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Fun Music Information -> Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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This is the most recent information about Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Possible Misspelled Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersNew Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Even The Hoosiers (Get Lucky Sometimes)" | "EvenThe Losers (Get Lucky Sometimes)" | red |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Lonesome Sundown," | Sundowns don't have emotions. | Candy Welty |
| "In The Dark Of The Sun," | The Sun produces light, not darkness. | Kara Oke |
| "Running Down A Dream," | Last I heard, dreams were mental, not physical. | Larcen Tyler |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Where Are We Running?," Lenny Kravitz | "Into The Great Wide Open," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |
| "Can't Be Tamed," Miley Cyrus | "The Wild One, Forever," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |
| "A Word In Spanish," Elton John | "Luna," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |
| "Stand," R.E.M. | "I Won't Back Down," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Don't Do Me Like Hat" originally "Don't Do Me Like That"
Tom Petty isn't worn on the top of your head.
Peter
"Listen To Her Heat" originally "Listen To Her Heart"
Calop
"Makin' Some Nose" originally "Makin' Some Noise"
Tom & Heartbreakers become plastic surgeons.
Peter
"You Got Lucy" originally "You Got Lucky"
Sheila Evans
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Marcy Jane's Last Dance" originally "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Angela
"Mary Jane's Last Dancer" originally "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
No one else wanted to be her partner.
Serafina
"Mary Jane's Blast Dance" originally "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
It was explosive!
Cape Canaveral Lavigne
"Listen To Her Hearth" originally "Listen To Her Heart"
baa
"Glisten To Her Heart" originally "Listen To Her Heart"
baa
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"The Baiting" originally "The Waiting"
Alina
"The Wanting" originally "The Waiting"
Roger
"The Wasting" originally "The Waiting"
Roger
"Into The Great Wide Oven" originally "Into The Great Wide Open"
Reese without her spoon
"The Writing" originally "The Waiting"
Calop
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Breakdown Down" | "Breakdown (Fawlty Towers)" | Van S A'Parody |
| "Don't Come Around Here No More" | "That Big Untitled Goose Game" | Darius Whitehead |
| "Into the Great Wide Open" | "The Field is Now Wide Open" | Arch Vile |
| "Free Falllin'" | "Free Ballin'" | Joseph Little |
| "Free Fallin'" | "Four Flushin'" | Jonathan Spurlock |
| "Learning To Fly" | "Learning To Drive" | Darius Whitehead |
| "Jammin' Me" | "Grabbin' Me" | R S Leergaard |
| "Breakdown" | "Baked Brown" | Jim Rotondo |
| "Free Fallin'" | "Butt Callin'" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "American Girl" | "Tamaranean Girl" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| The Waiting | Heinz Ketchup | MrCursor_ |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Free Fallin' | Elevator Repair Service | Larcen Tyler |
| Free Fallin' | Elevator Repair Service | Larcen Tyler |
| I Won't Back Down | Stalker Emergency Hotline | Larcen Tyler |
| You Got Lucky | New York Yankees | disgruntled_mets_fan |
| Even The Loser | Detroit Lions front office | football |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Absolutely (Story of a Girl) Nine Days | American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Absolutely (Story of an American Girl) | Kerry |
| Strange Little Girl The Stranglers | American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Strange Little American Girl | David |
| Thank God It's Christmas Queen | Christmas All Over Again Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Thank God It's Christmas All Over Again TWO Christmas songs by classic rock artists! | Isac |
| Rich Girl Hall And Oates | American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Rich American Girl | Serafina |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers With Broken Hearts
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers combined with Heartbreakers With Broken Hearts
However... depending on where it's printed, it might take up more than one row of text.
Submitted By: Hugh Jazz
Misheard Lyrics:
"Here Comes My Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Watch your wallet
Original Lyrics: Watch her walk.
| "You Got Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: Bully love is hard to find
Original Lyrics: Good love is hard to find
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"Jammin' Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Take back your Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo Take back your Eddie Murphy Give 'em all some brains to go Original Lyrics: Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo Take back Eddie Murphy Give them all some place to go | "Into The Great Wide Open"
Misheard Lyrics: There ain't an armance that I don't hear a single
Original Lyrics: Their A & R man said, 'I don't hear a single'.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Don't Do Me Like That"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t look at me like that.
