| "Mary Jane's Last Dance" | ||||
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| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "The Waiting" | |||
| Released | November 16, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Heartland rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Petty | |||
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"Mary Jane's Last Dance" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was recorded while Petty was recording his Wildflowers album and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Campbell, and Petty.[2] The sessions would prove to be the last to include drummer Stan Lynch before his eventual departure in 1994. This song was first released as part of the Greatest Hits album in 1993.[3] It rose to No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Petty's first Billboard top-20 hit of the 1990s,[4] and also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks.[5] Internationally, the song reached No. 2 in Portugal and No. 5 in Canada.
- ^ Svonavec, Samuel (October 4, 2017). "Tom Petty: Legacy of a Rock Legend". Retrieved March 26, 2024.
The band went on to pioneer the heartland rock sound with songs such as "Mary Jane's Last Dance," "Refugee," and countless others.
- ^ Greatest Hits 2008 Reissue Liner Notes Pg. 12
- ^ Allmusic:Mary Jane's Last Dance
- ^ Billboard.com Artist Chart History
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 490.