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American Girl by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty Est Le Meneur Et Compositeur Du Groupe Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Groupe De Rock Américain Dont La Chanson La Plus Connue Est Leur Succès De La Fin Des Années 70 "Breakdown". Petty Et Les Membres De Son Groupe Ont Commencé Par Jouer Dans Leur État D'origine La Floride Mais Au Milieu Des Années 70 Ils Partirent Pour Los Angeles Afin D'enregistrer Leurs Futurs Albums. Leur Premier Album Homonyme De 1976 Inclut Les Titres "Breakdown" Et "American Girl" Et Reçoit Tout D'abord Un Très Bon Accueil Au Royaume-Uni. Au Moment De La Sortie De Leur Deuxième Album En 1978 You're Gonna Get It Le Premier S'installe Dans Les Classements Américains Des Meilleures Ventes. Le Succès De L'album Damn The Torpedoes En 1979 Les Propulse Directement Du Circuit Des Night-Clubs À Des Salles D'importance Nationale. À La Fin Des Années 80 Tom Petty Entame Une Carrière Solo. L'album Full Moon Fever Sort En 1989 Et S'installe Dans Le Haut Du Classement Des Meilleures Ventes Cette Année-Là. À La Même Période Il Collabore Avec George Harrison Bob Dylan Roy Orbison Et Jeff Lynne Au Sein Du Groupe The Travelling Wilburys. Parmi Les Autres Succès Notoires De Petty Entré En 2002 Au Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame On Peut Citer "Don't Do Me Like That" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Into The Great Wide Open" Et "Free Falling".
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"American Girl" Is The Second Single From Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' Self-Titled Debut Album. The Single Did Not Chart In The U.S. But In The UK It Peaked At #40 The Week Ending August 27 1977. Due To Lyrics Mentioning Cars Rolling By "out On 441" And A Desperate Girl On A Balcony The Song Was Rumored To Have Been Written About A Girl Who Committed Suicide By Jumping From The Beaty Towers Dormitory At The University Of Florida In Gainesville Florida Where Tom Petty Grew Up. U.S. Route 441 Runs Along The University Campus Right Beside Beaty Towers. Carl Van Ness The University Of Florida's Official Historian Believes That A Student Committed Suicide By Jumping From One Of The Beaty Towers During The Late '60s Or Early '70s When Tom Petty Still Lived In Gainesville. However The Dorm Does Not Have Balconies. When Asked Directly About The Story In The Book Conversations With Tom Petty Petty Responded Urban Legend. It's Become A Huge Urban Myth Down In Florida. That's Just Not At All True. The Song Has Nothing To Do With That. But That Story Really Gets Around... They've Really Got The Whole Story. I've Even Seen Magazine Articles About That Story. 'Is It True Or Isn't It True?' They Could Have Just Called Me And Found Out It Wasn't True. In The Same Interview Petty Says That He Wrote The Song While Living In California I Don't Remember Exactly. I Was Living In An Apartment Where I Was Right By The Freeway. And The Cars Would Go By. In Encino Near Leon Russell's House. And I Remember Thinking That That Sounded Like The Ocean To Me. That Was My Ocean. My Malibu. Where I Heard The Waves Crash But It Was Just The Cars Going By. I Think That Must Have Inspired The Lyric. The Opening Lines "Well She Was An American Girl Raised On Promises" May Have Been Influenced By A Similar Line From Francis Ford Coppola's Directorial Debut "Dementia 13" A 1963 Horror Flick Set In Ireland In Which The Character Louise Haloran Played By Luana Anders Has The Line "The Mood Around This Place Isn't Good For Her. Especially An American Girl. You Can Tell She's Been Raised On Promises."
Heartbreakers Guitarist Mike Campbell Told Songfacts About American Girl "We Used To Have People Come Up To Us And Tell Us They Thought It Was About Suicide Because Of The One Line About 'if She Had To Die ' But What They Didn't Get Was The Whole Line Is 'if She Had To Die Trying.' Some People Take It Literally And Out Of Context. To Me It's Just A Really Beautiful Love Song. It Does Have Some Florida Imagery."
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Tom Petty Est Le Meneur Et Compositeur Du Groupe Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Groupe De Rock Américain Dont La Chanson La Plus Connue Est Leur Succès De La Fin Des Années 70 "Breakdown". Petty Et Les Membres De Son Groupe Ont Commencé Par Jouer Dans Leur État D'origine La Floride Mais Au Milieu Des Années 70 Ils Partirent Pour Los Angeles Afin D'enregistrer Leurs Futurs Albums. Leur Premier Album Homonyme De 1976 Inclut Les Titres "Breakdown" Et "American Girl" Et Reçoit Tout D'abord Un Très Bon Accueil Au Royaume-Uni. Au Moment De La Sortie De Leur Deuxième Album En 1978 You're Gonna Get It Le Premier S'installe Dans Les Classements Américains Des Meilleures Ventes. Le Succès De L'album Damn The Torpedoes En 1979 Les Propulse Directement Du Circuit Des Night-Clubs À Des Salles D'importance Nationale. À La Fin Des Années 80 Tom Petty Entame Une Carrière Solo. L'album Full Moon Fever Sort En 1989 Et S'installe Dans Le Haut Du Classement Des Meilleures Ventes Cette Année-Là. À La Même Période Il Collabore Avec George Harrison Bob Dylan Roy Orbison Et Jeff Lynne Au Sein Du Groupe The Travelling Wilburys. Parmi Les Autres Succès Notoires De Petty Entré En 2002 Au Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame On Peut Citer "Don't Do Me Like That" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Into The Great Wide Open" Et "Free Falling".
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"American Girl" is the second single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. The single did not chart in the U.S., but in the UK it peaked at #40 the week ending August 27, 1977.
Due to lyrics mentioning cars rolling by "out on 441" and a desperate girl on a balcony, the song was rumored to have been written about a girl who committed suicide by jumping from the Beaty Towers dormitory at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where Tom Petty grew up. (U.S. Route 441 runs along the university campus right beside Beaty Towers.)
Carl Van Ness, the University of Florida's official historian, believes that a student committed suicide by jumping from one of the Beaty Towers during the late '60s or early '70s, when Tom Petty still lived in Gainesville. However, the dorm does not have balconies.
When asked directly about the story in the book Conversations With Tom Petty, Petty responded:
Urban legend. It's become a huge urban myth down in Florida. That's just not at all true. The song has nothing to do with that. But that story really gets around... They've really got the whole story. I've even seen magazine articles about that story. 'Is it true or isn't it true?' They could have just called me and found out it wasn't true.
In the same interview, Petty says that he wrote the song while living in California:
I don't remember exactly. I was living in an apartment where I was right by the freeway. And the cars would go by. In Encino, near Leon Russell's house. And I remember thinking that that sounded like the ocean to me. That was my ocean. My Malibu. Where I heard the waves crash, but it was just the cars going by. I think that must have inspired the lyric.
The opening lines, "Well she was an American Girl, Raised on promises" may have been influenced by a similar line from Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut, "Dementia 13", a 1963 horror flick set in Ireland in which the character Louise Haloran, played by Luana Anders, has the line, "The mood around this place isn't good for her. Especially an American girl. You can tell she's been raised on promises."
Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell told Songfacts about American Girl: "We used to have people come up to us and tell us they thought it was about suicide because of the one line about 'if she had to die,' but what they didn't get was, the whole line is 'if she had to die trying.' Some people take it literally and out of context. To me it's just a really beautiful love song. It does have some Florida imagery." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.