Free Fallin'

For other uses, see Free-fall (disambiguation).

"Free Fallin'"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Full Moon Fever
B-side
ReleasedOctober 27, 1989 (1989-10-27)
Genre
Length4:14
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tom Petty singles chronology
"Runnin' Down a Dream"
(1989) 		"Free Fallin'"
(1989) 		"A Face in the Crowd"
(1990)
Music video
"Free Fallin'" on YouTube

"Free Fallin'" is the opening track from American musician Tom Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song completed for Full Moon Fever.

"Free Fallin'" is one of Petty's most famous tracks as well as his highest - and longest - charting song.[4] It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1990, becoming his third and final top ten hit. Petty and The Heartbreakers performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1989, with Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin, and at the February 2008 Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show.[5] The song is ranked No. 219 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was featured in the film Jerry Maguire (1996) and The Sopranos episode 2.13, "Funhouse" (2000). Lou Reed selected the song as one of his "picks of 1989".[6] The song reached No. 2 on the Spotify Global Viral 50 following Petty's death in 2017.[7]

Development and meaning

Petty explained in an interview with Billboard magazine that he and Jeff Lynne were sitting around trying to come up with a song, and Lynne got him to say "free falling". The next day they recorded the song. Petty did not write the song about a specific person, but instead about what he saw during his frequent drives along Ventura Boulevard.[8] Lynne said "Probably the second song we wrote [for Full Moon Fever] was 'Free Fallin'.' I got the chords to it and we both fleshed out the chorus. It was like 'Evil Woman' in that we got a repetitive chord sequence and then the melody turns into a chorus. Everyone who heard it knew it was a hit, and the next song we did was 'I Won’t Back Down.'"[9]

Reception

"Free Fallin'" is widely regarded as one of Petty's best songs. Billboard and Rolling Stone both ranked the song number four on their lists of the greatest Tom Petty songs,[10][11] while WatchMojo considers it to be Tom Petty's best song.[12]

Personnel

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Piers Garland and Julien Temple and features a teenage girl seen in various places around Los Angeles, including a 1960s pool party and a 1980s skate park. Petty is also seen performing in these places and others, such as the former Westside Pavilion mall.[13]

Track listings

US 7-inch and cassette
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free Fallin'"
4:14
2."Down the Line"
2:54
Total length:7:08
UK 7-inch
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free Fallin'"
  • Petty
  • Lynne
4:14
2."Love Is a Long Road"
  • Petty
  • Campbell
4:06
Total length:8:20
UK 12-inch and CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free Fallin'"
  • Petty
  • Lynne
4:14
2."Love Is a Long Road"
  • Petty
  • Campbell
4:06
3."Free Fallin'" (live)
  • Petty
  • Lynne
 

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[31] Gold 45,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States October 27, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 MCA [citation needed]
United Kingdom November 6, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [33]

Cover versions

References

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  2. ^ a b Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (2019). Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4408-6579-4.
  3. ^ Harrington, Jim (2015). "Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 633.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 188.
  5. ^ "Topic Galleries". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008.
  6. ^ Rolling Stone, March 8, 1990
  7. ^ "Global Viral 50". Spotify Charts. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  8. ^ Cathy Applefeld Olson (June 7, 2017). "Tom Petty Originally Wrote 'Free Fallin'' Just to Make Jeff Lynne Laugh". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  9. ^ Golsen, Tyler (May 4, 2023). "Jeff Lynne on how he helped Tom Petty make 'Free Fallin"". Far Out. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (October 3, 2017). "The 20 Best Tom Petty Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tom Petty: 50 Greatest Songs". Rolling Stone. November 28, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "Top 10 Tom Petty Songs".
  13. ^ Tom Petty: Free Fallin' (Video 1989) - IMDb, retrieved August 28, 2021
  14. ^ "ARIA Chart Watch #441". auspOp. October 7, 2017. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
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  31. ^ "Danish single certifications – Tom Petty – Free Fallin'". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
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