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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1993. It is Petty's best-selling album to date and was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA on April 28, 2015. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The other new song on the album is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air". The album contains no songs from 1987's Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). However, three songs from Petty's 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever were included.

Greatest Hits

Original album cover

Greatest hits album by

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Released

November 16, 1993

Recorded

1976–1993

Genre

Rock, heartland rock

Length

65:17

Label

MCA
Geffen

Producer

Mike Campbell
Denny Cordell
Jimmy Iovine
Jeff Lynne
Tom Petty
Rick Rubin
Noah Shark
David A. Stewart

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology

Into the Great Wide Open
(1991)

Greatest Hits
(1993)

Wildflowers
(1994)

Alternative cover

Replacement cover, since 2008

Singles from Greatest Hits

"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Released: November 16, 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A+[5]
The Essential Rock Discography	9/10[6]
MusicHound	4.5/5[7]
Q	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

On its original release in November 1993, the album debuted at No. 8 on Billboard 200,[10] and first peaked at No. 5 on the chart in February 1994.[11] It reached a new peak of No. 2 following Petty's death in 2017.[12]

The new tracks "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Something in the Air" were the band's last recordings with drummer Stan Lynch.

Reissues

In 2008, Greatest Hits was reissued by Geffen Records. This edition replaced "Something In The Air" with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", Petty's duet with Stevie Nicks from her 1981 album Bella Donna. The album's photos & artwork replaced the Wildflowers and Into the Great Wide Open session photos with outtakes from You're Gonna Get It!. In 2010 the album was once again reissued, this time reverting to the original 1993 track listing but keeping the artwork from the 2008 edition. In 2016 the album was made available on vinyl for the first time since 1993.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album/notes	Length
1.	"American Girl"	Tom Petty	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976	3:33
2.	"Breakdown"	Petty	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	2:44
3.	"Listen to Her Heart"	Petty	You're Gonna Get It!, 1978	3:03
4.	"I Need to Know"	Petty	You're Gonna Get It!	2:24
5.	"Refugee"	Petty, Mike Campbell	Damn the Torpedoes, 1979	3:21
6.	"Don't Do Me Like That"	Petty	Damn the Torpedoes	2:42
7.	"Even the Losers"	Petty	Damn the Torpedoes	3:38
8.	"Here Comes My Girl"	Petty, Campbell	Damn the Torpedoes	4:25
9.	"The Waiting"	Petty	Hard Promises, 1981	4:00
10.	"You Got Lucky"	Petty, Campbell	Long After Dark, 1982	3:36
11.	"Don't Come Around Here No More"	Petty, David A. Stewart	Southern Accents, 1985	5:04
12.	"I Won't Back Down"	Petty, Jeff Lynne	Full Moon Fever, 1989	2:57
13.	"Runnin' Down a Dream"	Petty, Lynne, Campbell	Full Moon Fever	4:23
14.	"Free Fallin'"	Petty, Lynne	Full Moon Fever	4:15
15.	"Learning to Fly"	Petty, Lynne	Into the Great Wide Open, 1991	4:01
16.	"Into the Great Wide Open"	Petty, Lynne	Into the Great Wide Open	3:44
17.	"Mary Jane's Last Dance"	Petty	New song	4:33
18.	"Something in the Air"	Speedy Keen	Thunderclap Newman cover	3:21
Total length:				65:44

2008 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album/notes	Length
18.	"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"	Petty, Campbell	Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna, 1981	4:03
Total length:				66:26

"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" replaces "Something In The Air" on the 2008 reissue.

The U.K. release also includes the track "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll", originally from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as track 3, with all subsequent tracks in the same order. The 2008 reissue has the same track listing as the American release.

