Английская Википедия:Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)
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"Breakdown" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It became a Top 40 hit in the United States and Canada.[1]
Played live, Petty sometimes incorporated "Breakdown" with Ray Charles's "Hit the Road Jack". A live recording of this variation appears on The Live Anthology.
Background
"Breakdown" was a song written and recorded for the band's debut album. Initially, the song had lead guitarist Mike Campbell with a distinct guitar lick being played only near the end of the song. While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley, a friend of Phil Seymour, were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it. He suggested that the lick should be used throughout the song, and Petty obliged. At 2 AM, he gathered the Heartbreakers to join him in re-recording the song. Their final take was seven to eight minutes long, but it was pared down to 2 minutes and 39 seconds on the album.[2] Guests on the song's recording include guitarist Jeff Jourard, a common collaborator with the band in their early days, and Phil Seymour, who sings backing vocals.
Reception
Record World called it a "slow, sultry rocker, dominated by guitar, with Petty's distinctive vocal again standing out."[3]
Track listing
- 7" Single (US, 1976)
- A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
- B. "The Wild One, Forever" – 3:01
- 7" Single (US, 1977)
- A. "Breakdown" – 2:39
- B. "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" – 3:54
- 7" Single (Germany, 1977)
- A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
- B. "Luna" – 3:59
- 7" Single (Spain, 1978)
- A. "Breakdown" – 2:42
- B. "Strangered in the Night" – 3:32
Chart performance
Chart (1977–78) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 40 |
US Cash Box Top 100[5] | 33 |
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] | 40 |
Album appearances
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
- FM (1978)
- Pack Up the Plantation: Live! (1985)
- Greatest Hits (1993)
- Playback (1995)
- Anthology: Through the Years (2000)
- Mojo Tour 2010 (2010)
Grace Jones version
Шаблон:Infobox song Jamaican singer Grace Jones recorded a reggae-inflected version of the song on her 1980 album Warm Leatherette. Petty wrote a third verse of the song specifically for Jones to record; "It's OK if you must go / I'll understand if you don't / You say goodbye right now / I'll still survive somehow / Why should we let this drag on?"[7] The song was edited from its full, 5:30 album version to a 3-minute-long track on single release. It was released as a US-only single in July 1980 but did not chart.
Track listing
- 7" single
- A. "Breakdown" – 3:00
- B. "Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
- 12" single
- A. "Breakdown" – 5:30
- B1. "Breakdown" (edit) – 3:10
- B2. "Warm Leatherette" – 4:24
- 7" promotional single
- A. "Breakdown" (stereo edit) – 3:00
- B. "Breakdown" (mono edit) – 3:00
References
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- ↑ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 11, 1978
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