Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits "American Girl"

[FEARandLOATHINGgirl]

I first found this song from my favorite movie...

then I fell in love with it because I realized that it was about me and how I was raised; I am an American girl.

This song makes me happy.

[wabblum99]

this song is about the soothing sound of a motorway that reminded the artist of hes home town when he moved away

[erika050199]

Taylor Swift. :O

[kattelyn92]

:) Tom Petty rules.

[UNITEWAD]

Thank's Krisdee Classic! > DJ(UNITE)MC - UK.

[HomelessOnline]

I think I blew an eardrum, but WTH, there's another Petty link over here on the right.

[thepunksaredead]

All I think of is Fast Times At Ridgemont High.. Always.

[baileyshelley21]

Straight CLASSIC!!!!!!

[GRAMMIEFENN]

from a native american apache pueblo yeah!!!!

[TrybalQT]

Don't forget...AMERICAN GIRLS COME IN ALL SHPPES AND COLORS!!! Take it from NATIVE AMERICAN...Loving the song -- THANX for the great post. xxoo

[OpinionatedJerk]

If you hear this song and think of Silence of the Lambs before you think of Fast Times at Ridgemont High then your life sucks or at least your experiences in it are limited, or at least your taste in movies sucks. Both movies are good but Fast Times is far superior and should always be thought of before any movie like Silence of the Lambs.

[DrownOutMyMind]

@OpinionatedJerk I have a fixation on Hannibal Lecter. Silence of the Lambs always comes to mind first.

[heathcol1]

@DrownOutMyMind me too.  and i knew this song long before the movie came out.

[eminem77467]

cant hear this without thinking of silence of the lambs....

[GarbageEnd]

great song

[mrudigower]

Check out the sample (2.21 - 2.36) used by The Fun Loving Criminals for Big Night Out - Supermodels on my D...

[TheSwiftsMusic]

wowwww yess hit it tom!!! we really love his music, check us out :)

[94jazi]

i know it came after and i'm not comparing or saying who's better but is it me or does the beginning sound like last nite by the strokes????

[214ESTILO]

REMINDS ME OF THAT MOVIE SILENCE OF THA ;LAMBS HA HA LO EITHER WAY IT FCKN JAMSSSSSSSS

[MeggyIsaVampireXD]

@214ESTILO because they used it in tht movie dumbass

[214ESTILO]

@MeggyIsaVampireXD thats why i said it reminds me of tha movie stupid biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaa­aatch duh duhruuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh fckn imbread

[Hootshot112]

One of my favourite "highway song"

[MrViolinist234]

i just learned this song on my flattop yyyyeeeaahhh bbuuddyy

[youraverageuser]

i watched Silence of the Lambs & heard this, oh yeah all right MAKE IT LAST ALL NIGHT! bangs on the steering wheel!.

[AliDDJV]

Parks and Rec !

[Ali18205]

Elliots make over :P scrubs

[83springfield]

idols!

[mute754]

If I have to sit through one more advertisment I'm blowing my brains out!

[cspj12]

@mute754 don't do it! blow a marketer's brains out instead :)

[mute754]

@cspj12 I think I will.

[jdog5555555555555555]

Loved seeing Harry Corn from Harry's Law singing this song in this weeks episode as she drove her Mercedez into a town that banned foreign vehicles!!!! Loved it, love Tom Petty and I love Kathy Bates!!!!!!!!

[wowcheck69]

<3 Tom Petty

[STONECOLD1987]

Fast Times At Ridgemont High :D

[DeadlyEncryption]

Thumbs up if you remember this from Silence of the Lambz

[kevieization]

There will never be rock and roll like this again Thanks Tom P. and the heartbreakers!

[kleptomaniacpsa]

Ten deaf guys.

[inpurestplauge]

im sooo glad we have bands like The Strokes to make amazing music like this still.

[IzziSaysRawr]

Like if you discovered this song from Silence of the Lambs!:)

[jbikemoore]

Pretty hard to improve on this... perfection!

