"Rebels" | ||||
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Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
from the album Southern Accents | ||||
B-side | "Southern Accents" | |||
Released | March 25, 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Heartland rock | |||
Length | 5:21 (4:12 single version) | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom Petty | |||
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology | ||||
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"Rebels" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It appeared on the 1985 album Southern Accents and was released as a single in the same year. Although it only reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, it fared much better on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #5.
The track was recorded in 1984. It was during the recording of this track that Petty broke his hand. Petty remembers being so high on drugs that he could not get an arrangement he liked. Petty went into the control room, and put the original demo tape on, which featured just him and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar. He believed that they had yet to record an arrangement better than this demo, which made him so furious that he stormed up the stairs into his house, and punched the wall, causing severe damage to his left hand. After taking time off for his hand to heal, Petty called Jimmy Iovine in to help him finish "Rebels" along with some other tracks on Southern Accents. Alan "Bugs" Weidel, Tom's roadie, considers "Rebels" a least favorite of his due to Petty's broken hand. [1]
Cash Box said that it's "another strong outing from Petty And The Heartbreakers" and highlighted "Petty’s urgent vocal and lyrics of alienation." [2]
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The Drive-By Truckers released a cover version of Rebels on their compilation The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities in 2009.
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 75 |
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