I Need to Know (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)

"I Need to Know" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in 1978 as the first single from their second album You're Gonna Get It!. It peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1978.^[1] This song as well as "Listen to Her Heart" was already being played live in concert as early as June 14, 1977, as is evidenced in a performance on Germany's music television show, "Rockpalast".^[2]

Other versions

Stevie Nicks (of Fleetwood Mac) has been performing "I Need to Know" live in her solo concerts since 1981. Nicks also performed this song with Tom Petty together on Petty's 30th anniversary concert, (which was filmed and released on DVD as Runnin' Down A Dream).

In 1981 the Swedish band Gyllene Tider recorded a version of the song with Swedish lyics, written by singer Per Gessle (the male half of Roxette), named "Vill ha ett svar!"

Poison recorded a cover of the song for their 2007 album Poison'd!.

Hour of the Wolf recorded a cover for their 2012 greatest hits album, Decompositions Vol. II.

All appearances

You're Gonna Get It!
Pack Up The Plantation: Live!
Greatest Hits
Playback
Anthology: Through The Years
The Live Anthology
This song is part of the soundtrack in Rock Band 3.^[3]

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	41
Canadian RPM Top Singles	46

References

↑ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
↑ "Tom Petty Live In Rockpalast 1977—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看". V.youku.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ Reilly, Jim (2010-08-20). "Rock Band 3 Set List Revealed - IGN". Ps3.ign.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Ron Blair Scott Thurston Steve Ferrone Stan Lynch Howie Epstein

Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from "She's the One" Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty solo albums	Full Moon Fever Wildflowers Highway Companion

Live albums	Official Live 'Leg Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Bad Girl Boogie The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010

Compilations	Greatest Hits Playback Anthology: Through the Years

Videography	Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Playback Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ Runnin' Down a Dream

Songs	"Breakdown" "American Girl" "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" "I Need to Know" "Listen to Her Heart" "Don't Do Me Like That" "Refugee" "Here Comes My Girl" "The Waiting" "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" "You Got Lucky" "Change of Heart" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Rebels" "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" "Jammin' Me" "I Won't Back Down" "Runnin' Down a Dream" "Free Fallin'" "A Face in the Crowd" "Yer So Bad" "Learning to Fly" "Into the Great Wide Open" "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "You Don't Know How It Feels" "Christmas All Over Again" "Walls (Circus)" "The Last DJ" "Square One" "Saving Grace"

Production	Jimmy Iovine David A. Stewart Robbie Robertson Jeff Lynne Rick Rubin George Drakoulias

Related articles	Discography Awards Mudcrutch Traveling Wilburys "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.