Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)

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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".

Track listing

1. "American Girl" (Tom Petty) – 3:35
   • (Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
2. "Breakdown" (Petty) – 2:44
   • (Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
3. "Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:05
   • (Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
4. "I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:26
   • (Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
5. "Refugee" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:25
   • (Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
6. "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:44
   • (Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
7. "Even the Losers" (Petty) – 4:01
   • (Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
8. "Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:27
   • (Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
9. "The Waiting" (Petty) – 4:01
   • (Originally released on the album Hard Promises.)
10. "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:38
    • (Originally released on the album Long After Dark.)
11. "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, David A. Stewart) – 5:07
    • (Originally released on the album Southern Accents.)
12. "I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 2:59
    • (Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
13. "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:25
    • (Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
14. "Free Fallin'" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:18
    • (Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
15. "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:05
    • (Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
16. "Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:45
    • (Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
17. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:35
    • (First release.)
18. "Something in the Air" (John Keen) – 3:17
    • (Thunderclap Newman cover.)
    • (Originally released on the album Hollywood Dream.)

The U.K. release also includes the track "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll," originally from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as track 3, with all subsequent tracks in the same order.

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. The album photos replaced the "Wildflowers" and "Into the Great Wide Open" session photos with out-takes from the "You're Gonna Get It!" album cover. The original album is available for download on iTunes, including "Something in the Air".

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States