But it's a good thing that Mudcrutch split up, because if they hadn't, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would've never happened. The original band was signed under Shelter Records, and the record company decided to keep Petty signed on and encouraged him to go solo.
Both the album and first single had a slow and steady road to success. Neither made a strong impact at first, especially with U.S. audiences. But over time, the first single achieved success on music charts in different countries. In the U.S., "Breakdown" peaked at 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, while it did well in the U.K. and Canada too.
"I wrote ‘Breakdown’ in the studio about 11 years ago, and the first version was seven minutes long, with this long guitar solo in the end," Petty said of "Breakdown" in an interview with Guitar Player.
He explained that he was sitting in the studio after the recording session when singer-songwriter Dwight Twilley came in. After hearing the riff in the guitar solo, Twilley suggested that the riff be included in other parts of the song too.
Not long after "Breakdown" was released, the second official single, called "American Girl" came out, and the subsequent successes helped launch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' career to huge heights.
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