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"Breakdown"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
B-side
  • "The Wild One, Forever" (US, 1976)
  • "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" (US, 1977)
  • "Luna" (Germany)
  • "Strangered in the Night" (Spain)
ReleasedNovember 1976 (1976-11)
Recorded1976
StudioShelter Studios ( Hollywood)
Genre
Length2:42
Label Shelter
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s) Denny Cordell
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Breakdown"
(1976)
" Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll"
(1977)

"Breakdown" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It became a Top 40 hit in the United States and Canada. [4]

Played live, Petty sometimes incorporated "Breakdown" with Ray Charles's " Hit the Road Jack". A live recording of this variation appears on The Live Anthology.

Background

"Breakdown" was a song written and recorded for the band's debut album. Initially, the song had lead guitarist Mike Campbell with a distinct guitar lick being played only near the end of the song. While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley, a friend of Phil Seymour, were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it. He suggested that the lick should be used throughout the song, and Petty obliged. At 2 AM, he gathered the Heartbreakers to join him in re-recording the song. Their final take was seven to eight minutes long, but it was pared down to 2 minutes and 39 seconds on the album. [5] Guests on the song's recording include guitarist Jeff Jourard, a common collaborator with the band in their early days, and Phil Seymour, who sings backing vocals.

Reception

Record World called it a "slow, sultry rocker, dominated by guitar, with Petty's distinctive vocal again standing out." [6]

Track listing

  • 7" Single (US, 1976)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
B. "The Wild One, Forever" – 3:01
  • 7" Single (US, 1977)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
B. "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" – 3:54
  • 7" Single (Germany, 1977)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
B. "Luna" – 3:59
  • 7" Single (Spain, 1978)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
B. "Strangered in the Night" – 3:32

Chart performance

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 40
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 33
Canada RPM Top Singles [9] 40

Album appearances

Grace Jones version

"Breakdown"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Warm Leatherette
B-side" Warm Leatherette"
ReleasedOctober 1980
Genre Reggae
Length5:30 (album/12" version)
3:00 (single version)
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s)
Grace Jones singles chronology
" The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
(1980)
"Breakdown"
(1980)
" Demolition Man"
(1981)

Jamaican singer Grace Jones recorded a reggae-inflected version of the song on her 1980 album Warm Leatherette. Petty wrote a third verse of the song specifically for Jones to record; "It's OK if you must go / I'll understand if you don't / You say goodbye right now / I'll still survive somehow / Why should we let this drag on?" [10] The song was edited from its full, 5:30 album version to a 3-minute-long track on single release. It was released as a US-only single in July 1980 but did not chart.

Track listing

  • 7" single
A. "Breakdown" – 3:00
B. " Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
  • 12" single
A. "Breakdown" – 5:30
B1. "Breakdown" (edit) – 3:10
B2. "Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
  • 7" promotional single
A. "Breakdown" (stereo edit) – 3:00
B. "Breakdown" (mono edit) – 3:00

References

  1. ^ a b Robbins, Ira A. (January 1983). The Trouser Press guide to new wave records. C. Scribner's Sons. p.  227. ISBN  978-0-684-17943-8.
  2. ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Breakdown - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Song Info". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 30, 2017). "Le Petty Prince Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
  5. ^ "Breakdown by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers". SongFacts.
  6. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. October 22, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ^ "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Billboard Singles)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  8. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 11, 1978
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada (Top Singles - Volume 28, No. 24, March 11, 1978)". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  10. ^ Michaels, Joey. "3349. "Breakdown" by Grace Jones". sadclownrep.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Breakdown (Tom Petty song))
"Breakdown"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
B-side
  • "The Wild One, Forever" (US, 1976)
  • "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" (US, 1977)
  • "Luna" (Germany)
  • "Strangered in the Night" (Spain)
ReleasedNovember 1976 (1976-11)
Recorded1976
StudioShelter Studios ( Hollywood)
Genre
Length2:42
Label Shelter
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s) Denny Cordell
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Breakdown"
(1976)
" Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll"
(1977)

"Breakdown" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It became a Top 40 hit in the United States and Canada. [4]

Played live, Petty sometimes incorporated "Breakdown" with Ray Charles's " Hit the Road Jack". A live recording of this variation appears on The Live Anthology.

Background

"Breakdown" was a song written and recorded for the band's debut album. Initially, the song had lead guitarist Mike Campbell with a distinct guitar lick being played only near the end of the song. While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley, a friend of Phil Seymour, were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it. He suggested that the lick should be used throughout the song, and Petty obliged. At 2 AM, he gathered the Heartbreakers to join him in re-recording the song. Their final take was seven to eight minutes long, but it was pared down to 2 minutes and 39 seconds on the album. [5] Guests on the song's recording include guitarist Jeff Jourard, a common collaborator with the band in their early days, and Phil Seymour, who sings backing vocals.

Reception

Record World called it a "slow, sultry rocker, dominated by guitar, with Petty's distinctive vocal again standing out." [6]

Track listing

  • 7" Single (US, 1976)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
B. "The Wild One, Forever" – 3:01
  • 7" Single (US, 1977)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
B. "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" – 3:54
  • 7" Single (Germany, 1977)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
B. "Luna" – 3:59
  • 7" Single (Spain, 1978)
A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
B. "Strangered in the Night" – 3:32

Chart performance

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 40
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 33
Canada RPM Top Singles [9] 40

Album appearances

Grace Jones version

"Breakdown"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Warm Leatherette
B-side" Warm Leatherette"
ReleasedOctober 1980
Genre Reggae
Length5:30 (album/12" version)
3:00 (single version)
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s)
Grace Jones singles chronology
" The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
(1980)
"Breakdown"
(1980)
" Demolition Man"
(1981)

Jamaican singer Grace Jones recorded a reggae-inflected version of the song on her 1980 album Warm Leatherette. Petty wrote a third verse of the song specifically for Jones to record; "It's OK if you must go / I'll understand if you don't / You say goodbye right now / I'll still survive somehow / Why should we let this drag on?" [10] The song was edited from its full, 5:30 album version to a 3-minute-long track on single release. It was released as a US-only single in July 1980 but did not chart.

Track listing

  • 7" single
A. "Breakdown" – 3:00
B. " Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
  • 12" single
A. "Breakdown" – 5:30
B1. "Breakdown" (edit) – 3:10
B2. "Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
  • 7" promotional single
A. "Breakdown" (stereo edit) – 3:00
B. "Breakdown" (mono edit) – 3:00

References

  1. ^ a b Robbins, Ira A. (January 1983). The Trouser Press guide to new wave records. C. Scribner's Sons. p.  227. ISBN  978-0-684-17943-8.
  2. ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Breakdown - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Song Info". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 30, 2017). "Le Petty Prince Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
  5. ^ "Breakdown by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers". SongFacts.
  6. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. October 22, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ^ "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Billboard Singles)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  8. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 11, 1978
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada (Top Singles - Volume 28, No. 24, March 11, 1978)". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  10. ^ Michaels, Joey. "3349. "Breakdown" by Grace Jones". sadclownrep.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

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