{"id":2434,"date":"2026-06-03T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:47:53","slug":"3-of-the-best-heartbreak-anthems-by-tom-petty-proving-his-band-had-the-right-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-of-the-best-heartbreak-anthems-by-tom-petty-proving-his-band-had-the-right-name\/","title":{"rendered":"3 of the Best Heartbreak Anthems by Tom Petty Proving His Band Had the Right Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Few bands are more aptly named than Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. When Petty and his band emerged from Gainesville, Florida, in 1976, they seemed to put the \u201cheart\u201d in heartland rock. And Petty wrote with a chip on his shoulder, leaving behind a songbook containing many of rock\u2019s greatest heartbreak anthems, as you\u2019ll see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cBreakdown\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breakdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmDgfRWBAGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You might think this easy groove isn\u2019t the right approach for a song describing the exact moment a relationship falls apart. But Petty\u2019s narrator is already resigned to the breakup. The Heartbreakers\u2019 laid-back vibe echoes Petty\u2019s. The time for hope or a chance at saving the romance has passed. \u201cBreakdown\u201d arrived in 1976, and from the gate, Petty established himself as one of America\u2019s great songwriters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There is no sense in pretending,<br>Your eyes give you away.<br>Something inside you is feeling like I do,<br>We said all there is to say<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around\u201d with Stevie Nicks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin&#039; My Heart Around (Official Video) [HD Remaster]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5i7j0VhEHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-written with guitarist Mike Campbell, this bitter hit was first recorded as a Heartbreakers track. Producer Jimmy Iovine suggested a duet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/stevie-nicks\">Stevie Nicks<\/a>, and it became the lead single from her solo debut, <em>Bella Donna<\/em>. Of course, Nicks, like the rest of Fleetwood Mac, knows a thing or two about heartbreak anthems. But this song\u2019s relationship had reached such a state of acrimony that it required two legends to translate the busted romance into a hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Baby, you come knocking on my front door,<br>Same old line you used to use before.<br>I said, \u201cHey, well, what am I supposed to do?\u201d<br>I didn\u2019t know what I was getting into<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cI Should Have Known It\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Should Have Known It (Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3_iBKacXIA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose this as a bookend to \u201cBreakdown\u201d. 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