Long After Dark

Long After Dark
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02)
Recorded	1981–82
Studio	Record Plant (Hollywood) Wally Heider's (Hollywood) Crystal (Hollywood) Rumbo (Los Angeles)
Genre	Heartland rock pop rock new wave
Length	37:44
Label	Backstreet
Producer	Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Hard Promises (1981) Long After Dark (1982) Southern Accents (1985)
Singles from Long After Dark
"You Got Lucky"/"Between Two Worlds" Released: October 22, 1982 "Straight into Darkness"/"A Wasted Life" Released: 1982 "Change of Heart" Released: February 1983

Long After Dark is the fifth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released November 2, 1982, on Backstreet Records. Notable for the MTV hit "You Got Lucky", the album was also the band's first to feature Howie Epstein on bass and harmony vocals. Epstein's vocals are prevalent throughout the album and from that point on, became an integral part of the Heartbreakers' sound.

Two other singles from the album were released, "Change of Heart" and "Straight into Darkness". The first of these joined "You Got Lucky" in the Billboard top 40. In July 2018, "Keep a Little Soul", an outtake from Long After Dark, was released as the first single to promote Petty's box set An American Treasure. "Keeping Me Alive", another outtake from the sessions for the album,^[1] was a Petty favorite, and was eventually released on his and the Heartbreakers' 1995 box set Playback, as well as on An American Treasure.

On August 30, 2024, the Tom Petty estate announced the release of an expanded Deluxe Edition of the album, featuring twelve new tracks, including live and previously unreleased songs.^[2] In addition to streaming services, this Deluxe Edition will be available on (numbered) Vinyl and CD, including a new Dolby Atmos remix, on October 18, 2024.