[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover]
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin
The trees flew by, me and jack were singin
Little runaway, I was flyin
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
It felt so good, like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppable
It was always cold, no sun shine
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal to the metal to make some time
Something good went down this road
Im pickin up whatever is mine, mine ,mine, o mine yeah
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin
The trees flew by, me and jack were singin
Little runaway, I was flyin
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
It felt so good, like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppable
It was always cold, no sun shine
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal to the metal to make some time
Something good went down this road
Im pickin up whatever is mine, mine ,mine, o mine yeah
Yeah runnin down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin on a mystery, goin wherever it leads
Runnin down a dream
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About"Runnin' Down a Dream" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in July 1989 as the second single from his first solo album Full Moon Fever. "Runnin' Down a Dream" achieved reasonable chart success, reaching number 23 both in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It has since garnered significant airplay on classic rock stations, and lent its name to the 2007 documentary on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The song was co-written by Mike Campbell, along with Petty and Jeff Lynne. It was a nod to Petty's musical roots, with the lyric "me and Del were singin' 'Little Runaway'" making reference to Del Shannon and "Runaway".
The song uses E major as a tonic, but makes ample use of chords outside that key, such as D, G, and C major chords. Some passages (including the extended outro) use a pedal point of E in the bass, while changing chords from E major to C and D major chords above it. The repeating fuzz guitar riff, using the notes B, B♭, A, G, and E, lacks only a D to complete the hexatonic E blues scale.
Horror punk/metal artist Wednesday 13 covered the song on his Bloodwork EP.
In their 2013 summer tour, Dave Matthews Band covered the song.
The 2016 Karma to Burn EP Mountain Czar features the song, retitled "Uccidendo Un Sogno," sung in Italian with guest vocalist Stefanie Savy.
The song was co-written by Mike Campbell, along with Petty and Jeff Lynne. It was a nod to Petty's musical roots, with the lyric "me and Del were singin' 'Little Runaway'" making reference to Del Shannon and "Runaway".
The song uses E major as a tonic, but makes ample use of chords outside that key, such as D, G, and C major chords. Some passages (including the extended outro) use a pedal point of E in the bass, while changing chords from E major to C and D major chords above it. The repeating fuzz guitar riff, using the notes B, B♭, A, G, and E, lacks only a D to complete the hexatonic E blues scale.
Horror punk/metal artist Wednesday 13 covered the song on his Bloodwork EP.
In their 2013 summer tour, Dave Matthews Band covered the song.
The 2016 Karma to Burn EP Mountain Czar features the song, retitled "Uccidendo Un Sogno," sung in Italian with guest vocalist Stefanie Savy.
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