TOM PETTY - I WON'T BACK DOWN

I WON'T BACK DOWN

TOM PETTY

SONGWRITERS: JEFF LYNNE & TOM PETTY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FULL MOON FEVER

LABEL: MCA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1989

 

          Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.

          Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. His hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's hit singles as a solo act include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

        Petty died of an accidental drug overdose on October 2, 2017, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.

        "I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, also his writing partner for the album. It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting the album's road to multi-platinum status.

Well I won't back down

No I won't back down

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I won't back down

 

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around

And I'll keep this world from draggin me down

gonna stand my ground

... and I won't back down

 

Chorus:

(I won't back down...)

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

(and I won't back down...)

hey I will stand my ground

and I won't back down

 

Well I know what's right, I got just one life

in a world that keeps on pushin me around

but I'll stand my ground

...and I won't back down

 

(I won't back down...)

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

(and I won't back down...)

hey I will stand my ground

(I won't back down)

and I won't back down...

 

(I won't back down...)

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

(I won't back down)

hey I won't back down

(and I won't back down)

hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

(and I won't back down)

hey I will stand my ground

(and I won't back down)

and I won't back down

(I won't back down)

No I won't back down...