I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty

Genre: Rock
Year: 1989

"I Wont Back Down" is the first single from Tom Pettys first solo album, Full Moon Fever released in 1989. The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks, starting the albums road to multi-platinum status. A message of defiance against unnamed forces of difficulty and possibly oppression, the lyric is set against a mid-tempo beat: :Well I know whats right, I got just one life :in a world that keeps on pushin me around :but Ill stand my ground, and I wont back down George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Ringo Starr are featured in the music video along with Georges famous painted stratocaster "Rocky". Read full article at wikipedia.org

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