Free Fallin'

Free Fallin'

Infobox Single
Name = Free Fallin'


Artist = Tom Petty
from Album = Full Moon Fever
B-side = "Down the Line" US 7" and cassette single
"Love Is A Long Road" UK 7", 12" and CD single
"Free Fallin'" (Live) UK 12" and CD single only
Released = Start date|1989|10
Format = 7" single
cassette single (US)
12" single (UK)
CD single (UK)
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:14
Label = MCA Records
Writer = Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
Producer = Jeff Lynne with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell
Certification =
Chart position = * #7 Billboard Hot 100
Last single = "Runnin' Down A Dream"
(1989)
This single = "Free Fallin"
(1989)
Next single = "A Face In The Crowd"
(1990)
Misc =

"Free Fallin'" is the opening track from Tom Petty's 1989 solo album, "Full Moon Fever". The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne. The song topped Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart the week ending August 26, 1989 and spent 33 weeks on the chart, making it Petty's longest charting track. The single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January, 1990. Petty and The Heartbreakers performed the song at MTV Video Music Awards in 1989 with Axl Rose and at the February 2008 Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-04-halftimefeb04,1,6574257.story]

References to the Los Angeles area appear in the lyrics of the song, including:
*Reseda - a neighborhood of Los Angeles
*"The Valley" - the San Fernando Valley, in which Reseda is located
*Ventura Boulevard - a primary east-west thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley
*"Mulholland" - a reference to Mulholland Drive, a well-known road in Los Angeles

Keith Urban did a live cover on his 2005 DVD "Livin' Right Now"

Stevie Nicks did a studio cover on her 1998 album "Enchanted"

American singer-songwriter John Mayer also included a live cover version of "Free Fallin'" on his 2008 live album/DVD "Where the Light Is".

External links

* [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2898 SongFacts information page on 'Free Fallin']


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