The topline of my obituary will read “Inspiration for ‘Free Fallin,’” no matter what. Let's Sing: Tom Petty & Heartbreakers - Free Fallin' (Karaoke, Instrumental, Lyrics)All rights belong to their respective owners. Look, I’m trying not to be petty about all this. The only thing I want written in the sky is a retraction. I mean, come on! The guy wrote a whole song about me, yet he claims he broke my heart? You can’t be a baller out there, having fun, standing in the shadow being all edgy, and yet also get to write my name in the sky. Lyrics begin: 'Shes a good girl loves her Mama. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. I’ve got a whole back catalog of Steinbeck novels to read. Browse our 26 arrangements of 'Free Fallin' Sheet music is available for Piano, Voice, Guitar and 28 others with 13 scorings and 4 notations in 9 genres. I know everyone is super attached to “Free Fallin,’” and that it’s probably impossible to pivot, but it’s never stopped me from fantasizing that I could have a say in my own narrative.Īnd to all those “bad boys” out there thinking that the “good girls are home with broken hearts.” We’re not. I’m just saying that I would like a redo. Nothing rhymes with that, but it’s who I am. It started as a prank, but then I just kind of liked the aesthetic. I also have a Mason jar filled with Barbie heads in my junk drawer. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are one of the biggest chart toppers in rock history, amassing dozens of hits and performing sold out shows for four decades.Minneapolis based Free Fallin, The Tom Petty Concert Experience has successfully toured the country since 2007 and played before thousands of fans at many festivals, fairs, venues, and concerts in the U.S. I had just got laid-off and figured what the hell, dare me to go, Aunt Judy. If I forget to take a Zyrtec, I am toast. That’s not fun or a particularly cool thing to write a rock anthem about, but it’s accurate. Like he didn’t mention that I am severely allergic to dust. But he swung and missed on all the nuances of my personality. He liked the idea of me, of the “girl next door” who loves her boyfriend and blah blah blah. I’ll tell you the truth: Tom never got to know me well enough. But I’m not like some weird horse superfan. I mean, sure, they’re fine, very pretty, I get it. But that doesn’t show an above-average ratio of interest. They’ll grin at me like, Go ahead, we know you’re “ CRAZY ‘bout Elvis., HA-HA.” I like Elvis. Regardless, those are things that shouldn’t be highlights of my or anyone else’s biography.Īnd you can’t imagine how frustrating it is when people see me at the mall and an Elvis song comes on. Also, I only go to church on holidays, and I call my mom on the weekends - that’s pretty much all I can handle with her. Many of our government’s policies have been pretty problematic over the years. Like, completely.įirst of all, sure, I guess I love America, but it’s complicated. It also went on to become Petty’s biggest hit, reaching Number Seven on Billboard’s Hot 100.Listen, I’m proud to have inspired such an iconic song, but I’ve been waiting for thirty years to gets this off my chest: Tom completely misread me.
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The song was so good that it was chosen to lead off Full Moon Fever. So we went in and made the record that day.”
“And I was like, ‘Yeah.’ And he said, ‘We’ve got to go cut this,’ and we just took off to Mike Campbell’s studio where we knew we could get in and get it done that day. “I played him the song and he was like, ‘Wow, you did that last night?’” Petty says. By the next day’s session, “Free Fallin’” was finished and ready to be recorded. Petty continued to work on the song on his own in the studio after Lynne departed. So I sang ‘freeee,’ then ‘free falling.’ And we both knew at that moment that I’d hit on something pretty good. “So I took my voice up an octave or two, but I couldn’t get the whole word in. “And I went to sing that, and he said, ‘No, take your voice up and see how that feels.’ “I got to the chorus of the song, and he leaned over to me and said the word freefalling,” Petty recalls.
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