I Won't Back Down

"I Won't Back Down"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Full Moon Fever
B-side	"The Apartment Song" "Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger"
Released	April 1989 (1989-04)
Genre	Heartland rock
Length	2:59
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Tom Petty Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Mike Campbell
Tom Petty singles chronology
"All Mixed Up" (1987) "I Won't Back Down" (1989) "Runnin' Down a Dream" (1989)
Music video
"I Won't Back Down" on YouTube

"I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, his writing partner for the album. It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting the album's road to multi-platinum status.