Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)

Greatest Hits
Original album cover
Greatest hits album by
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ReleasedNovember 16, 1993 (1993-11-16)
Recorded1976–1993
Genre
Length65:44
Label
Producer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Into the Great Wide Open
(1991) 		Greatest Hits
(1993) 		Wildflowers
(1994)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
    Released: November 16, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA+[5]
The Essential Rock Discography9/10[6]
MusicHound4.5/5[7]
Q[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on November 16, 1993. It is Petty's best-selling album to date and was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA on April 28, 2015. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The other new song on the album is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air". The album contains no songs from 1987's Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). However, three songs from Petty's 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever were included.

On its original release in November 1993, the album debuted at No. 8 on Billboard 200,[10] and first peaked at No. 5 on the chart in February 1994.[11] It reached a new peak of No. 2 following Petty's death in 2017.[12]

The new tracks "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Something in the Air" were the band's last recordings with drummer Stan Lynch.

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  2. ^ "Tom Petty: Greatest Hits". Blender. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 2005. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Sinclair, Tom (November 19, 1993). "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits Review". Entertainment Weekly. p. 92. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  6. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 816. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  7. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 870. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  8. ^ "Tom Petty / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  9. ^ "Tom Petty: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  10. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. December 4, 1993.
  11. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. February 5, 1994.
  12. ^ Caulfield, Keith (October 8, 2017). "Tom Petty's 'Greatest Hits' Returns to Billboard 200 Albums Chart at No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2017.