| Date Performance |
1982-00-00 | | Running Time |
3:48 | | Performers |
Tom Petty (Vocal), Tom Petty (Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Lead Guitar), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Piano), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Organ), Howie Epstein (Bass Guitar), Stan Lynch (Drums), Phil Jones (Percussion), Tom Petty (Produced By), Jimmy Iovine (Produced By), Shelly Yakus (Engineered By), Shelly Yakus (Mixed By), Don Smith (Mixed By) | | Comments | Recorded at: Record Plant, Hollywood, CA. Mixed at: Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA (Backstreet Records/MCA Records) "That's quite a good song," Petty says. "I wrote it quite late at night I think. I thought it was a nice optimistic verse in the end: 'I don't believe the good times are over.' I was probably feeling a little melancholy around that time. That song was one of the few things I was excited about on the album. Also not released as a single. Bruce Springsteen took me aside and told me what a great song that was. That made me feel better; somebody noticed it." "When we toured this record in Europe," Benmont says, "in the middle of 'Straight Into Darkness' for about four or five gigs in a row, fights broke out. It didn't matter if we were playing a regular gig or an army base or what, fights would break out in the middle of that song. I really love that song. I like it when Tom writes the darker stuff." | | Appears On | |
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