Runnin' Down A Dream (track)
by Tom Petty
Year: 1989
From the album Full Moon Fever (track #5)
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Runnin' Down A Dream appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty:
- Greatest Hits (track #13) (compilation) (1993)
- The Live Anthology (track #35) (compilation) (2009)
- Anthology: Through The Years (track #28) (compilation) (2000)
- Playback (track #41) (1995)
- The Best Of Everything (The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016) (track #27) (compilation) (2019)
- Live At The Fillmore - 1997 (track #4) (2022)
- Full Moon Fever (track #5) (this album) (1989)
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Great song, fav on the album or par with 'Free falling'
If Free Fallin' is fantastic because of the singing, this one is because of the riff. The other masterpiece of the album
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/22/2012 05:26 | #58529
Best song on the album. I'd put it above Free Fallin'
Great guitar riffs.
I'd rate this as my favorite on the album.
