Even the Losers

"Even the Losers"
Song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Damn the Torpedoes
B-side
  • "Somethin' Else" (live)
  • "Stories We Could Tell" (live)
ReleasedJuly 1980 (1980-07)
Recorded1979
Genre
Length
  • 3:59 (album version)
  • 3:38 (single version)
LabelBackstreet
Songwriter(s)Tom Petty
Producer(s)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Here Comes My Girl"
(1980)
"Even the Losers"
(1980)
"The Waiting"
(1981)

"Even the Losers" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It is featured on their breakthrough hit 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes. It is also featured on the band's 1993 Greatest Hits album. A live recording of it is included in the box set The Live Anthology. It has become one of the highest regarded songs of Petty's repertoire.[4][5] The song was not released as a single[6] except in Australia. The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard lyric find.[7]

  1. ^ Lewis, Randy (October 4, 2017). "Tom Petty's final interview: There was supposed to have been so much more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 27, 2019. Classic-rock staples including "Breakdown," "American Girl," "Refugee," "Even the Losers," "Learning to Fly," "Listen to Her Heart," "Here Comes My Girl," "Walls," "Mary Jane's Last Dance."
  2. ^ "Album Review: "Damn the Torpedoes" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers".
  3. ^ "Damn the Torpedoes by Tom Petty - Classic Rock Review". www.classicrockreview.com. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ Christopher R. Weingarten; Jon Dolan; Corinne Cummings; Nick Murray; Kory Grow; Andy Green; Will Hermes; Rob Sheffield (October 2, 2017). "Tom Petty's 50 Greatest Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  5. ^ Reiff, Corbin (October 3, 2017). "The 20 Best Tom Petty Songs, Ranked". Uproxx. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "Damn the Torpedoes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Even The Losers Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2018.