| "I Need to Know" | ||||
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| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album You're Gonna Get It! | ||||
| B-side | "No Second Thoughts" | |||
| Released | June 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1977 | |||
| Studio | Shelter Studios, Hollywood | |||
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| Length | 2:26 | |||
| Label | Shelter | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Petty | |||
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"I Need to Know" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in 1978 as the first single from their second album You're Gonna Get It!. It peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1978.[2] This song as well as "Listen to Her Heart" was already being played live in concert as early as June 14, 1977, as is evidenced in a performance on Germany's music television show "Rockpalast".[3]
Cash Box said that it is "hard driving rock 'n' roll" and that "the hook repeats hypnotically as the guitars drive the message home."[4] Record World called it an "energetic rocker."[5]
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: tom petty and the heartbreakers". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
- ^ "Tom Petty Live In Rockpalast 1977—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看". V.youku.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 10, 1978. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. June 10, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-13.