The Story Behind The Song: The breakthrough of ‘Breakdown’ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
That debut single that “debuted” twice.
Tom Petty
The 1990 album Tom Petty initially couldn’t stand working on: “Anything but this”
Writing for the wrong reasons.
The forgotten singer who changed Tom Petty forever: “No reason to be afraid”
Giving up all his expectations.
The 1989 song Tom Petty could barely stomach: “I would have thrown that out”
Slipping past the quality inspection.
The 1979 song Tom Petty called “my favourite we ever did”
One of the Heartbreakers’ biggest highlights.
The best singing soulmate Stevie Nicks ever had: “This is just perfect”
The perfect musical complement.
Five times support bands destroyed the headliner: “We gotta follow these guys?”
“We blew everybody off the stage”.
The 1987 album that gave Tom Petty lifelong friends: “We were proud”
Friendships that will never be broken.