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I'm Tanya Moseley.
If you've been watching the Apple tv series Bad Monkey, you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one.
Well, I won't back down no, I won't back down back down.
You can stand me up at the gates of hell but I won't back down no, I'll stand my ground won't be turned around and I'll keep this world from dragging me down go, stay on my ground and I won't back.
Down.
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out.
Hey.
That'S Sharon Van Etten.
Tom Petty led the band the Heartbreakers, whose other hits include American Girl, listen to her heart, running down a Dream, and Break down.
The band's classic 1982 album, Long after Dark, was recently reissued.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame the first year they were eligible in 2002.
As a member of the band the Traveling Woolberries.
From 88 to 90, Petty performed with several artists he admired, like Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Roy Orbison.
Tom Petty died in 2017 at the age of 66.