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"You Wreck Me"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Wildflowers
B-side
  • "Cabin Down Below"
  • "Only a Broken Heart"
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1995 (1995-02-06)
Genre
Length3:22
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriters
ProducerRick Rubin
Tom Petty singles chronology
"You Don't Know How It Feels"
(1994) 		"You Wreck Me"
(1995) 		"It's Good to Be King"
(1995)

"You Wreck Me" is a song by American musician Tom Petty, the fourth track on his second solo studio album, Wildflowers (1994). The song was released in February 1995, by Warner Bros., as the second single from the album and became a concert staple. While the song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, it did peak at number two on the Album Rock Tracks chart.

History

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The music for this song was written by Petty's longtime partner and guitarist Mike Campbell. Petty originally wrote some words to the song and called it "You Rock Me". Campbell thought the title was a little ordinary and very cliché, but the song sounded fine and they recorded it. Eventually, Petty came back and decided to change the title to "You Wreck Me", and the new title changed the whole meaning of the song.[3][4]

Live performances

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed the song on 494 different occasions, including their last show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in 2017. It was a regular song during every tour after 1995, as well as at the Fillmore residencies in 1997 and 1999. The song was first performed in concert in 1995 at the Louisville Gardens in Kentucky.[5] It was commonly played as an encore.

Track listing

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The song was released on a maxi CD single and a cassette single. The cassette and CD versions both include alternate versions of two other tracks from Wildflowers: "Only a Broken Heart" and "Cabin Down Below".

  1. "You Wreck Me" – 3:22
  2. "Cabin Down Below" – 2:45
  3. "Only a Broken Heart" – 4:41

Personnel

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Personnel taken from Wildflowers CD booklet.[6]

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom February 6, 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
 Warner Bros. [13]
Australia March 3, 1995 [14]

Covers

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The War on Drugs covered the song in 2024 for the soundtrack of Bad Monkey.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Song Review by Matthew Greenwald". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Jackson Toth, James (August 5, 2014). "Tom Petty Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved July 24, 2025. Elsewhere, there's the drawling power pop of "You Wreck Me"...
  3. ^ "You Wreck Me by Tom Petty". Songfacts. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Mike Campbell". Songfacts. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "You Wreck Me by Tom Petty Song Statistics". Setlist.fm. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Wildflowers (CD booklet). Tom Petty. Warner Bros. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 217.
  8. ^ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 9. March 4, 1995. p. 33. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  9. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). March 11, 1995. p. 26. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 51. December 23, 1995. p. YE-76.
  13. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. February 4, 1995. p. 35.
  14. ^ "New Releases – Product Available from : 03/03/95: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 264. March 2, 1995. p. 22.
  15. ^ Krueger, Jonah (September 4, 2024). "The War on Drugs Drop New Cover of Tom Petty's "You Wreck Me": Stream". Retrieved September 5, 2024.