American Girl performed by Tom Petty

[MissLuciaWagner]

this is freaking me out...... i feel like i'm about to be abducted by a fake cripple.

[yonathana]

lil sebastian?

[hamsterdam92]

The Silence of the Lambs, The Sopranos, and Parks and Rec brought me here.

[chalemi]

Whoa! Who are the babes at 1:17 and 1:41?

[jamie12345950]

i love this song american girl even though im english but this song was on silence of the lambs great song the fat girl in the film wo was singing this song is called brooke smith lol tom petty is so cool for making this song lol

[tiggerNG6]

It puts the lotion on it's skin, or else it's gets the hose again!

[TheShakiebreaks]

@tiggerNG6 PUT THE LOTION IN THE FUCKING BASKET!XD

[AirBahg]

@TheShakiebreaks i want my mommy 

[jimmysuvoy]

@tiggerNG6

the song is a Roger McGuinn original... Tom Petty covered it. McGuinn was the leader of a band way back called the Byrds. This song was on a solo album of his...

[tiggerNG6]

@jimmysuvoy Thanks for the info mate, much appreciated!

[1vmgl6ma]

Sopranos! 

[coffeecoffee25]

um, Audrey Hepburn was not American.

[charlievincespurrier]

Yeah Tom, you massive racist! Why can't you adapt your artistic creations to appease the whims of self-righteous teen-age girls?

[MattMahael]

Tom Petty is an amazing musician. I got into his music about a year ago, and I just keep coming back for more. He may not be the first of his kind or the last, but he's really underrated and unappreciated for the amount of talent he has. Cheers.

[nickinutzable]

o aint nbno american girl!!celts forever x

[TrybalQT]

My only question is... I'm a NATIVE AMERICAN GURL -- I respect tribute to our fair sisters but where are the AMERICAN SISTERS OF COLOR??? Love the song - do not appreciate the lack of representatation of OTHER AMERICAN GIRLS... LOVE YOU....MEAN IT... XXOO

[simolui]

@TrybalQT marry me?

[bmmcgraw16]

The bass in the intro is awesome.

[Mikromarc5]

love this song

[mclovin5211]

fuck you ads

[allycat771]

i heard this in guitar hero 5

[Theallyandashleyshow]

This song was about a girl that committed suicide in Gainesville. UF Beatty towers.

[SpadesHeart]

@Theallyandashleyshow this was actually refuted by Mr. Petty himself... though it certainly would have given the song even more depth.

[tracyisbest]

@Theallyandashleyshow WRONG! Not based on any suicide - it's urban legend. Read the link (which you'll have to connect as it won't type if I put the actual link):

w w w.snopes.com/music/songs/ameri­cangirl.asp

[thrashdouche21]

silence of the lambs

[alfiesellers]

You forgot Marilyn Monroe. :(

[taxikus]

Scott Pilgrim 3 brought me here...

[IntentionalChaosBass]

Audrey Hepburn, for one, isn't American... not sure about the other actresses though

[gosj3964]

@IntentionalChaosBass Mrs. Hepburn was British...but her fame and fortune happened in America.

[SteelsammyFilms]

@gosj3964 Hepburn was born in Belgium

[gosj3964]

@SteelsammyFilms Her Nationality was British.

[Tman28666]

2:13 to 2:20 that's Donna Reed!!  I never noticed that before...

[EECsrt4]

Cocks and Farts



[hkoenig1]

@EECsrt4 best comment ever! Me and my gf have just been pissing ourselves laughing at that!!!!!!!!

[Symoose25]

The Silence Of The Lambs.

[brandiebart]

They were also all smokers,drinkers,beautiful and died rich.

[Fallkenn]

All these girls are white, and im lovin it.

[ciarankk]

Not to put a damper on this amazingly positive song but i started listening to this because of the silence of the lambs

[PutItAway101]

@ciarankk Uhhh... you hear these lyrics and you think it's "amazingly positive"? LOL

Well, it was kind of cold that night

She stood alone on her balcony

Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by

Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach

And for one desperate moment

There he crept back in her memory

God it's so painful when something that's so close

Is still so far out of reach

[SecretService80]

@ciarankk Me, too! "Put the fucking lotion in the basket!" My favorite movie!

[Bzamm615]

@ciarankk SAME

[SpadesHeart]

@ciarankk what makes you think its amazingly positive 0_o?... always seemed a little sad to me.

[BrandyBranduBrando]

booskie :D

[joemcg16]

Sopranos

[ovechkin100]

ingrid bergman ??????????

