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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| ! | 02/06/2026 15:13 | alexandermause | 14,814 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 17:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,144 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 13:26 |  katerpillar | 2,062 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2025 14:32 |  ExTeaSea | 12,449 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 05:06 | jtc91 | 13,891 | 82/100 |
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Squonk007 01/20/2024 17:23 | #301336
Just brilliant.
I'd rate this as my favorite on the album.
If Free Fallin' is fantastic because of the singing, this one is because of the riff. The other masterpiece of the album
Jasonconfused 12/22/2012 05:26 | #58529
Best song on the album. I'd put it above Free Fallin'
Great guitar riffs.
Great song, fav on the album or par with 'Free falling'
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