Original Lyrics: Don't do me like that.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Joshua McDowell Me and my Dad were parked at a 7 Eleven, I think it was. I kept singing “Don’t look a’ me like that” and Dad corrected me and said “Don’t do me like that”. I told him “I thought they were saying ‘Don’t Look At Me Like That’ and saying ‘Look At’ really fast.” Dad said “No, that’s weird.” I asked “Haven’t you ever been told ‘Don’t look at me like that’”? Dad said “Yes.” I asked “Well why’s it weird?” Dad said “It just is.” |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Better Lyrics:
Last chance for Kenneth Lay
One more lie to kill the pain
I feel stupid seepin' in
And I'm tired of this man again
One more lie to kill the pain
I feel stupid seepin' in
And I'm tired of this man again
Original Lyrics:
Last dance with Mary Jane
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in
And I'm tired of this town again
One more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin' in
And I'm tired of this town again
Submitted by: Dylan Sevey
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"Let's Roll Another Joint"
The Repetitive Lyrics: You don't know how it feels
Why They're Repetitive: aight, man, we don't know how it feels!
Submitted by: Josh
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Misrhymed Song Lyrics:
"Don't Do Me Like That"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: I was talkin' with a friend of mine
He said a woman had hurt his pride Why They're Misrhymed: A lot of Tom's lyrics don't rhyme, but this was the first line of his first hit song. I'm surprised he sold some records.
Submitted by: rocky
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Jammin' Me"
The Lyrics: Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo Take back Eddie Murphy Give them all some place to go Who They Mention: Vanessa Redgrave, Joe Piscopo, Eddie Murphy
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"American Girl"
Opening Lines: Well, she was an American girl.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Opening Lines: Hey, hey, don't come around here no more.
Comments: Just putting up here the whole title of this song and the whole opening lines, for some reason neither came out when posted on this part of this site.
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Space Change:
"Runnin' Down Ad Ream " originally "Runnin' Down A Dream"
A song Petty wrote for 'Mad Men'?
Submitted by: Peter
"Me, Linda" originally "Melinda"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Don't Dome Like That" originally "Don't Do Me Like That"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"I Won't Back Down"
The Lyrics: There ain't no easy way out.
Why: 'Ain't' is not considered to be good English, and 'ain't no' is a double negative. If Tom says there ain't no easy way out, obviously there's SOME easy way out. It should be 'There IS no easy way out.'
Submitted by: Arthur Treacher
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Song Title Anagrams:
"Like That Demon Dot" originally "Don't Do Me Like That"
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"I Whiten Tag" originally "Waiting, The"
song filed this way to not be mixed with 'Waiting'
Submitted by: Loree Dare
"Hate Wing Tie" originally "Waiting, The"
Submitted by: Loree Dare
"I Hang It Wet" originally "Waiting, The"
Submitted by: Loree Dare
"Gin With Tea" originally "Waiting, The"
Submitted by: Loree Dare
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Jammin' Me"
The Lyrics: Take back Pasadena
Take back El Salvador They're tryin' to build outside my door Why: Pasadena is located in California. El Salvador is somewhere in Central America.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Songs That Are Banned:
"You Don't Know How It Feels"
On the radio in Ohio the line "let's roll another joint" was edited into "let's hit another joint".
Submitted by: CD Listener
Lighter Side of Serious Bands:
"Damn The Torpedoes (Album)"
The three hits from this late 1979 album - "Refugee", "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Even the Losers" feature Tom shouting "Oh Oh Oh!" right near the songs' endings.
Submitted by: OH OH OHIO STATE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Oh Oh Oh"
All three of the Top 40 singles issued from the 1979 album "Damn The Torpedoes": "Refugee", "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Even the Losers" feature Tom Petty shouting, "Oh oh oh!" right near the end of all 3 songs.
Submitted by: Leet It All Out
