Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released: November 9, 1976

Songwriter: Tom Petty

Producer: Denny Cordell

Don't hide from me baby
Shame on you
Incognito baby you're so crude
I don't mind
Take my hand
Baby I want to be your mystery man

Yeah you got ruby lipstick
Too much rouge
And dime store jewelry
Cheap perfume
I don't mind, take my hand
Honey I want to be your mystery man

You know I do, you know I do
Oh you know I do, you i do
Yeah you know I do, you know I do
Baby you know I do, you know I do

(Chorus)

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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