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Quiz about Tom Petty the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits Quiz

This quiz is for all you Tom Petty fans.

A multiple-choice quiz by CoolerThanU13. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
CoolerThanU13

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,456

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What song are these lyrics from?
"...It's a long day living in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin'
through the yard
And I'm a bad boy cause I
don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart..." Hint

Free Falling

Something in the Air

Mary Janes Last Dance

Learning to Fly

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Question 2 of 10

2. What song are these lyrics from?
"...Two cars park on the overpass, rocks hit the water like broken glass.
I shoulda known right then it was too good to last,
God, it's such a drag when you live in the past..." Hint

Even the Losers

Here Come My Girl

Running Down a Dream

Don't Come Around Here No More

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Question 3 of 10

3. What song are these lyrics from?
"...Who would've thought that
You'd fall for his line
All of a sudden
It's me on the outside..." Hint

American Girl

I Need to Know

Don't Do Me Like That

Listen to her Heart

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Question 4 of 10

4. What song are these lyrics from?
"...You put a hand on my cheek
And then you turn your eyes away..." Hint

Breakdown

You Got Lucky

Learning to Fly

Even the Losers

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Question 5 of 10

5. What song are these lyrics from?
"...Baby, we ain't the first.
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned.
Right now this seems real to you,
But it's one of those things you
gotta feel to be true..." Hint

American Girl

Refugee

Here Come my Girl

Listen to her Heart

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Question 6 of 10

6. What song are these lyrics from?
"...Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now
Don't it feel like something from a dream
Yeah I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again..." Hint

Into the Great Wide Open

Running down a Dream

Something in the Air

The Waiting

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Question 7 of 10

7. What song are these lyrics from?
"...Well it was kinda 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..." Hint

Here Comes my Girl

The Waiting

Mary Jane's Last Dance

American Girl

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Question 8 of 10

8. What song are these lyrics from?
"...I've had this feelin' inside night out and day in,
Baby, I can't take it no more..." Hint

Don't Do Me Like That

Refugee

I Need to Know

Don't Come Around Here No More

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. What song are these lyrics from?
"...There are pigeons down on the market square
She's standing in her underwear
Looking down from a hotel room
Nightfall will be coming soon..." Hint

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Learning to Fly

American Girl

Don't do me like that

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Question 10 of 10

10. What song are these lyrics from?
"...It's alright if you love me
It's alright if you don't
I'm not afraid of you running away,
Honey, I get the feeling you wont..." Hint

You Got Lucky

I Won't Back Down

Breakdown

Don't Come Around Here No More

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What song are these lyrics from? "...It's a long day living in Reseda There's a freeway runnin' through the yard And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even miss her I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart..."

Answer: Free Falling

"Free Falling" spent 33 weeks on the chart, making it Petty's longest charting track.

2. What song are these lyrics from? "...Two cars park on the overpass, rocks hit the water like broken glass. I shoulda known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you live in the past..."

Answer: Even the Losers

Tom Petty said that the first time they tried to record this song they didn't have any lyrics for the chorus, so he improvised.

3. What song are these lyrics from? "...Who would've thought that You'd fall for his line All of a sudden It's me on the outside..."

Answer: I Need to Know

Stevie Nicks has been covering this song in concert since 1981.

4. What song are these lyrics from? "...You put a hand on my cheek And then you turn your eyes away..."

Answer: You Got Lucky

In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

5. What song are these lyrics from? "...Baby, we ain't the first. I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned. Right now this seems real to you, But it's one of those things you gotta feel to be true..."

Answer: Refugee

"Refugee" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1980.

6. What song are these lyrics from? "...Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now Don't it feel like something from a dream Yeah I've never known nothing quite like this Don't it feel like tonight might never be again..."

Answer: The Waiting

"The Waiting" was number one on Billboard's new Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks.

7. What song are these lyrics from? "...Well it was kinda 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..."

Answer: American Girl

"American Girl" has been featured in several films; some might recognize it from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

8. What song are these lyrics from? "...I've had this feelin' inside night out and day in, Baby, I can't take it no more..."

Answer: Don't Do Me Like That

"Don't Do Me Like That" reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first Top Ten hit.

9. What song are these lyrics from? "...There are pigeons down on the market square She's standing in her underwear Looking down from a hotel room Nightfall will be coming soon..."

Answer: Mary Jane's Last Dance

The video for this song won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1994, which features Petty as a morgue assistant who takes a corpse (Kim Basinger) home for a dinner date!

10. What song are these lyrics from? "...It's alright if you love me It's alright if you don't I'm not afraid of you running away, Honey, I get the feeling you wont..."

Answer: Breakdown

The single "Breakdown" was on the album, "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers" in 1976. It was produced by Denny Cordell and written by Tom Petty.

Source: Author CoolerThanU13

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