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Song · 1977 · Heartland rock

American Girl

1977

★ 7.6 editorial score

Petty cut it on the Fourth of July, 1976, and Roger McGuinn heard the Byrds so clearly he covered it.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Genre

Heartland rock Rock

Subject

Restlessness Longing Youth

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Quote · 1605

“Ancient times were the youth of the world.”

Francis Bacon

Book · 1916

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James Joyce

Artwork · 1573

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