It's Good to Be King (song)

"It's Good to Be King"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Wildflowers
Released1995
Genre
Length5:10
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Tom Petty
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Tom Petty singles chronology
"You Wreck Me"
(1995) 		"It's Good to Be King"
(1995) 		"Walls (Circus)"
(1996)

"It's Good to Be King" is a song by American rock singer-songwriter Tom Petty, released as the third single from his 1994 album Wildflowers. It peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and No. 6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[3]

Review

On AllMusic, reviewer Matthew Greenwald wrote about the song, "One if [sic] the most self-effacing and personal songs to reach the Top Ten charts in the 1990s, "It's Good to Be King" deals with the phenomenon of rock & roll stardom." He described the song's melody as "elegant and folk-rock-ish", and "buttressed" by a Michael Kamen string arrangement that he described as "absolutely stunning".[1]

Personnel

Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ a b "It's Good to Be King - Tom Petty | Song Info". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Deriso, Nick (November 19, 2013). "Almost Hits: Tom Petty, "It's Good To Be King" (1995)". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (October 3, 2017). "Chart Beat: All of Tom Petty's Record 28 Mainstream Rock Songs Top 10s". Billboard Pro. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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