[SOLDSKOOL]

I always love the whole way through starting at 2:37

[jacksradiocomm1]

fuckin hit the g spot in my ears tom petty... damn you !

[jacksradiocomm1]

fuck yeah tom petty i been thinking about this girl. fucker aint even american born. godbless you nigggaaaa!

[bostonkids6]

classic.

[lorriejonesseattle]

what was her one promise she was going to keep? Tom will always be THE MAN!

[MeYouAndNico]

THE HEARTBREAKERS ARE THE MAN TOO!!!!

[WarriorSmurf]

2:22-2:36 is my favorite part.

[TheFartmasterf]

from 8th grade till 11th we had tom petty tuesdays in the weight room at school :p

[golgoku3264]

I Love Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

[britthollar820]

Happy Fourth Of July!

[randomuser2011]

NEVER HEARD OF TOM PETTY BUT HES PRETTY GOOD! :-D

[jaydee28482]

wonderful !!!

[fancydancevideos]

For some reason i wish there was a close out rather than the song fading out.

[Armaguile]

very casual i love the sound of it. grew up listening to it.

[ryanadamsfan1]

tom is a legend!

[beattle34]

There's one thing I wanna say when I hear this song:

"Grown up, lookin' good... another year joined at the lips!" (quote from Bradley in the 1982 movie, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")

[TheXtro101]

There's one thing I wanna say when I hear this song...

"Are you a size 14?"(qoute from "Buffalo Bill" in the 1991 movie,"The Silence of the Lamb")

[lost4el]

guitar hero fuck yeah!

[ezelite]

libertines sound just like this...amazin

[dethklokrocks14]

good ol tom petty one of my favorite artist hes the man good ol classic rock real music

[sijag68]

I will always be reminded of Silence of the lambs with this song, and that awful Senator Martins daughter singing this in her car in a very annoying way. I must say she spoiled the film a little for me!!!!!! . Thank goodness you got to see plenty of the good doctor in the film....Fly fly fly little Starling....

[xXHitmanXxz]

@sijag68 "it rubs its' skin with lotion again or it gets the hose again"

[aquangel555]

Every time I think of this, I picture Fast Times at Ridgemont High =p

[paiigje]

brilliant



[wvd1979]

Poor Catherine shouldn't have helped Buffalo Bill move that sofa.

[000Lemontree000]

Bla Bla Bla Scrubs brought me here Bla Bla Bla

[jennyjuice333]

if you dont love tom petty your not american !

[Claree07]

@jennyjuice333 What about if you do love him but your not american?

[LUCKas1212]

@Claree07 then ur ok too lol

[iloverockyroad1]

@Claree07 As long as you love Tommy P. thats all that really matters

[jennyjuice333]

if you dont love tom petty your not  american !

[kkoehler72]

i picked this song just so i can dislike it.. and now to post so you can all cuss me out =D

eat it petty fans

[bunnyonhogshee]

@kkoehler72 your really cool bro!

[www41WorldUSAcom]

TOM PETTY --- "AMERICAN GIRL"

[megagerdts]

it's a good thing my little sis isn't a little brother, 'cause when I showed this to her and she said "It sounds like blink 182 but not as good" I would've smacked him in the head.

[mikkigg]

@megagerdts LOL! A friend of mine was listening to AC/DC and his son piped up "hey this kind of sounds like The Wiggles." AC/DC is now ruined for him for life.

[HouseDaddyHouse]

@megagerdts well your sister is kinda right...hear me out tho...obviously this was made before blink...the opening riff is similar to blinks core...same guitar line over and over with bass and a drum beat...both bands are talented in different and in different ways, i love tom petty and love blink. Two DIFFERENT bands of course but the riff shares blink characteristics. Tom Petty has his own sound, which no one can compare to overall and same with blink...i think what i said is fair.

[nslako]

Tom Petty is an American icon and treasure. Don't ever forget it!

[Drummer12054]

:48 smokin' weed. Listen closely. Pretty sneaky, huh?

[mancusomessiah]

@Drummer12054 i didnt hear it?

