Wildflowers (Tom Petty song)

"Wildflowers" is a song by Tom Petty, the opening track from the eponymous album. The song became quite popular in concerts, and though it wasn't released as a single, it charted on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs list (#16).[1] The song also reached #3 on the Billboard Lyric Find.[2] AllMusic describes it as having a simple but effective folk-based chord progression, with a sprightly, almost country-oriented rhythm.[3][4]

"Wildflowers"
Song by Tom Petty
from the album Wildflowers
Released1994 (1994)
GenreFolk rock
Length3:10
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Tom Petty

The song has gone on to become one of the most beloved in Petty’s catalog. Petty also stated "Wildflowers" was easy to write and compose.[5] It was one of the non-singles which were included on the compilation The Best of Everything (others were "Southern Accents", "Square One", "Angel Dream" and "Dreamville").[6]

Composition

Petty described writing "Wildflowers":

I just took a deep breath and it came out. The whole song. Stream of consciousness: words, music, chords. Finished it. I mean, I just played it into a tape recorder and I played the whole song and I never played it again. I actually only spent three and a half minutes on that whole song. So I’d come back for days playing that tape, thinking there must be something wrong here because this just came too easy. And then I realized that there’s probably nothing wrong at all.[7]


References
  1. "Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Chart History". Billboard.
  2. https://www.billboard.com/music/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/chart-history/lyricfind-us/song/681229
  3. "Wildflowers - Tom Petty | Song Info". AllMusic.
  4. "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tour Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
  5. Kelly, Sean. "Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Turns 25: The Stories Behind the Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  6. "The Best of Everything: The Definitive Career-Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 - Tom Petty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  7. "Tom Petty Tells The Stories Behind His Songs". Performing Songwriter Ent., LLC. October 20, 2014.
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