Breakdown (Tom Petty song)

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“Breakdown”
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
A-side	Breakdown
B-side	The Wild One, Forever
Released	1976
Format	7"
Recorded	Shelter Studios, Hollywood 1976
Genre	Rock
Length	2:42
Label	Shelter
Writer(s)	Tom Petty
Producer	Denny Cordell
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Breakdown" (1976) "American Girl" (1977)

"Breakdown" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album.

Contents 1 Single track listings 2 Chart performance 3 In concert 4 Album appearances 5 Cover versions

[edit] Single track listings

• "Breakdown" b/w "The Wild One Forever"
  Shelter 62006 (1976)
• "Breakdown" b/w "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)"
  Shelter 62008 (1977)

[edit] Chart performance

Chart	Debut date	Peak position	Weeks on chart
Billboard Hot 100	November 5, 1977	#40	17
Cash Box Top 100 Singles	Dececember 3, 1977	#33	15

[edit] In concert

Played live, Petty sometimes incorporated "Breakdown" with Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack".

[edit] Album appearances

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
• FM original soundtrack (1978)
• Greatest Hits (1993)
• Playback (1995)
• Anthology: Through the Years (2000)

[edit] Cover versions

“Breakdown”
Single by Grace Jones from the album Warm Leatherette
B-side	"Breakdown"
Released	1980, US promo only
Format	7" single
Genre	Disco
Length	3:10
Label	Island Records IS 49603
Writer(s)	Tom Petty
Producer	Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Love is the Drug" (1980) "Breakdown" (1980) "A Rolling Stone" (1980)

Breakdown was covered by Suzi Quatro on her album If You Knew Suzi (1978) and by Grace Jones on her album Warm Leatherette (1980). 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?

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