[rockinrex]

This song like many, never seems to grow old, it just gets better each time you hear it.

[trentigalaxy]

every one needs tom petty in their life!!

[Hoshimaru57]

@trentigalaxy Terrible that after not hearing this for years and years, when it started playing on the radio I thought it was Weezer.

For shame, doth I be so blind?

Man they don't make em like this anymore.

[MaybuTron]

@Hoshimaru57 you could also be fooled into thinking it was the Strokes or Raizorlight. They were more influential than people realise.

[NYChica23]

@trentigalaxy For sure....no one's life is complete without listening to this song ♥♥

[KiteSwift]

God it's so painful, something that's so close, is still so far out of reach.

Love that line

[stonedoregonian]

yeah cocaine niggys

[nkanga4]

the silence of the lams!!!

[AshleyRenee010]

love, love, love this song.

(:

[barzank]

it's good

[jonnyboy25]

silence of the lambs lol

[AmandaLpz]

HAHHAHA

[mellomex85]

great song great talent

[Lithium40]

It was on The Soprano's too!

[Lithium40]

I've listened to this about 10 times in a row now at work. Absolutely incredible!

[JiggyJus925]

this is like one of the only songs i can listen to over and over and over again and not get tired of

[thekillowagan]

great song

[katiesweet88]

ilove t.p and h.b

[mobegone]

Love Petty's music...too bad he's a freakin Gainesville Gator

[teacherofcrazy]

i think if scrubs 2...luv it

[Smittsam]

i think of scrubs.. <33

[BorisLuca]

This always makes me think of Silence of the Lambs.

I love this song!!!!

[CarlDeanFansite]

I didn't no it waz on Sugar and Spice, but I did no it waz on Fast Times At Ridgemont High & Silence of the Lambs!

[CarlDeanFansite]

This makes me think of Fast Times At Ridgemont High where she's walking n da skool,I 4got hr name,it's da gurl dat gets pregnant,but has an abortion!

[Rapidcar1]

ya rly..same here..btw her name is stacy

[lasenoriak]

I am a huge tom petty freak! some of my other favorites are brekdown, here comes my girl, and learning to fly

[mmurphy56154]

so sorry, like i really care

[funnygirlygirl63]

mmurphy - the lyrics aren't "we can rock all night" - they are "make it last (make it last) all night!" She was...an American Girl!

[mmurphy56154]

oh yea, alright take it easy baby we can rock all night, she was------

[4dOp]

TOM PETTY IS THE MAN!!!!

[Kathannara]

wow rockyracune Your honestly Very Dumb And a theme song... how old are you?

[rockyracune]

Kathannara, I am very smart is more like it, and getting more seasoned every day.

[katiesweet88]

i love all of tom pettys song he rocks

[TubaBordogni]

Tom petty, CCR, and the dead 4 life =D

[guitarmasta27]

you're dumb, and you spelled raccoon wrong.

[rockyracune]

Guitarmaster, of course I spelled raccoon wrong, you zit.

[jddsgirl98]

you rock!

[mstareen]

soo good

[eminemrulz727]

this song fucking rockss :P

[rocksuena]

THE BEST very good MUSIC greetings

[mugwamp1983]

Yes! That's what I always think of when I hear this...

[mugwamp1983]

Silence of the Lambs that is...

[cfoure]

Fast times at ridgemont high - fucking love it!!! I can just picture that chick getting her cherry popped...haha!

[lloyder022]

great song

[stev1963hit]

BACK WHEN MUSIC WAS GOOD EH.....AAAAAAAAARGH!Music IS still good-get off yer wobbly arse & look for it instead of whining like the old grannies did in our day-thanx 2 bands like The White Stripes,Strokes,Libertines,Yea­h Yeah Yeahs etc etc,we are currently enjoying the best decade for guitar music since the 70s-wake up or you'll miss it!R 'n R lives-45 & still lovin it!!!

