Hits List: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are now in their fifth decade of recording and touring.  Like Bruce Springsteen, Petty was hailed as the next big rock star.  It did not take Petty as long to achieve success and he has been far more consistent.  Here is the complete Hits List from Tom and the band:




1977:  "Breakdown" (#40, #40 Canada)
           "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll (#36 U.K.)
           "American Girl" (#40 U.K.)
1978:  "I Need to Know" (#41, #46 Canada)
           "Listen to Her Heart" (#59, #66 Canada)



1979:  "Don't Do Me Like That" (#10, #3 Canada, #17 New Zealand)
1980:  "Refugee" (#15, #2 Canada, #3 New Zealand)--underrated
           "Here Comes My Girl" (#59, #82, #41 New Zealand)--highly underrated
1981:  "The Waiting" (#19, #1 Rock, #6 Canada, #27 New Zealand)
           "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks) (#3, #2 Rock, #5 Canada, #50 U.K., #11 New Zealand)
           "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (#79, #5 Rock)
           "Nightwatchman" (#21 Rock)
1982:  "You Got Lucky" (#20, #1 Rock, #30 Canada)
           "Straight into Darkness"
1983:  "Change of Heart" (#21, #10 Rock, #36 Canada)
           "We Stand a Chance" (#37 Rock)
           "A One Story Town" (#15 Rock)
           "Between Two Worlds" (#35 Rock)
           "I Will Run To You" (with Stevie Nicks" (#35 Rock
1985:  "Don't Come Around Here No More" (#13, #2 Rock, #20 Canada, #50 U.K., #42 New Zealand)
           "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" (#54, #12 Rock, #73 Canada)
           "Rebels" (#74, #5 Rock)
           "Needles and Pins" (#37, #17 Rock, #85 Canada)
1986:  "Refugee (live)"
           "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (#9 Rock) 
           "Band of the Heart" (with Bob Dylan) (#28 Rock)
1987:  "Jammin' Me" (#18, #1 Rock, #41 Canada, #38 New Zealand
           "All Mixed Up" (#19 Rock)
           "Runaway Trains" (#6 Rock)
           "Think About Me" (#36 Rock)



1989:  "I Won't Back Down" (#12, #1 Rock, #5 Canada, #28 U.K., #49 New Zealand)
           "Runnin' Down a Dream" (#23, #1 Rock, #23 Canada, #55 U.K.)--highly underrated
           "Free Fallin'" (#7, #1 Rock, #5 Canada, #64 U.K., #4 New Zealand)
           "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (#18 Rock)
           "Love Is a Long Road" (#7 Rock)
1990:  "A Face in the Crowd" (#46, #5 Rock, #20 Canada, #93 U.K.)
           "Yer (sic) So Bad" (#5 Rock, #44 Canada)
1991:  "Learning to Fly" (#28, #1 Rock, #5 Canada, #46 U.K., #28 New Zealand)
           "Into the Great Wide Open" (#92, #4 Rock, #23 Canada
           "Out in the Cold" (#1 Rock)
1992:  "Too Good to Be True" (#34 U.K.)
           "King's Highway" (#4 Rock, #31 Canada)
           "All or Nothin'"
           "Peace in L.A."
           "Makin' Some Noise" (#30 Rock, #75 Canada)
1993:  "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (#14, #1 Rock, #5 Canada, #52 U.K.)
1994:  "Something in the Air" (#19 Rock, #26 Canada, #53 U.K.)
           "American Girl"
           "You Don't Know How It Feels" (#13, #1 Rock, #3 Canada)
1995:  "You Wreck Me" (#2 Rock, #8 Canada)
           "It's Good to Be King" (#68, #6 Rock, #8 Canada)
           "A Higher Place" (#12 Rock,#5 Canada)
           "Cabin Down Below" (#29 Rock)
           "Waiting for Tonight" (#6 Rock, #10 Canada)
1996:  "Walls" (#69, #6 Rock, #2 Canada)
           "Climb That Hill" (#6 Rock)
1997:  "Change the Locks" (#20 Rock)
1999:  "Free Girl Now" (#5 Rock, #9 Canada)
           "Room at the Top" (#19 Rock)
           "Swingin'" (#17 Rock)
           "This One's for Me"
           "Accused of Love"
2002:  "The Last DJ" (#22)
           "Have Love Will Travel"
           "You and Me"



2006:  "Saving Grace" (#100, #26 Rock)
           "Flirting with Time"
           "Big Weekend"
2010:  "Good Enough"
           "I Should Have Known It" (#40 Rock)
           "First Flash of Freedom"
           "Don't Pull Me Over"