up and climb that hill again

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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