By Steve Newton
Anybody else think “Refugee” deserves to be #1?
Also: man, I miss Tom Petty and his songs.
20. “All You Can Carry” (Hypnotic Eye, 2014)
19, “Breakdown” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976)
18. “I Need to Know” (You’re Gonna Get It, 1978)
17. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (Greatest Hits, 1993)
16. “Even the Losers” (Damn the Torpedoes, 1979)
15. “Free Fallin'” (Full Moon Fever, 1989)
14. “Into the Great Wide Open” (Into the Great Wide Open, 1991)
13, “It’s Good to be King” (Wildflowers, 1994)
12. “Love Is a Long Road” (Full Moon Fever, 1989)
11. “The Last DJ” (The Last DJ, 2002)
10. “Two Gunslingers” (Into the Great Wide Open, 1991)
9. “Don’t Do Me Like That” (Damn the Torpedoes, 1979)
8. “Learning to Fly” (Into the Great Wide Open, 1991)
7. “American Girl” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976)
6. “You Got Lucky” (Long After Dark, 1982)
5. “The Waiting” (Hard Promises, 1981)
4. “I Won’t Back Down” (Full Moon Fever, 1989)
3. “Trailer” (B-side of the single “Don’t Come Around Here No More”, 1985)
2. “Rebels” (Southern Accents, 1985)
1. “Refugee” (Damn the Torpedoes, 1979)
Sadly, I never got to interview Tom Petty, and it was at the top of my bucket list, right next to Johnny Winter. But you can hear my 1999 conversation with Petty’s guitarist, Mike Campbell, on my Patreon page, where you can eavesdrop on hundreds of my uncut, one-on-one conversations with the legends of rock since 1982.
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