[KaspiantheGreat]

Why would you cut off the outro??!?!?!?

[Eldytho]

I slipped on pee-pee at the cosco and got myself a $53,000 settlement. Thumbs up if you get it.

[mrmojo1980]

@Eldytho KOTH

[mrmojo1980]

@Eldytho KOTH

Lucky

[AliDDJV]

Parks and Rec brought me here !

[newton296]

nice black and white's pics! all very classy and beautiful ladies!

[ZeroMegaXful]

LAAST NITEE, SHEEE- Oh wrong song

[veronicaschall]

still a pretty cool picture roll and they are all beauitful.

[123loco1991]

If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?

[paully1969]

why post you cunt..!

[paully1969]

I am so sad you wont allow me to share this wonderful piece. I shall try to post it again regardless... like Sysyphus... onwards and upwards...

Thanks anyway Paully x

[shroomraptor]

Where's Francis Farmer?



[Kellogs43able]

i think i'm getting tired of american girls...

[MrYENN77]

damn this makes me miss my exgirlfriend....damn this sux but this song helps

[Onailuj83]

GENE TIERNEY is the most beautiful!!!

Ela é a mais bela!!!

[BingAndHeSaid]

My head immediately starts singing "Last Night" when this song starts. The opening's basically the same...

[Rawr2470]

Audrey Hepburn isn't an American girl. UK all the way, get it right.

[viniciusbfonseca]

@Rawr2470 she's from Switzerland actually

[crawf84]

@viniciusbfonseca

she's from Belgium....actually

[crawf84]

@Rawr2470

She's Belgian



[paully1969]

some cunt wont let me play this on facebook... what a fucking waste

[jimjago]

Nice Job. Thanks. You can never go wrong with pictures of pretty woman.

[Maccoos]

Cracking good tune, great pics. Olivia De Havilland deserves a spot tho.

[Maccoos]

Who is the cutie at 2.51?

[uExist]

@Maccoos Audrey Hepburn

[NobodyFucksWithJesus]

As a one-man indie band I totally realize how much I owe Tom Petty.

[danpfd]

You forgot THE most beautiful American actress.... Marilyn Monroe!

[sirklondike303]

@danpfd how right you are!

[Rasberrysundae101]

@danpfd beautiful yes, but unfortunately untalented. lol

[thekillers1stfan]

@danpfd uuhhh Grace Kelly is way better looking than marilyn

[lemmingsinsight89]

Wish they had mTV today like back in the day. Not this fictional fantasy or reality bullshit shows. Barely playing music. Music today suks.

[MrPariah29]

44 people probably cant make it last all night.............take it easy baby

[superjetism]

I THINK WOMEN WERE MORE HOT BACK THEN!!!

[MatthewThomasWxm]

This song gives me goosebumps!

[donnybasshero]

getting jiggy with it?

[LadyMacbeth22]

i did a project where i had to dress up like mary pickford. curls and all :) love this song. love tom petty. <3

[TheJunior88888888]

not bad

[glaeken14]

I love it is A Wonder!!

[ohsnapsydney368]

Fast times at Ridgemont high

[xHARD2EXPLAINx]

Last nite? The Strokes...

[shazzaman1]

thanks scrubs

[Sperlin]

Grace Kelly ends it....love it

[wizkidlove]

LAST NITE SHE WAS AN AMERICAN GIRL

[DonJuansDaddy]

This song is not about a girl who killed herself, this is about a song of a girl who is dreaming of a better life, the american dream, not just monetarily, but emotionally, spiritually. Sadly, she couldn't find in a man, like she probably was promised as a little girl and realize she has to make it happen herself.

This is the transition of a true American Girl to an American B!tch. And yes, jackass fuckin' excuse of men nowadays are the reason that women like this are scarce to come by.

[29luckyred]

@DonJuansDaddy Sad but true.

[D84D]

one day we'll be laying face down in the gutter saying man that's a great tom petty song. oh and who ever that D84D guy is, he sure is a douchbag!!

[danpfd]

OK, what about Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe (the #1 American beauty!)

[HowardSternn]

Michelle Battman only wished she had as much talent or a brain like Tom Petty. Battman is just another dirty rotten Right-Wing Slut

[mrsrobinson36]

Great photos of real American Beauties!

