"You Wreck Me" is a song by American musician Tom Petty, the fourth track on his second solo studio album, Wildflowers (1994). The song was released as the second single from the album and became a concert staple. While the song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, it did peak at number two on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
The music for this song was written by Petty's longtime partner and guitarist Mike Campbell. Petty originally wrote some words to the song and called it "You Rock Me". Campbell thought the title was a little ordinary and very cliché, but the song sounded fine and they recorded it. Eventually, Petty came back and decided to change the title to "You Wreck Me", and the new title changed the whole meaning of the song.[3][4]
Live performancesedit
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed the song on 494 different occasions, including their last show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in 2017. It was a regular song during every tour after 1995, as well as at the Fillmore residencies in 1997 and 1999. The song was first performed in concert in 1995 at the Louisville Gardens in Kentucky.[5] It was commonly played as an encore.
Track listingedit
The song was released on a maxi CD single and a cassette single. The cassette and CD versions both include alternate versions of two other tracks from Wildflowers: "Only a Broken Heart" and "Cabin Down Below".
^"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
April 10, 2024
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