Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty

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Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
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Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedJune 21, 2024
StudioVarious artists' studios
Genre Country
Length76:40
Label Big Machine
Producer
Singles from Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
  1. "American Girl"
    Released: February 23, 2024
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Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty is a 2024 tribute album celebrating the life of Tom Petty. It features 20 covers of Petty songs that feature a variety of country artists. The Tom Petty estate put the album together. [2]

Contents

Recording history

Many of the 20 featured artists released their songs ahead of time as singles, with the first being Dierks Bentley, who released his rendition of "American Girl" on February 23, 2024. Bentley gave high praise of the song, saying that, while it wasn't a country song, it was one of Tom Petty's "greatest songs in a life’s work of great American songs." [3]

On April 6, 2024, Dolly Parton released a cover of "Southern Accents", accompanied by a music video. The video showcased "home videos and professional footage of Petty throughout his life." [4]

Other artists to release songs ahead of time include Steve Earle on May 10 with "Yer So Bad", [5] Wynonna Judd on May 17 with "Refugee", [6] Eli Young Band on June 3 with "Learning to Fly" [7] and Margo Price on June 7 with "Ways to Be Wicked". [8]

Track listing

Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty track listing
No.TitleArtistLength
1."I Should Have Known It" Chris Stapleton 3:56
2."Wildflowers" Thomas Rhett 3:15
3."Runnin' Down a Dream" Luke Combs 4:07
4."Southern Accents" Dolly Parton 4:27
5."Here Comes My Girl" Justin Moore 4:43
6."American Girl" Dierks Bentley 3:03
7."Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Lady A 4:18
8."I Forgive It All" Jamey Johnson 4:26
9."I Won't Back Down" Brothers Osborne 2:58
10."Refugee" Wynonna Judd feat. Lainey Wilson 3:50
11."Angel Dream (No. 2)" Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson 2:29
12."Learning to Fly" Eli Young Band 3:25
13."Breakdown" Ryan Hurd feat. Carly Pearce 3:09
14."Yer So Bad" Steve Earle 2:58
15."Ways to Be Wicked" Margo Price feat. Mike Campbell 3:27
16."Mary Jane's Last Dance" Midland 5:04
17."Free Fallin'" The Cadillac Three feat. Breland 4:35
18."I Need to Know" Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives 2:38
19."Don't Come Around Here No More" Rhiannon Giddens feat. Silkroad Ensemble and Benmont Tench 4:36
20."You Wreck Me (Live)" George Strait 5:16

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty
Chart (2024)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [9] 84
US Top Compilation Albums (Billboard) [9] 1

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