Into the Great Wide Open (song)

"Into the Great Wide Open"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Into the Great Wide Open
B-side"Makin' Some Noise"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1991 (1991-09-09)[1]
GenreRock
Length
  • 3:45
  • 6:41 (music video version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Tom Petty
  • Jeff Lynne
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Learning to Fly"
(1991) 		"Into the Great Wide Open"
(1991) 		"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
(1993)
Music video
"Into the Great Wide Open" on YouTube

"Into the Great Wide Open" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, included as the third track on their eighth studio album, Into the Great Wide Open (1991). Released as a single in September 1991, the song reached number four on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart but stalled at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the song peaked at number 23 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and found moderate success in Belgium and Germany.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. September 7, 1991. p. 21.