Personnel

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, percussion (all tracks)
Mike Campbell – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, squeeze box (all tracks)
Benmont Tench – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (tracks 1-11, 15-18)
Ron Blair – bass guitar (tracks 1-8)
Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals (tracks 10-12, 15-18)
Stan Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals (tracks 1-11, 15-18)

Additional musicians

George Harrison – acoustic guitar, backing vocals (track 12)
Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, guitar synthesizer, piano, keyboards, backing vocals (tracks 12–16)
David A. Stewart – sitar, keyboards, backing vocals (track 11)

Uncredited musicians

Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar (track 18, 2008 release)
Dean Garcia – intro bass guitar (track 11)
Phil Jones – percussion, drums (tracks 9-10, 12–14)
Jeff Jourard – guitar (track 2)
Jim Keltner – percussion (track 5)
Stevie Nicks – co-lead vocals (track 18, 2008 release)
Lori Perry, Sharon Celani - backing vocals (track 18, 2008 release)
Daniel Rothmuller – cello (track 11)
Phil Seymour – backing vocals (tracks 1–2)
Chris Trujillo – percussion (tracks 17–18)
Alan "Bugs" Weidel – "wild dog" piano (track 11)
Sharon Celani, Marilyn Martin, Stephanie Sprull – backing vocals (track 11)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	23
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	18

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19]	16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20]	22
Canadian Top Albums[21]	4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22]	2
US Billboard 200[23]	5

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19]	9
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24]	5
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	14
US Billboard 200[23]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[26]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27]	91
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28]	43
US Billboard 200[29]	14
Chart (1995)	Position
US Billboard 200[30]	93
Chart (1996)	Position
US Billboard 200[31]	167
Chart (2017)	Position
US Billboard 200[32]	116
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[33]	10
Chart (2018)	Position
US Billboard 200[34]	74
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35]	5
Chart (2019)	Position
US Billboard 200[36]	148
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[37]	25
Chart (2020)	Position
US Billboard 200[38]	81
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39]	8
Chart (2021)	Position
US Billboard 200[40]	76
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[41]	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[42]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)[43]	Gold	250,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44]	4× Platinum	60,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[45]	Gold	25,000^*
Sweden (GLF)[46]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[47]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[48]	12× Platinum	12,000,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Europe	October 30, 1993	MCA Records	double LP	MCA 10964
			Cassette	MCC 10964
			CD	MCD 10964
North America	November 16, 1993		Cassette	MCAC 10813
	November 16, 1993		CD	MCAD 10813
	May 20, 2008	Geffen Records		B0010327-02
Europe	May 20, 2008	Geffen Records		1774395

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v t e Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Ron Blair Stan Lynch Howie Epstein Scott Thurston Steve Ferrone
Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from "She's the One" Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye
Live albums	Official Live 'Leg Pack Up the Plantation: Live! The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010 Kiss My Amps
Compilations	Greatest Hits Playback Anthology: Through the Years An American Treasure The Best of Everything
Videography	Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Hard to Handle w/ Bob Dylan Playback Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ Runnin' Down a Dream
Songs	"Breakdown" "American Girl" "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" "I Need to Know" "Listen to Her Heart" "Don't Do Me Like That" "Refugee" "Here Comes My Girl" "Even the Losers" "The Waiting" "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" "You Got Lucky" "Change of Heart" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Rebels" "Southern Accents" "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" "Jammin' Me" "Learning to Fly" "Into the Great Wide Open" "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "Walls (Circus)" "Change the Locks" "Room at the Top" "Surrender" "The Last DJ" "I Should Have Known It"
Related articles	Discography Songs Awards Mudcrutch Blue Stingrays Unchained

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[es] Greatest Hits (álbum de Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

Greatest Hits es el primer álbum recopilatorio del grupo estadounidense Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, publicado por la compañía discográfica MCA Records en noviembre de 1993.

[ru] Greatest Hits (альбом Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

Greatest Hits — сборник рок-группы Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, изданный в 1993 году. Самый успешный альбом коллектива, 13 ноября 2003 года он стал десятикратно платиновым по системе сертификации RIAA. На нём впервые появилась знаменитая песня «Mary Jane’s Last Dance», достигшая 14 строчки в чарте Billboard Hot 100 и 1 строчки в Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. Кроме того, альбом содержит три песни с Full Moon Fever, который позиционируется как сольный альбом Тома Петти. Это оправдывается тем, что в записи Full Moon Fever участвовали и члены Heartbreakers. По состоянию на сентябрь 2011 года, в США было продано 7 464 000 копий Greatest Hits, что делает его самым продаваемым альбомом группы.[1]

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