Tom Petty discography explained

Artist:Tom Petty
Studio:16
Video:9
Singles:68

This is the discography of Tom Petty, who was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Petty released 13 studio albums as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, three with supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and two with his previous band (and later, side project) Mudcrutch, in addition to three solo albums.

Albums

Studio albums with the Heartbreakers

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NOR
[5]
NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Released: November 9, 1976
  • Label: Shelter
55571824
You're Gonna Get It!
  • Released: May 2, 1978
  • Label: Shelter
23603334
  • RIAA: Gold
Damn the Torpedoes 215157
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]
Hard Promises
  • Released: May 5, 1981
  • Label: Backstreet/MCA
52112232
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • AUS: Gold[12]
  • MC: Platinum
Long After Dark
  • Released: November 2, 1982
  • Label: Backstreet/MCA
977252045
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Gold
Southern Accents
  • Released: March 26, 1985
  • Label: MCA
753251023
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
  • Released: April 21, 1987
  • Label: MCA
2063231559
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
Into the Great Wide Open
  • Released: July 2, 1991
  • Label: MCA
1328785122123
Songs and Music from "She's the One" 1527202252737
  • RIAA: Gold
Echo
  • Released: April 13, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
102754353943
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Gold
The Last DJ
  • Released: October 8, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
954152144179
Mojo
  • Released: June 15, 2010
  • Label: Reprise
252421291132738
Hypnotic Eye
  • Released: July 28, 2014
  • Label: Reprise
13018516106147
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Solo albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
AUS
AUT
GER
NOR
NZ
SWE
SWI
UK
Full Moon Fever
  • Released: April 29, 1989
  • Label: MCA
31373412528
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • MC: 6× Platinum
Wildflowers 5381315202971719
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • MC: 2× Platinum
Highway Companion 46012151334456
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live and compilation albums

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsRecord label
Official Live 'Leg (promo)1977Shelter
198522241126MCA
Greatest Hits19932922189292310
  • RIAA:12× Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold[16]
  • BPI: Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI NOR: Gold[17]
  • MC: 2× Platinum
Playback1995
  • RIAA: Platinum
20003251961914
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
The Live Anthology200951Warner Bros.
Mojo Tour 20102010Self-released
Kiss My Amps (Live)2011Rhino
Live 20132014Self-released
Kiss My Amps (Live), Vol. 22016Warner Bros.
Live at Fenway Park: 2014Self-released
An American Treasure2018980469383738Reprise
The Best of Everything2019167360244238
  • BPI: Silver
Geffen
Wildflowers & All the Rest20205941435151019Warner Records
Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)202111217
Angel Dream2021748031
Live at the Fillmore 1997202235
[18]
4491774
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances

Studio

YearSong(s)Album
1992"Christmas All Over Again" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)A Very Special Christmas 2
2001"You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" (Tom Petty)Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
2007"I'm Walkin'" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

Live

!Year!Song(s)!Album
1980"Cry to Me" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
1993"License to Kill" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
"My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison)
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (All)
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1997"Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" (Tom Petty)The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1
2001"Little Red Rooster" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)A Very Special Christmas 5
"I Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
2003"Taxman" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)"I Need You" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
"Handle with Care" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison)
Concert for George

Guest appearances

!Year!Song(s)!Album
1981"Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around" (Stevie Nicks)Bella Donna
1983"I Will Run To You" (Stevie Nicks)The Wild Heart
1984"Girls" (Dwight Twilley)Jungle
1988"Dancin' Clown" (Joni Mitchell with Billy Idol and Tom Petty)Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm
1991"King of the Hill" (Roger McGuinn)Back from Rio
1991"Picture Show" (John Prine [ft. Tom Petty])The Missing Years
1996"One More Shot" (Carl Perkins & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)"Give Me Back My Job" (Carl Perkins, Bono, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson & Tom Petty)
"Restless" (Carl Perkins & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Go Cat Go!
All tracks (Johnny Cash backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)Unchained
2014"Rock and Roll Records" (Eric Clapton & Tom Petty)


"I Got the Same Old Blues" (Eric Clapton & Tom Petty)


"The Old Man and Me" (Tom Petty)

