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I wanted to sound like Tom Petty, I wanted to emulate his movements.”ĭamn the Torpedoes’ first years also were spent in bars, Kubicz says. “You don’t have to be an operatic singer like Freddy Mercury” to sing Petty, he says.īut he thought that if he was going to do a tribute, “I’d have to go all the way. He say Petty fit his skills, especially as a singer. And I saw these other guys - I had a couple of friends who were in tribute bands, and although they were only playing bars also, I thought to myself, ‘You know, geez, if I was going to do a tribute band, who would I do it for?’” “So I wanted to do something that was a little bit more exciting. Tom Petty tribute band Damn The Torpedoes (Contributed photo) ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10.^ "Top Selling Singles of 1980 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart".^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada".^ " Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee".^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers" (in Dutch).

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"Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Other versions have been recorded by Vains of Jenna, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and The Gaslight Anthem. "Refugee" was covered by Melissa Etheridge in 2005 for her album Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, and reached No. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number 10 on their list of the 20 greatest Tom Petty songs, and in 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the song number two on their list of the 50 greatest Tom Petty songs.

"Refugee" is widely regarded as one of Petty's best songs. īillboard described "Refugee" as being "Petty at his best," specifically praising the "gutsy rock vocal and searing guitar lines." Cash Box said it has "growing interplay between guitar and organ, coupled with Petty’s forceful vocals." Record World called it a "perfect union of power and passion." Reception

I just couldn't take the pressure anymore, but then I came back and when we regrouped we were actually able to get it down on tape. I remember being so frustrated with it one day that - I think this is the only time I ever did this - I just left the studio and went out of town for two days. We just had a hard time getting the feel right. He (Tom Petty) wrote over the music as it was, no changes, but it took us forever to actually cut the track. It was a 4-track that I made at my house.

In a November 2003 interview with Songfacts, Campbell described the recording sessions for "Refugee": The song's co-writer Mike Campbell said "Refugee" was one of the first songs he wrote, and recounted, 'I just wrote the music and handed it to Tom and he put the words over it, and when he did he found a way to make the chorus lift up without changing chords.' 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. " Refugee" is a song recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, was released in January 1980 as the second single from their album Damn the Torpedoes, and peaking at No. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1980 single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Refugee"