Tom Petty is a name known to many and this is one of his well known songs. His UK Top 40 career spanned 15 years from 1977 - 1992. How did this only make number 40 then?
Well despite his Top 40 career spanning 15 years, he only managed 4 Top 40 hits in total and none of them charted particularly high. His debut, "Anything That's Rock n Roll" reached 36 earlier on in the year. In the same year he also managed a number 40 in both America and Canada with "Breakdown" which never charted in the UK.
You may think this record would have fared better in America, particularly given the title. However, it didn't chart at all over there. In fact the UK was the only country where this charted.
His follow up would become his biggest hit with "I Won't Back Down" which came 12 years later in 1989 and reached number 28. Then his final Top 40 hit to date came in 1992 with "Too Good To Be True" which made 34.
Amazingly some of his better known songs such as "Free Fallin'", "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and the Stevie Nicks collaboration "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" all failed to reach the Top 40.
No comments:
Post a Comment