Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: March 26, 1985

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Tom Petty Jimmy Iovine Mike W. Campbell

Look out, another one, just like the other ones
Another bad-ass, another troublemaker
I'm scared, ain't you boys scared?
I wonder if he's going to show us what bad is?
Boys, we got a man with a dog collar on
Maybe we ought to throw old Spike a bone?

Here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean
Bet he's got a motorbike, what do y'all think?
That it would be good if we get a ride on it
If he ain't too mad about the future
Maybe we ought to help him see
The future ain't what it used to be

Listen
Hey Spike, what do you like?
Hey Spike, what do you like?

Hey Spike, what do you like?
Hey Spike, you're scaring my wife
Hey Spike, tell us about life
Could you tell me about life?
I might need need a dog collar too, boy
He might make me say say
I might say, might say

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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