Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Songs - Breakdown Lyrics

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Released: 1977

Breakdown Lyrics

It's alright if you love me
It's alright if you don't
I'm not afraid of you runnin' away honey
I've got this feeling you won't

There is no sense in pretending
Your eyes give you away
Something inside you is feeling like I do
We said all there is to say

Baby, Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Breakdown, honey take me through the night
Breakdown now I standin' here can't you see
Breakdown, it's all right
It's all right
It's all right

Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Breakdown, honey take me through the night
Breakdown now I standin' here can't you see
Breakdown, it's all right
It's all right
It's all right

Writer/s: PETTY, TOM
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Breakdown Song Chart

When the band first recorded this song, it was 7 minutes long, with an extended guitar solo at the end.

At first, the distinctive guitar lick, courtesy of Heartbreaker Mike Campbell, was only used at the end of the song. A singer named Dwight Twilley came by the studio when Petty was playing it back and suggested they use it throughout the song. Petty liked the idea, and called the band back to the studio in the middle of the night to re-record it. Twilley, who had a hit in 1975 with "I'm On Fire," was signed to the same label as Petty, and was on the same career path for a while. Petty sang on some of Twilley's songs, including his 1984 hit "Girls."

This was Petty's first single. When it was first released in January 1977 it went nowhere, but after months of touring, it was re-released in October and made it to #40 in the US.

This was featured in the 1978 movie FM. About a radio station in California, the movie was the basis for the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati. This was also included on the soundtrack.