[Tommy9104]

@D84D a thought device 4 u...picture us all stranded on a desert island...WE r the gov't...if one us figures out how to cleverly hoard most of the coconuts, we ALL,-- i.e. the gov't, take them away from him

[D84D]

Oh Tom Petty would be the first to tell you he's not a symbol, not an icon. He's just a dude. So why the fuck would you idolize a politician like Obama? Or Bush? Or Clinton? or anyone for that matter?? Damn people they have us split. They have us against us. It should be you against them (the government) Individual freedom, Individual liberty. Did you forget? Oh you haven't been informed. Well now you're conformed!! Good luck with that!!!

[D84D]

why is everyone in hollywood and music so up tight. they are what they claim to be against. One crowd, one group, one cause, one thought, one government (dems). Oh ya I remember. Fuck mom and dad. Fuck the white man. fuck those people. Right 'don't tell me what to do'. Well you have 'your' government now and they are doing exactly what you 'fought' against. They are all over us. Just rememeber It's about individual freedom. not freedom for a group or organization. freedom from them.

[icatchrye]

@D84D It's also freedom from having politicians steal your music, douchebag.

[fvmansour]

HAHAHA...that loon Michele Bachman...just got a cease and desist from Tom Petty telling her to stop using her song...I don't think she's listened to the lyrics, otherwise it is an odd choice for a campaign song

[6007AC]

@fvmansour Petty got support from, of all people, Ted Nugent. Good for Ted. Hey, maybe Tom Petty will let her use "Don't Come Around Here No More".

[gladeplugins]

@fvmansour lol, I can't blame him! If I made a song and it was being used by the same lady who wants to "pray the gay away", then I'd tell her to stop using it too!

[BigAlTucc]

Why is it all white girls in the montage?



[JoaoPalmaROKE]

LAST NITE! SHE SAI...oh wait, wrong video. sorry

[Tommy9104]

katherine...not audrey

[Tommy9104]

hepburn gets my vote...love the smile

[BennieAA]

i think this is one of the best videos on youtube. great song and a stunning slideshow. i much prefer the classy women of old hollywood compzred to what we have today

[Cardsharkiller]

dont get me wrong, I like the music, But listen to the words. Its such a Sad fucking song !! Like it brings a small tear to my eye. The poor girl gets killed by a car /truck. & the driver is there with her begging her to not Die ! SAD! so fucking sad lol :). but good song.

[colerie1974]

This is one of the best tom petty songs ever!!!

[doingdorothy]

did you forget to put Judy Garland in this

[alfiesellers]

@doingdorothy They forgot Marilyn too.



[robierobier]

love this......real music

[FRMOutsideSpace]

1:15 mega boner

[downchick105]

is the breakdown at 2:16 a sample? or has it been sampled?

[wasternumber1]

@downchick105 Glad you picked up on that. It was sampled on "Big Night Out" by Fun Lovin Criminals

[embojitsu]

Ok I so love this song and the idea for the video, please don't hate me but you know that some of those girls aren't American, right?

[GeezeMahn]

@embojitsu umm being american has nothing to do with your race last time i checked? an american is defined as somone born in the united states..

[embojitsu]

@GeezeMahn Not all of these ladies were born in America.

[GeezeMahn]

@embojitsu mmm...really? how'd you know that? did you confront them or there mothers? just cuz cuz someone isnt white doesnt mean they werent born here.

[embojitsu]

@GeezeMahn Ok I think you're a bit confused about what I meant; this is not a race issue, it's a question of geography. I know that not all of these actresses were born in America because some of them are among my favourites and were all born in different parts of the world. Also, the internet is a powerful tool to check out someone's details. I am pointing it out because the video was made for "American Girls". It is just an observation, not an argument.

[GeezeMahn]

@embojitsu i just found it offensive..but alright. i see your point

[embojitsu]

@GeezeMahn Sorry for any misunderstanding; no offence meant.

[Pumarisi124]

Where's Marilyn Monroe?

[nicthenapster]

The first time I heard this song it was on "Silence of the Lambs" right before she got kidnapped...it's such a great song, but the memories it brings are sooo awkward!

[nicthenapster]

The first time I heard this song it was on "Silence of the Lambs" right before she got kidnapped...it's such a great song, but the memories it brings are sooo awkward!

[ooxblelwz]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU!

[scarface49666]

Damn I love Fast Times At Ridgemont High!

[inksish]

thumbs up if a certain tv show about maintaining balance between running a mob family and being the head of your own brought you here :)

[takeitbackfloyd]

check british band kulu's debut video change of heart on youtube, there album no rider is on i tunes great listen

[looncat5666]

It puts the lotion in the basket.

[kingcaesar5]

probably not a good idea to put joan crawford so close to bette davis.