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[19]
US Rock
[20]
US AAA
[21]
AUS
[22]
CAN
[23]
GER
[24] [25]
NLD
[26]
NZ
UK
"Breakdown"1976Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll"197736
"American Girl"40
"Breakdown" (re-release)405940
"I Need to Know"19784146You're Gonna Get It!
"Listen to Her Heart"5966
"Don't Do Me Like That"197910317Damn the Torpedoes
"Refugee"198015242243
"Here Comes My Girl"598241
"The Waiting"198119138627Hard Promises
"A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"795
"You Got Lucky"19822016230Long After Dark
"Straight into Darkness"
"Change of Heart"1983211036
"Don't Come Around Here No More"198513261204250Southern Accents
"Make It Better (Forget About Me)"541273141
"Rebels"745
"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"9Pack Up the Plantation–Live!
"Needles and Pins" (with Stevie Nicks)1986371785
"Refugee" (live)
"Jammin' Me"1987181944138Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
"Runaway Trains"6
"All Mixed Up"19
"Think About Me"36
"I Won't Back Down"1989121165664928
  • BPI: Silver
Full Moon Fever
"Runnin' Down a Dream"231682355
  • BPI: Silver
"Free Fallin'"7159561459
"A Face in the Crowd"1990465202593
"Yer So Bad"544
"Learning to Fly"1991281445312846
  • BPI: Silver
Into the Great Wide Open
"Into the Great Wide Open"9241122358- 79
"Out in the Cold"165
"Too Good to Be True"199234
"Kings Highway"431
"Makin' Some Noise"3075
"All or Nothin'"
"Peace in L.A."
"Mary Jane's Last Dance"19931415632652Greatest Hits
"Something in the Air"1994192653
"American Girl"
  • BPI: Silver
"You Don't Know How It Feels"13198391Wildflowers
"You Wreck Me"1995272888
"It's Good to Be King"6868
"A Higher Place"125
"Walls (Circus)"199669612Songs and Music from "She's the One"
"Climb That Hill"61215
"Changed the Locks"2042
"Free Girl Now"1999536Echo
"Room at the Top"191
"Swingin'"1711
"This One's for Me"
"Accused of Love"
"The Last DJ"20022212The Last DJ
"Have Love Will Travel"
"You and Me"
"Saving Grace"2006100261198Highway Companion
"Flirting with Time"18
"Big Weekend"
"Good Enough"2010Mojo
"I Should Have Known It"404
"First Flash of Freedom"
"Don't Pull Me Over"
"American Dream Plan B"2014Hypnotic Eye
"U Get Me High"2
"Forgotten Man"24
"Somewhere Under Heaven"2015
"Keep a Little Soul"20183An American Treasure
"You and Me"
"Gainesville"
"The Best of Everything" (Alternate version)2019The Best of Everything
"For Real"28
"There Goes Angela (Dream Away)"[28] 2020Wildflowers and All the Rest
"Confusion Wheel"
"Leave Virginia Alone"6
"Something Could Happen"
"I Won't Back Down" 2022Live at the Fillmore 1997
"Call Me the Breeze"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other charted songs

  1. "Nightwatchman" (1981) No. 21 US Mainstream Rock
  2. "We Stand a Chance" (1982) No. 37 US Mainstream Rock
  3. "Between Two Worlds" (1982) No. 35 US Mainstream Rock
  4. "One Story Town" (1982) No. 15 US Mainstream Rock
  5. "Feel a Whole Lot Better" (1989) No. 18 US Mainstream Rock
  6. "Love Is a Long Road" (1989) No. 7 US Mainstream Rock No. 7 on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales
  7. "Wildflowers" (1994) No. 16 US Hot Rock Songs,[29] No. 11 on the Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales and No. 3 Billboard Lyric Find.[30]
  8. "Cabin Down Below" (1995) No. 29 US Mainstream Rock
  9. "Waiting for Tonight" (1995) No. 6 US Mainstream Rock, No. 1 US AAA
  10. "High in the Morning" (2010) No. 23 US AAA

Guest singles

TitleYearArtistPeak chart positions Album
US
US Rock
US Country
AUS
[31]
CAN
CAN Country
NLD
NZ
UK
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"1981Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)32105431150Bella Donna
"Band of the Hand"1986Bob Dylan and the Heartbreakers2896Band of the Hand soundtrack
"Mind Your Own Business"1987Hank Williams Jr. (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike, and Willie Nelson)11Montana Cafe
"King of the Hill"1991Roger McGuinn2Back from Rio
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other charted guest songs

Releases with the Traveling Wilburys

Albums

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsRecord label
US
[32]
AUS
[33]
UK
[34]
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 119883116
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • MC: 6× Platinum
Wilbury Records
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 31990111414
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
The Traveling Wilburys Collection2007911
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[35]
US
Rock

[36]
US
AC

[37]
AUS
UK
"Handle with Care"198845230321Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
"End of the Line"1989632281252
"Nobody's Child"19906644
"She's My Baby"24579Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
"Wilbury Twist"199146
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other charted songs

TitleYearChart
positions
Album
US
Rock

"Last Night"19885 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man"198941
"Heading for the Light"7
"Inside Out"199016Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Releases with Mudcrutch

Albums

TitleYearPeak chart positionsRecord label
US
[38]
CAN
SWE
Mudcrutch200882515Reprise Records
2201610

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Up in Mississippi"1971Non-album single
"Depot Street"1975Non-album single
"Scare Easy"2008Mudcrutch
"Trailer"20162
"How Much Do You Need"SiriusXM Exclusive

