Listen to Her Heart

"Listen to Her Heart"
"Listen to Her Heart"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album You're Gonna Get It!
A-side	"Listen to Her Heart"
B-side	"I Don't Know What to Say to You"
Released	August 30, 1978
Recorded	Shelter Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock
Length	3:05
Label	Shelter
Songwriter(s)	Tom Petty
Producer(s)	Denny Cordell, Noah Shark, Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology

"Listen to Her Heart" is a song recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in August 1978 as the second single from their second album, You're Gonna Get It!. It peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in October 1978.^[2] This song as well as "I Need to Know" was already being played live as early as June 14, 1977 as is evidenced in Germany's music television show, "Rockpalast".^[3]

Background and content[]

According to a radio interview with Redbeard, Petty wrote the song as a response to Ike Turner making advances at Petty's wife.

All Appearances[]

You're Gonna Get It!
Greatest Hits
Playback
Anthology: Through the Years
Mojo Tour 2010: Expanded Edition (Live Version)
The song was featured as playable track in the 2010 music game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
An American Treasure (2018)

Charts[]

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles	66^{[citation needed]}
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	59^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ 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."
^ 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.

[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] Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.

[3] "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.

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Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from "She's the One" Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye
Live albums	Official Live 'Leg Pack Up the Plantation: Live! The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010
Compilations	Greatest Hits Playback Anthology: Through the Years An American Treasure The Best of Everything
Videography	Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Hard to Handle w/ Bob Dylan Playback Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ Runnin' Down a Dream
Songs	"Breakdown" "American Girl" "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" "I Need to Know" "Listen to Her Heart" "Don't Do Me Like That" "Refugee" "Here Comes My Girl" "Even the Losers" "The Waiting" "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" "You Got Lucky" "Change of Heart" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Rebels" "Southern Accents" "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" "Jammin' Me" "Learning to Fly" "Into the Great Wide Open" "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "Walls (Circus)" "Room at the Top" "Free Girl Now" "Surrender" "The Last DJ"
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