[leftmespechless]

lot of love.

[eLdiAbLoCo]

i'm about to marry a danish girl. i love her to death but sometimes i wish she was less european lol if she was a tad bit more like an american girl that wouldve been a lot cooler hehe

[SAiKARO]

Audrey Hepburn wasn't even American.

[drroxxo1]

indie bands dont realize how much they owe tom petty...

[mirat55]

last night's soooo much better

[phalceprofit]

Yay for songs about dumb American bitches that kill themselves over guys!

(seriously, Petty's the man)

[jeystonemusic]

you seem kinda handicapped

[Chaotic841]

got to see him live last summer.. greatest expierience of my life.. besides sex anyways..

[TreyTheHunter4]

39 people have no heart

[AwkwardCupcakes]

Yes, The Strokes said that they used the same riff from this song for 'Last Nite' and Tom Petty said he didn't mind that they used it.

[electricbixxh]

I always find that Last Nite by The Strokes sounds so similar to this song.

[lflaherty]

@electricbixxh that would the the strokes sounding like Tom Petty, son.

[HmmstheWord]

@electricbixxh It was modeled after this song, actually. So that'd be why.

[DPBlanche]

Tom Petty is lying when he says it's not about the girl from UF who killed herself.

[Lorten1986]

@DPBlanche How can he be lying if he wrote the song you moron

[DPBlanche]

@Lorten1986 I think you are mistaken. You are the moron. If Tom Petty wrote this song (which he did) and says it's about one thing, when it's actually about another, what is that? Well, it's a knowingly false statement. Ah fuck what is that thing called? Oh yeah a lie.

[Megatonaxe]

39 pepole are gay and or women



[electricbixxh]

@Megatonaxe I'm gay and I love this song. Also, I know plenty of women who love this song. You make no sense.

[EffLabels]

@Megatonaxe I am a woma and I fucking LOVE this song

[Megatonaxe]

@EffLabels i meant by the pictures. because they look like porno pics. or

[1121100603]

Who is 1:20 ?

[cudambercam13]

From Silence of the Lambs. <3

[kona1821]

@cudambercam13, lmao i was just thinking that....... lol

[TheXtro101]

For some strange reason,when I get this song in my head,I think of the movie...

"The Silence of the Lamb"(the first time I heard this song was from that 1991 movie).

[fracaec]

O WOOW , I WAS LOKING THIS SONG FOR MANY TIMES . THANKS........

[JohnnyTOCach]

On the corner of University and Elm. There's a plaque on the spot where the house used to be.

[jcam1025]

Mary Pickford was a Canuck - born in Toronto 1892

[bluefinz27]

Who's the girl at 1:42 ?

[domster56789]

@bluefinz27 According to list of names that should be Gene Tierney

[str8z]

@bluefinz27 Gene Tierney

[Eoinposse]

What a song!

[capricious71]

I think they were all beauties but particularly Grace Kelly. She had a very modern kind of look.

[StrangerToEarth]

@capricious71 First of all: beauties. You might as well have said they were 'beauts' or 'gorge'.

Secondly, Grace Kelly was hardly modern. She had the most classic and otherworldly look - wistful and ballroom. Modern is more Marilyn Monroe.

[claes420]

@StrangerToEarth what the fuck is up your ass? why can he or she not make a comment like that? fucking douche

[classicbritpop]

i dont think it sounds the same

[jasminehudson30]

funny there aren't any other american women that aren't white isn't there any other ethnicities in america?

[watzfadinner3]

Im afraid after I listen to this song im gonna help a guy put a sofa in his van and then he will ask me "Are you a size 14?" And then Im gonna get kidnapped!

[dogbig02]

@watzfadinner3 Haaaaaaaaaaa youneed to do stand up !!!!!

[doingdorothy]

@watzfadinner3

put the lotion on

[skerples]

@watzfadinner3 wow XD silence of the lambs...i just watched that movie today for the first time

[rorschachslove]

@watzfadinner3 Haha Silence of the Lambs! :D Everytime I hear this now I think of Clarice x3

[JordoHC]

great song except for the 35 downers

[NutsandBerrys88]

Picutres are great! Back before women had to be bean pole thin and half naked to be considered 'beautiful'

[christmas2010santa]

Great video! Thanks xox

[171019702004]

Where is Marylin...?

[ParkerHatesIdiots]

I love how people say The Strokes 'stole" this.

Stole?

Honestly?

Each generation leaves behind their work, for the next to reflect on. And that's what Julian Casablancas did.