American Girl
American Girl a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Foxsoundi
About American Girl
"American Girl" is the second single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. The single did not chart in the U.S., but in the UK it peaked at #40 the week ending August 27, 1977. Due to lyrics mentioning cars rolling by "out on 441" and a desperate girl on a balcony, the song was rumored to have been written about a girl who committed suicide by jumping from the Beaty Towers dormitory at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where Tom Petty grew up. .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Album
- Greatest Hits · Track 1 of 18 · Opens the album
- Released
- May 20, 2008
- Duration
- 3:30
- Ranking
- #3 most played Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track on Foxsoundi
- On Last.fm
- 654,856 listeners on Last.fm
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From the album: Greatest Hits
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American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Breakdown by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Listen To Her Heart by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
I Need To Know by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Refugee by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Don't Do Me Like That by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Even The Losers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Here Comes My Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
The Waiting by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
You Got Lucky by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Don't Come Around Here No More by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty , -
Runnin' Down A Dream by Tom Petty , -
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty , -
Learning To Fly by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , -
Something In The Air by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ,