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3:59 | | Performers |
Tom Petty (Lead Vocal), Tom Petty (Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Lead Guitar), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Organ), Ron Blair (Electric Bass Guitar), Stan Lynch (Drums), Stan Lynch (Percussion), Tom Petty (Produced By), Jimmy Iovine (Produced By), Shelly Yakus (Engineered By), Shelly Yakus (Mixed By) | | Comments | Recorded at: Sound City, Van Nuys, CA and Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at: Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA (MCA Records) "I think it's loosely based on an incident in Gainesville," Petty says. "I remember hanging out with some people on a bridge, we might have been on LSD, throwing rocks from the overpass. I had the hardest time finding the lines for the chorus. I didn't know what to sing when the chorus came. I went into the studio anyway, to teach everybody how the chords went, and just mumbled the melody through. I had no idea what I was going to sing. Then, on the first pass with the band, out came the line, 'Even the losers get lucky sometimes.' I was immensely pleased. I don't know if they even realized I didn't have that line. I knew I wanted something like that but I didn't know exactly how to put it, and when it all fell in I got so excited. I said, 'Wow, what luck!'" | | Appears On | |
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