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Free Fallin' by Tom Petty
Genre: Rock
Year: 1989
Year: 1989
"Free Fallin" is the opening track from Tom Pettys 1989 solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne. The song topped Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart the week ending August 26, 1989 and spent 33 weeks on the chart, making it Petty's longest charting track. The single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January, 1990. Petty and The Heartbreakers performed the song at MTV Video Music Awards in 1989 with Axl Rose and at the February 2008 Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show.http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-04-halftimefeb04,1,6574257.story
References to the Los Angeles area appear in the lyrics of the song, including:
*Reseda - a neighborhood of Los Angeles
*"The Valley" - the San Fernando Valley, in which Reseda is Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Mary Jane's Last Dance, Wish You Were Here, Lady D'Arbanville, I Know You're Out There Somewhere, Learning To Fly.
More songs by Tom Petty: Running Down A Dream, Wildflowers, Runnin' Down A Dream, I Won't Back Down.
Best of Rock: Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Hotel California, They Don't Care About Us.
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