[LizzehMarie]

this was at the end of the last episode of ugly betty :)

[islarox]

name 7 movies that this is in

[SpecOperation]

i know 2...uh...one movie with Britney Murphy and Sugar and Spice...thats all i know so far

[NECROPHYTE]

WHEN MUSIC WAS GOOD...........

[mojo1234567890]

lol, i have this album and still favourited this, i love this song

[rapideye97]

I had to sell this album to get enough money to buy the Anthology from 2000 (i was like 16 back then)

[superboop1]

bomb skill song!!!

[twistedoveryou01]

This song was played at the school opening in fast times at ridgemont high. Theres where you should know it from.

[uNANOtube]

i love this song so much

[MercurySyndrom]

OMG it's the same that "Last Nite" performed by The Strokes!

[TheRealAman]

You know this song was made decades before the strokes ever came out right?

[vislabok]

1978 or 1979 lol not 2000+

[lowzeewee]

the lead singer of The Strokes wasn't even born when this song was released

[MercurySyndrom]

No, i mean that the strokes has been ispired by this song for last nite. They just admitted it in interviews.

[brryboy]

Great song...

one of the bestest :]

im a fan of great Rock songs haha

[nicnoc1976]

I don't watch scrubs and I don't know why this song has such an association with it. I remember it being in 'Silence of the Lambs' though!

It's a brilliant song whatever and Tom is an amazing artist.

[apathyi87]

great song, can't get it out of my head.

it was also on the sopranos hehe, that's where i first heard it.

[yellowsplat]

one frapicinno please

[cheochivista]

Do you need help sir?

[claredontyoudare]

Jeez, I thought I was the only person who had that scene pop into their head when listening to this song.

[Stummy777]

great great song

[hollydolly1083]

"And for one desperate moment there

He crept back in her memory

God its so painful

When something is so close

And still so far out of reach"

AMAZING! Ditto kalie525

[kalie525]

It was kind of cold that night She stood alone on her balcony She could the cars roll by Out on 441 Like waves crashin in the beach And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God its so painful When something is so close And still so far out of reach genis lyrics ^^

[riffetsork]

Elliot goes wild while hearing this song! :) All though favorite song from scrubs is "be yourself"

[Cheltenham1983]

me and my wife absolutly love this song,amazing

[ipodtoucher3]

o yeah alright this song rocks out so original!!

[crapcatpie]

i like it how most of these comments are from the show scrubs, i'm not saying i don't like that show in fact i do like it but come on now its tom petty people, you should be saying just how great of a artist he is from his music and not just because it was on scrubs

[RowenMorland]

I myself listen to this song because of Scott Pilgrim.

[Akiknock]

anyone ever wish there was a third verse rather than that long jam session at the end?

[eddit]

I feel the same way.

[timmer919hep]

I can't help but think "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" when I hear this song...

[wbillw]

real rock music...

[CheapSoundNinjaZ]

This song is so beautiful, I nearly tear up everytime I hear it.

[zlover19]

the best song eva

[oriontiger68]

this song is awsome

[iwuvpat]

i like this song

[TyranoWTF]

Best Ever:)

[TheGhostfaceKilla]

going to tom petty in augest!!!

[kalie525]

lucky.

[guba2giba]

great song

ruined the super bowl

still one of my top songs

[GarveyFishing]

WTF are you kidding? That was the highlight of the Superbowl.

[thebeatls09k]

are fucking high

[ledzeppelinrules1]

my fav song at the moment

[sirkikiman]

it sound a little like he was crying in the beginning , i still love this song

[UrieMatters]

The songs in Scrubs are always amazing. Love this one especially =]

[riffetsork]

I also heard in scrubs, from the episode where Elliot goes crazy! :)

[BiChecker]

sounds like petting

[xxxzduckyzxxx]

this song rules 1 of my favorit tom petty songs i dont have 1 fav i have many tom petty rules rock on

[pzandluv]

there should be more comment on here.this is a great song=)

[plays0merock]

i know it from scrubs and i love it... like many other scrubs songs

[eatingpeace]

thats were i heard it lol

[countrykyle2007]

tom petty is the shit