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• Beckyb1969 from Pawnee OkI am convinced that it is actually Tom Petty dressed up with fake boobs. NOT! Raven Snow. Check it out you can actually see the real eye brows and the nose at top that runs over to the one eye. And the boobs you can tell are fake by looking at the under arm area.
  It's him I promise you it's Tom Petty playing both parts himself and the chick. You can tell when they are supposed to be singing together his hat goes into the side of her(him) head. They did one hell of a job with the make up but it IS HIM! Come on Raven Snow Please that's crazy. BB
  You can't ever convince me otherwise.
• Nic from TennesseeThe actress in the video is Raven Snow ...and, yes, she IS a trans girl.
• Embalasiug from UgandaSweet song
• AnonymousWanting to know if the woman who sang with Tom Petty and you don't know how it feels is a transvestite or a woman
  Thanks
• Reefus from Orange CountyI totally know why they tried "Let's HIT another joint..."
  Instead of "hitting" a (Marijuana) joint, i.e., smoking it, he's saying, "let's get out of here and try a different bar. That's a decently ambiguous substitution that allows leeway from censors.
• Karen from OregonAll I was hoping to learn is, "Who is the woman that walks up to the mic and pushes Tom aside
  and sings?"
• Susan from IllinoisJanet and Fawn (and everyone who is reading) the drug reference could not be aired so joint is heard as to toinj. The t and j are switched so the weird word still rhymes with point. Well.. not anymore! Weed is being legalized all over the USA. I hear this song on the radio with the original lyrics of “let’s roll another joint”.
• Mike from CaliforniaJade: Do you mean the Mary Badham who played Scout in the original "To Kill A Mockingbird" film with Gregory Peck? I think you might be mistaken. No where else on the Internet does it say she had anything to do with Tom Petty. And she certainly doesn't look like the typical 60s/70s starf--ker/groupie chick.
• Eb from Fl KeysIs the woman in the video Caroline "Tula" Cossey? Great song and video. TP & the Heartbreakers really have the best, most creative videos.
• Brian from Wilton, CaThe mystery woman's name is Raven Snow. She also appeared in several episodes of Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries but her best appearance is in Delta of Venus as the sexy lounge singer Leila.
  
• Matt from Las Vegas, NvThis song speaks to me after what happened today. I get rejected and turned down by a lot of chicks.
• Clubber Lange from Ocean Gate, NjIll go out w/ you Madalyn....
• Tony from Chicago, IlThis is my favorite Song! I feel that this is the one song I can most relate to, especially the line" there's someone I used to see but she don't give a damn for me," this song deserved the grammy it won, and i admire the fact that Tom Petty did not actually attend the grammy's when he won. Bottom Line My favorite song from my favorite album, made by my favorite rock band!!!!!
• Jeff from Colorado Springs, CoDude, it is definitely a woman.
• Mike from Litchfield, Mndude, in the video, the woman that takes the mic for a few moments, was that a man or a woman?
• Fawn from Pjs, NyJanet is correct. For the music video the word "tnioj" (joint played backwards) was used instead. This information was came up when the song was on VH1's pop-up videos.
• Madalyn from Greensburg, Patom petty is awesome i realte to this song alot because i'm turned down by a lot of guys...
  
• Janet from Silver Spring, MdSorry, Matthew and Liane! I suggest you listen to the video a bit more carefully. Tom is NOT saying "Let's hit another joint". He actually is saying "Let's roll another tnioj" (the "t" is barely audible, though). Indeed, MTV told him that "joint" would cause backlash, so Tom merely says "joint" backwards.
• Liane from Reading, PaI believe the "HIT another joint" lyric change was made because it could mean go to another place.
• Stephanie from Denver, Co That's true. Mary and Tom had an on again off again relationship for 20 years until 1993. It was very violent I heard.
  Of course she had relationships with Sting, Iggy Pop, a one night stand with Jim Morrison, a long relationship with Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger.
• Jade from Chippewa Falls, Wi In the song he writes, 'There's someone I used to see, but she don't give a damn for me' he is referring to Mary Badham. After a week, she refused to see him. She reportedly said, 'I don't give a damn for you, Tom' and slammed the door in his face.

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