Only A Broken Heart (track)
by Tom Petty
Year: 1994
From the album Wildflowers (track #6)
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Only A Broken Heart appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty:
- Wildflowers (track #6) (this album) (1994)
- Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (track #5) (2021)
- Wildflowers & All The Rest (track #6) (2020)
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| 03/08/2026 13:09 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 | |
| 12/14/2025 19:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 09/06/2025 14:34 |  ExTeaSea | 12,771 | 85/100 | |
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| 12/12/2024 23:42 | martintho | 68,559 | 74/100 |
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buzzdainer 10/16/2017 01:40 | #199558
"Only" a broken heart? What could be worse than a broken heart? And yet, what could be more banal? I think that's the question Tom Petty is wrestling with in this ballad off the great Wildflowers album. I hope you found a substantive answer, Tom. Rest in peace.
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