While Nicks previously had a No. 1 hit with Fleetwood Mac (“Dreams” in 1977), “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” paved the way for her solo success. The duet became her highest-charting solo song ever, hitting No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 on Sept. 5. 1981, and remaining there for six weeks. The song also became Petty’s and the Heartbreakers’ biggest hit of all time.
Petty once revealed that Nicks had asked him to write her a song. He initially wrote the song “Insider” for her, but decided to keep it for the Heartbreakers. Record producer Jimmy Iovine stepped in to pull another song Petty that his band had already been working on.
“Stop Draggin’ Me Heart Around” was released about a week after the release of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers single “A Woman in Love,” the opening track from the band's 1981 album Hard Promises. The timing of the competing songs seemingly annoyed the Heartbreakers.
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Stevie Nicks credited Petty for helping to launch her solo career
While Bella Donna featured 10 tracks, almost all written by Nicks, it was the Petty-penned duet that launched her career as a solo artist.
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