It's Good to Be King (song)

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"It's Good to Be King"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Wildflowers
Released1995
Genre
Length5:10
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Tom Petty singles chronology
"You Wreck Me"
(1995)		"It's Good to Be King"
(1995)		"Walls (Circus)"
(1996)

"It's Good to Be King" is a song by American rock singer-songwriter Tom Petty, released as the third single from his 1994 album Wildflowers . It peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100, [2] and No. 6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [3]

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Review

On AllMusic, reviewer Matthew Greenwald wrote about the song, "One if [sic] the most self-effacing and personal songs to reach the Top Ten charts in the 1990s, "It's Good to Be King" deals with the phenomenon of rock & roll stardom." He described the song's melody as "elegant and folk-rock-ish", and "buttressed" by a Michael Kamen string arrangement that he described as "absolutely stunning". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "It's Good to Be King - Tom Petty | Song Info". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Deriso, Nick (November 19, 2013). "Almost Hits: Tom Petty, "It's Good To Be King" (1995)" . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (October 3, 2017). "Chart Beat: All of Tom Petty's Record 28 Mainstream Rock Songs Top 10s". Billboard Pro. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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