"Scare Easy" | |
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Single by Mudcrutch | |
from the album Mudcrutch | |
A-side | "Scare Easy" |
Released | 2008 |
Recorded | 2007 |
Genre | Southern rock |
Label | Reprise Records |
Songwriter(s) | Tom Petty |
Producer(s) | Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Ryan Ulyate |
Mudcrutch track listing | |
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"Scare Easy" is a song written and sung by Tom Petty, featured on the debut album by rock band Mudcrutch, featuring Petty and Mike Campbell. The song was used in a 2008 commercial for My Name Is Earl . [1] The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard chart. [2]
"Scare Easy" was described as "full of the tones and lyrics of the mid 1970s, but the tight harmonies come from musicians who have matured." [3]
The song can also be heard over the end credits of the film Appaloosa (2008), a Western directed and starring Ed Harris and co-starring Viggo Mortensen and Renée Zellweger. "Scare Easy" does not appear on the official soundtrack for the film. [4]