We just had a hard time getting the feel right. Co-writer Mike Campbell later remembered: “It took us forever to actually cut the track. “Refugee” was part of 1979’s memorable third album Damn The Torpedoes, which bears the distinction of being the Heartbreakers’ most-certified US release, at triple platinum. To this day, it’s hard to believe that the anthemic “American Girl” never showed on that US chart at all. They had minor British Top 40 hits from that LP with both “Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “American Girl,” giving punk a real run for its money that new wave-fuelled summer. But it was in the UK that they received their first chart placings. Petty served wider notice of his incisive songwriting, sharp-tongued lyrics, and distinctive vocals when he and the Heartbreakers debuted on disc in 1976.
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He was a great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I’ll never forget him.” Formative Rockers Anything That’s Rock ’n’ Roll / American Girl
On his death, his friend and former bandmate from the Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan, said “I thought the world of Tom. This selection of 20 of Petty’s finestreminds us of his sudden and cruelly early passing on October 2, 2017, and underscores what a huge loss he continues to be.
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