Hits List: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Many music insiders believed in the 70's that this act was the next superstar.  It probably took Petty & the Heartbreakers a bit longer to achieve that status than the insiders thought, but he definitely got there, and has put out decades of great music.  Here is the complete Hits List for the group:

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 Canada, #41 New Zealand)--highly underrated.
1981:  "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks" (#3, #2 Rock, #5 U.K.)
           "The Waiting" (#19, #1 Rock, #6 Canada, #27 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, #50 U.K., #20 Canada, #42 New Zealand)
           "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" (#54, #12 Rock, #73 Canada)
           "Rebels" (#74, #5 Rock)
           "Needles and Pins" (with Stevie Nicks) (#37, #17 Rock, #85 Canada)
1986:  "Refugee" (live)
           "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (#9 Rock)
           "Band of the Hand" (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)
           "Mind Your Own Business" (Tom Petty with Hank Williams, Jr., Reba McEntire, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson)

1989:  "I Won't Back Down" (#12, #1 Rock, #28 U.K., #5 Canada, #49 New Zealand)
           "Runnin' Down a Dream" (#23, #1 Rock, #55 U.K., #23 Canada)--highly underrated.
           "Free Fallin'" (#7, #1 Rock, #59 U.K., #5 Canada, #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, #93 U.K., #20 Canada)

1991:  "Learning to Fly" (#28, #1 Rock, #46 U.K., #5 Canada, #28 New Zealand)
           "Into the Great Wide Open" (#92, #4 Rock, #23 Canada)
           "Out in the Cold" (#1 Rock)--highly underrated.
   1992:  "Makin' Some Noise" (#30 Rock, #75 Canada)
           "Too Good to Be True" (#34 U.K.)
           "King's Highway" (#4 Rock, #31 Canada)
           "All or Nothin'"
           "Peace in L.A."
1993:  "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (#14, #1 Rock, #52 U.K., #5 Canada)
1994:  "Something in the Air" (#19 Rock, #53 U.K., #26 Canada)
           "American Girl" (re-released)
           "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 Rock)
           "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"


That's 27 hits for Petty, with three going Top 10 overall.  On the more segmented Rock chart, the group has enjoyed 31 hits, with 21 of those going Top 10 and 8 #1's.