Videos and DVDs

TitleVideo detailsCertifications
(sales threshold)
Pack Up the Plantation – Live!
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hard to Handle
  • Released: October 1986
  • Label: CBS Fox Video Music
  • Format: VHS, laserdisc; out of print
A Bunch of Videos and Some Other Stuff
Full Moon Fever: The Videos
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: MCA
  • Format: VHS, laserdisc; out of print
Take the Highway Live
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: BMG Video / Media Frem
  • Format: VHS, laserdisc; out of print
Playback
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: MCA
  • Format: VHS, laserdisc; DVD released in 2000
  • RIAA: Gold
High Grass Dogs: Live from the Fillmore
  • Released: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: VHS, DVD
  • RIAA: Gold
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: DVD
Soundstage Presents Live in Concert
  • Released: January 11, 2005
  • Label: Koch Vision
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
  • RIAA: Gold
Runnin' Down a Dream
  • Released: November 23, 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray
  • RIAA: Platinum
Classic Albums: Damn the Torpedoes
  • Released: August 3, 2010
  • Label: Eagle Rock Ent
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray

Notes and References

  1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History: Billboard 200 . . October 19, 2020.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) singles and albums peaks to June 19, 1988: Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 232–233. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 19, 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) singles and albums peaks from June 26, 1988: Web site: Tom Petty . Australian Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . August 11, 2011.
    • An American Treasure: Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #493. auspOp. October 6, 2018. October 6, 2018.
    • The Best of Everything: Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #515. auspOp. March 9, 2019. March 9, 2019.
    • "Runnin' Down a Dream" (ARIA Chart) peak: Web site: 25 Years Ago This Week: September 10, 1989. chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. September 24, 2015.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) singles and albums peaks between January 1990 and December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
    • "Free Fallin'" and Anthology: Through the Years (ARIA Chart) peaks: Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #441. auspOp. October 7, 2017. October 7, 2017.
    • "You Don't Know How It Feels" (ARIA Chart) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles – Week Ending 29 Jan 1995. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). December 10, 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
    • "You Wreck Me" (ARIA Chart) peak: Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 09 Apr 1995. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). April 20, 2017.
  3. Web site: Tom Petty . Austrian Charts . Hung Medien . de . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  4. Web site: Discographie Tom Petty. GfK Entertainment. March 7, 2019.
  5. Web site: Tom Petty . Norwegian Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  6. Web site: Tom Petty . charts.nz . Hung Medien . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  7. Web site: Tom Petty . Swedish Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  8. Web site: Tom Petty . Swiss Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  9. Web site: Tom Petty full Official Chart History . . October 19, 2020.
  10. Web site: Gold & Platinum Searchable Database . . PHP.
  11. Web site: Gold Platinum Database Results . . ASPX . August 11, 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120528172755/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Petty&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist . May 28, 2012.
  12. Billboard Vol. 94, No. 23: Majors Flight Economics with Quirky Rock Originals. Billboard. December 6, 1982. November 10, 2021.
  13. United Kingdom. Tom Petty . August 16, 2024.
  14. Web site: Guld & Platina A*r 1987-1998 . ifpi.se . IFPI Swedenlanguage=Swedish . September 24, 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120521214300/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf . May 21, 2012.
  15. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. de. Hung Medien. September 24, 2011.
  16. Australia. Tom Petty. album. 1994. November 28, 2021.
  17. Web site: IFPI Norsk platebransje . August 31, 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120725054452/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist . July 25, 2012.
  18. billboardcharts. 1599797386259243011. Debuts on this week's #Billboard200.... December 5, 2022. December 6, 2022.
  19. Tom Petty Chart History: Hot 100 . . October 19, 2020.
  20. Tom Petty Chart History: Mainstream Rock . . October 19, 2020.
  21. Tom Petty Chart History: Triple A Airplay . . March 14, 2021.
  22. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing September 30, 1991. September 30, 2022.
  23. Web site: RPM Search Engine . March 31, 2004 . . PHP.
  24. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Petty, Tom & Heartbreakers, The / Single . Music Line . . de . August 11, 2011 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175803/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Petty%2CTom+%26+Heartbreakers%2CThe/single . dead .
  25. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Tom Petty / Single . Music Line . . de . August 11, 2011 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154125/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Petty,Tom/20533/single . dead .
  26. Web site: Tom Petty . Dutch Charts . Hung Medien . nl . ASP . August 11, 2011.
  27. Web site: Danish single certifications – Tom Petty – Free Fallin' . June 26, 2024 . IFPI Danmark.
  28. Web site: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Live at the Fillmore (1997) .
  29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History: Hot Rock Songs . Billboard . October 19, 2020.
  30. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Billboard.
  31. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Australian (Kent Music Report) peak: Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 217. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  32. The Traveling Wilburys Chart History: Billboard 200 . . October 19, 2020.
  33. Traveling Wilburys Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
    • Top 50 singles and albums peaks: Web site: Traveling Wilburys . Australian Charts . Hung Medien . ASP . August 13, 2011.
    • Top 100 singles and albums peaks from January 1990 until December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  34. Web site: Artist Chart History: Traveling Wilburys . . August 13, 2011.
  35. The Traveling Wilburys Chart History: Hot 100 . . October 19, 2020.
  36. The Traveling Wilburys Chart History: Mainstream Rock . . October 19, 2020.
  37. The Traveling Wilburys Chart History: Adult Contemporary . . October 19, 2020.
  38. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p199572|tab=charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Mudcrutch: Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums ]. . United States . August 13, 2011.