Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)
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| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| B-side | "The Wild One, Forever" | |||
| Released | January 1977 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single | |||
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| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Shelter | |||
| Writer(s) | Tom Petty | |||
| Producer(s) | Denny Cordell | |||
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology | ||||
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| "Breakdown" | ||||
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| Single by Grace Jones | ||||
| from the album Warm Leatherette | ||||
| B-side | "Warm Leatherette" | |||
| Released | October 1980 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | Reggae, new wave | |||
| Length | 5:30 (album and 12" version) 3:00 (single edit) |
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| Label | Island | |||
| Writer(s) | Tom Petty | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin | |||
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"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.
Played live, Petty sometimes incorporated "Breakdown" with Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack". A live recording of this variation appears on The Live Anthology.
Jamaican singer Grace Jones recorded a reggae re-imagining of the song on her 1980 album Warm Leatherette. For Grace Jones' recording, Petty wrote a third verse: "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?" 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 didn't chart.
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