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Tom Petty's Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits

By Billboard Staff
10/2/2017
By Billboard Staff
10/2/2017
Tom Petty
Joe Pugliese

Tom Petty photographed by Joe Pugliese in his Malibu studio on June 26, 2014.

Counting down Petty's 20 biggest smashes with the Heartbreakers and beyond.

Rock icon Tom Petty was a steady presence on the Billboard Hot 100 between the late-1970s and mid-'90s, whether solo or with his long-running backing band The Heartbreakers.

He charted more than two dozen songs on the tally, led by a trio of top 10s that reflected his cornerstone status on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, arguably Petty's home base on the charts. He logged 10 Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1s among 28 top 10s, the latter the record for the most top 10s in the chart's history.

Petty also charted 12 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, finally triumphing at No. 1 with his final album with the Heartbreakers, 2014's Hypnotic Eye. His pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch (revived in the late 2000s) added two top 10s later in his career, most recently 2016's 2 (No. 10), while The Traveling Wilburys -- the supergroup also consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison -- charted a pair of original full-lengths, led by 1988's No. 3-peaking The Traveling Wilburys (Vol. 1).

Below is Billboard's exclusive ranking of Petty's 20 biggest Hot 100 hits, from his solo and Heartbreakers songs to collaborations with Stevie Nicks.

Legend: This chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods.

Counting down Petty's 20 biggest smashes with the Heartbreakers and beyond.

  1. 21

    "Here Comes My Girl" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 59 | Peak Date: 5/24/1980

  2. 20

    "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 54 | Peak Date: 7/6/1985

  3. 19

    "A Face in the Crowd" by Tom Petty Hot 100 Peak: No. 46 | Peak Date: 3/24/1990

  5. 18

    "I Need to Know" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 41 | Peak Date: 8/5/1978

  6. 17

    "Needles and Pins" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks Hot 100 Peak: No. 37 | Peak Date: 3/1/1986

  7. 16

    "Breakdown" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 40 | Peak Date: 2/18/1978

  9. 15

    "Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 28 | Peak Date: 8/24/1991

  10. 14

    "Change of Heart" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 21 | Peak Date: 4/2/1983

  11. 13

    "The Waiting" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 19 | Peak Date: 6/13/1981

  13. 12

    "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 18 | Peak Date: 6/20/1987

  14. 11

    "Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty Hot 100 Peak: No. 23 | Peak Date: 9/23/1989

  15. 10

    "Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 14 | Peak Date: 3/19/1994

  17. 9

    "Refugee" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 15 | Peak Date: 3/15/1980

  18. 8

    "You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 20 | Peak Date: 1/29/1983

  19. 7

    "You Don't Know How It Feels" by Tom Petty Hot 100 Peak: No. 13 | Peak Date: 2/4/1995

  21. 6

    "Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 13 | Peak Date: 5/18/1985

  22. 5

    "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty Hot 100 Peak: No. 12 | Peak Date: 7/1/1989

  23. 4

    "Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 10 | Peak Date: 2/2/1980

  25. 3

    "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty Hot 100 Peak: No. 7 | Peak Date: 1/27/1990

  26. 2

    "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hot 100 Peak: No. 3 | Peak Date: 9/5/1981

By Billboard Staff
10/2/2017

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