Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	November 16, 1993
Recorded	1976-1993
Genre	Rock
Length	65:17
Label	MCA
Producer	Mike Campbell, Denny Cordell, Jimmy Iovine, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Rick Rubin, Noah Shark, David A. Stewart
Professional reviews
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Into the Great Wide Open (1991) Greatest Hits (1993) Wildflowers (1994)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1993. It is Petty's best selling album to date and was certified 10x Platinum (Diamond Award) by the RIAA on November 13, 2003. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The other new song on the album is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air".

[edit] Track listing

1. "American Girl" (Tom Petty) – 3:30
2. "Breakdown" (Petty) – 2:42
3. "Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:01
4. "I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:23
5. "Refugee" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:21
6. "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:40
7. "Even the Losers" (Petty) – 3:35
8. "Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:33
9. "The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:54
10. "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:37
11. "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, David A. Stewart) – 5:06
12. "I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 2:56
13. "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:23
14. "Free Fallin'" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:14
15. "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:57
16. "Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:38
17. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:32
18. "Something in the Air" (John Keene) – 3:15

The U.K. release also includes the track "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll".

A remastered version was released on May 20, 2008, replacing "Something in the Air" with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", Petty's duet with Stevie Nicks from her 1981 album Bella Donna.

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