Runnin' Down a Dream

For the Tom Petty film, see Runnin' Down a Dream (film).

"Runnin' Down a Dream"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Full Moon Fever
B-side
  • "Alright for Now"
  • "Down the Line"
ReleasedJuly 29, 1989
Genre
Length4:25
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tom Petty singles chronology
"I Won't Back Down"
(1989) 		"Runnin' Down a Dream"
(1989) 		"Free Fallin'"
(1989)

"Runnin' Down a Dream" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in July 1989 as the second single from his first solo album Full Moon Fever. "Runnin' Down a Dream" achieved reasonable chart success, reaching number 23 both in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.[3] It has since garnered significant airplay on classic rock stations, and lent its name to the 2007 documentary on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

  1. ^ Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (2019). Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4408-6579-4.
  2. ^ Runnin' Down a Dream on AllMusic ..."Musically, the song is led by a powerful, garage rock riff from co-writer Mike Campbell"...
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 490.